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- ILL Policy
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- In the interest of providing quality service, libraries have
an obligation to obtain material to meet the informational needs
of users when local resources do not meet those needs. Interlibrary
loan (ILL), a mechanism for obtaining material is essential to
the vitality of all libraries. ILL is the process by which a
library requests material from, or supplies material to, another
library.
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- Borrowing Policy
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- Any patron who is in good standing with the Abernathy Public
Library is eligible for interlibrary loan services. No age restrictions
apply; children as well as adults can request materials. The
Abernathy Public Library's existing user confidentiality policy
applies also to ILL requests. Due to daily volume of requests,
individual patrons are restricted to a total of 2 requests per
day.
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- Interlibrary loan is mainly for printed materials, such as
books. Audio-visual materials, current-year books, rare books,
genealogy books, reference books, bestsellers, and inexpensive
paperbacks may be requested but are often not available through
interlibrary loan.
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- Requests are handled within 24 hours (excluding weekends).
Most materials will take an average of 2 to 3 weeks to arrive.
Sometimes materials are received in as little as a few days and
at times it can take over a month. The loan period for the item
is determined by the lending library. The lending library also
determines whether an item can be renewed or not and for how
long.
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- Every effort is made to obtain materials from libraries that
do not charge for ILL services, however, sometimes this is not
possible usually for photocopy requests or requests for rare
items. Patrons will be asked up front what they are willing to
pay for an item. When charges are incurred, patrons are responsible
for payment.
- Since return postage is the responsibility of the borrowing
library, the Abernathy Public Library pays return postage and
doesn't pass the cost on to the patron.
- According to Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States
from ALA, the borrowing library is responsible for a material
from the time it leaves the lending library until it is back
on the shelves at the lending library. If the post office loses
the material, then the borrowing library is still responsible
and will have to pay for the loss. If the patron loses the materials,
then the patron will have to pay for the material including any
additional fees imposed by the lending library.
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- All requests for photocopies have to comply with federal
copyright law. The Abernathy Public Library keeps track of the
number of requests per journal title to insure that copyright
laws are observed.
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- Lending Policy
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- The Abernathy Public Library lends materials according to
the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States. We are a free
lender.
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- The checkout period for ILL is 2 weeks with a one-week renewal.
ILL materials are subject to recall at the discretion of the
Librarian at the Abernathy Public Library.
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- The Abernathy Public Library lends the following types of
materials:
- Books - except Bestsellers or items added to the collection
in the last 6 months
- Audiovisual - except items added to the collection in the
last 6 months.
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- The Abernathy Public Library doesn't lend the following types
of materials:
- Microfilm
- Genealogy
- Local History
- Reference
- The Abernathy Public Library does not provide a photocopier.
For copy requests, the requesting library must comply with the
U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code) and its accompanying
guidelines.
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Updated August, 2007
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