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Library Policies
To make an Inter-Library Loan request please fill out an ILL request form.
Inter-Library Loans
St Mary’s
University College (STMU) Library will process Inter-library loans
(ILL) and request items when they cannot be found at an
institution within Calgary.
Institutions seeking information on Inter-Library
Loan borrowing, please see our STMU
Library Policy on Lending to Other
Libraries.
Who is Allowed to Request an ILL?
Interlibrary Loan Service is extended to:
- faculty of St Mary’s;
- staff of St Mary’s; and
- all full-time & part-time students
for whom St Mary’s
is their “home library”.
Community Borrowers are not entitled to
the Interlibrary Loan Service.
Borrowing from Local Libraries
Patrons can use your St Mary’s ID
card to borrow materials from local libraries within the
Integrated Library Consortium. These libraries include:
- University of Calgary;
- Ambrose University College (AUC/NUC); and
- Bow Valley College.
If patrons need to borrow material from
a local library to which they do not have borrowing privileges,
they can use a lending card from The
Alberta Library (TAL).
General Guidelines
for Using ILL
- Interlibrary
Loans will only be processed for patrons that have a status
of “OK” in our Library System
(i.e. no overdue items or fines)
- If a patron
has fines or overdue items they must return items and pay
fines prior to the ILL request being processed
- The Library will accept no more than 5 Interlibrary
Loan Requests from one person at a time. All 5 items previously
requested must be returned on time before more requests
will be processed.
- Currently
there is no charge for Faculty, Staff and Students to request
items on Interlibrary Loan
- If overall
usage increases or is overused by particular patrons, a
charge may be required to process ILL requests.
PLEASE NOTE: The
Library can obtain ILL requests that are available in North
America only. International loans are not possible unless
the lending library is agreeable to photocopy an article
for a reasonable price.
Delivery and Pick Up of Interlibrary Loans
- Delivery of books and mailed journal
articles can take 2 weeks or more
- Delivery of faxed journal articles will usually
take less than 2 weeks.
- Library staff will notify patrons by
email when the items requested have been received.
- It is the patron’s responsibility
to provide the library with a valid e-mail address.
- Patrons may pick up their items at the circulation
desk.
- Items not picked up within 7 days of their arrival
in the library will be sent back to
- the lending institution.
- Items returned after the date stamped on the
ILL book will be assessed a fine of $2.00/ day.
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