Beginning this summer, the University of Iowa Libraries is using a new electronic system for Interlibrary Loan at the Main Library and at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. This new system features a web-based interface for:

• placing requests
• updating your contact information
• checking the status of your requests
• asking for renewals
• retrieving journal articles posted electronically
• contacting library staff
• creating a history of all your interlibrary loan requests

You will find it easier to submit your interlibrary loan requests. With this new system, you will enter your name and contact information only once, at the time of the first request. For subsequent requests, that information will be automatically included.

Library users at other branch libraries (Art, Biological Sciences, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, Geoscience, Mathematical Sciences, Music, Physics and Psychology) can either request materials through the Main Library system or contact the library staff at the branch.

If you need an article or a book that the UI Libraries doesn’t have, we encourage you to try our interlibrary loan system. For more information, please contact Amy Paulus in the Main Library (amy-fuls@uiowa.edu or 319-335-5916) or Linda Lococo in the Hardin Library (lib-hardin-ill@uiowa.edu or 319-335-9874).