Interlibrary Loan Lending Policies

LENDING MSU-BILLINGS MATERIALS TO OTHER LIBRARIES

The staff of MSU-Billings Library are pleased to loan books and other circulating items to other libraries.  Please send separate requests for multiple volumes/items.  Charges may apply -- please see the Fee Schedule below.  If you are a library who wants to request a MSU-Billings item, please call the ILL office to establish your account at 406-657-1666.  Once your account is established, you can request items electronically through your online ILLiad account.  

      

Material Type Lend? Loan Period Renew?
Books* Yes 3 weeks Yes
Masters Theses Yes 3 weeks Yes
Periodicals** Rarely Varies No
Newspapers on Microfilm*** Yes 1 week No
Government Documents Yes 3 weeks Yes
Videos Yes Varies No

   

Notes

*      Reference and Special Collection items are noncirculating.

**    Subject to approval by Serials Librarian.

***  Items heavily used at MSU-Billings are not loaned.

 

Photocopies

MSU-Billings will provide paper copies and fiche-to-fiche copies from journals, microforms, newspapers, books, and other sources to other libraries.  Charges may apply -- please see Fee Schedule below.

 

Fee Schedule  (Beginning 1 June 2001)

Copies/loans will be free to Montana libraries and those libraries who participate in LVIS, Freeshare, BCR/Amigos code signers, or any formal/informal reciprocal agreements.

 

For those libraries who do not fit into one of the free categories the charges will be as follows:

 

IFM Participant

Loans & Copies

$10.00

Non-IFM Participant

Loans & Copies

$15.00
Docline $11.00

 

Requesting Materials

Requests to borrow our Library materials may be submitted using the following methods:

 

1)  OCLC:  EM2 (PREFERRED)

2)  Docline:  MTUEML

3)  Institutional Lending Request Form (Please contact us to create an account)

3)  ARIEL:  207.196.232.37

4)  Fax:  (406) 657-2037