Research Guides: Tipasa Interlibrary Loan Procedures: Lending Policies

General Policies

Copy Requests

Articles in print journals should be sent as pdfs with no restrictions
Requests for specific chapters (or pages) from books should be honored if the amount of pages requested is 10% or less of the entire book. Send as pdfs.

Loan Requests

Do not lend any items you consider fragile (pages are brittle, spine is damaged, pages falling out, etc.).
Items with any status other than "Item in place" cannot be loaned.
Items on reserve (in any Reserve temporary location) cannot be loaned.

See the lists below for specific formats and collections.

DVDs	Require supervisor approval
Microfilm, microfiche	Require supervisor approval
Music CDs, CD-ROMs	OK to lend
LP records	Do not lend
Miscellaneous non-print	Require supervisor approval
Maps	Do not lend
Whole periodicals, single issue or bound	Do not lend
VHS	Do not lend
Cassettes	Do not lend

Items in circulating collections in HSL and ASC are available for lending EXCEPT:

Items with Item Policy of Book-reg. loan,No request
Items acquired in the past 4 months. Check Alma receiving date.
Computer science (call numbers beginning with QA or T in ASC location) books acquired since 2015. Check Alma receiving date.
Items published before 1900 that are in circulating collections: get supervisor approval before sending the loans.

Do not lend any items in these locations:

Current Interest collection

Honors collection

Limited Editions collection

Reference Collection

Special Collections collections (e.g., Smith, Finley, etc.)