Pick Up Interlibrary Loans at Branch Libraries
Interlibrary Loan users now can choose which branch library to pick up their loan materials, potentially saving them a trip across campus.
For example, if a psychology student needs a book that the UI Libraries does not own, that student can make an interlibrary loan request online and choose to pick up the book at the Psychology Library instead of the Main Library or the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. The student will receive a notification e-mail with the pick-up location (Psychology Library) listed when the book arrives. After using the requested book, the student should return it to the pick-up location a couple of days before the noted due date.
Generally interlibrary loan requests for books or other physical materials can be filled within 10 working days, many times much faster.
As always for articles, interlibrary loan users can request electronic delivery to their desktop or photocopies mailed to them. The average turnaround time for electronic delivery of articles is 5 working days.
All UI faculty, staff, and students are eligible to use the Interlibrary Loan service. Once registered, interlibrary loan users can designate the pick-up location for all of their requests. To change the pick-up library location, users simply need to review personal information and choose another pick-up location.
Books, reports, theses, microfilm, videos and other research materials not owned by the UI can often be borrowed from another library. Last year the Main Library filled nearly 20,000 interlibrary loan requests.
