Policy
Molstead Library’s Interlibrary Loan Department staff provides interlibrary loan (ILL) services to all NIC students and staff, NIC Board of Trustees, and LCSC extension students and staff. ILL staff will attempt to borrow materials requested by the above patron groups from any OCLC/WLN member library in the United States or abroad with the following exceptions:
- Current bestsellers.
- Audio-visual materials (with the exception of NIC faculty).
- Reference materials.
- Special collections.
- Copies of articles that can be accessed from one of the library’s online full-text periodical indexes or copies of articles located in serials to which the library subscribes.
Molstead Library, with rare exception, provides no ILL services to community borrowers. The library will provide this service to NIC alumni and Foundation members, all Board of Trustees members, and employees of governmental agencies who have unsuccessfully attempted to use their local public library’s ILL services. Local residents and area public and private school students are encouraged to avail themselves of their local public or school libraries’ ILL services.
A patron may be referred to a local public library if that library holds the requested item(s). This may be more acceptable to a patron than waiting for the item to arrive via ILL.
ILL limits are placed on NIC students (20 per semester). These limitations may be exceeded if warranted. See the ILL Technician or Circulation Supervisor for exceptions.
No charges or fees are assessed to NIC students and LCSC extended campus students for ILL services. UI may assess UI extended campus students ILL fees. NIC will pay up to $10 for materials for NIC staff. Other patrons such as LCSC extended campus students who qualify for ILL services may be assessed ILL fees.
All ILL requests are subject to the same restrictions placed on in-house materials such as due dates, overdue fees, replacement costs if lost or damaged, and renewal deadlines and restrictions.
The ILL Technician adheres to ILL policies and guidelines as set fourth in the American Library Association’s Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, 2nd ed., 1997.
To better comply with federal copyright law, Molstead Library is a member of Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Procedures
ILL request forms are available at the Information Desk. ILL requests can also be made using the electronic form available at the Molstead Library web site http://www.nic.edu/library/ill.htm.
Information Desk staff are required to check all submitted interlibrary loan forms to ensure that they have been filled out completely and accurately.
The ILL Technician and assistant process all ILL requests and contact patrons who have placed a request when the materials are available at the Check-Out Desk.
The ILL Technician is responsible for seeing that all ILL materials are received, processed, circulated and returned in a timely manner.