Borrowing from Other Libraries

In-State Borrowing:

Loan Periods and Renewals

Undergraduates & Courtesy: Four week loan with (1) two week renewal.
Graduate & Faculty: One Semester loan with (1) semester renewal.

Items are renewable if they have no holds, have not been recalled, or are not billed. Renewals may be in person or by telephone. Self renewals are possible on URSUS using the Your Record function.

Requestor Function
Material from other University System Libraries, the Maine State Library, Bangor Public Library, the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library and participating MaineCat Libraries may be requested directly online, without staff assistance, via URSUS. Materials will be sent to the library you choose. Items are generally received in 3-5 business days and will be held for you at the Circulation desk for 10 days.

Circulation does not notify you when an item arrives. You can, however, check the status of your request, by looking at Your Record, under User Services in URSUS. Once an item has arrived, the status of the book will change to Ready for pickup or MELNK RECVD. If an item has a status of In Transit, the item has been sent from the lending library and is on its way.

Overdue Policies

Requestor material may be returned to any University of Maine System Library.

Late charges will be billed to all patrons for overdue Requestor materials. Charges will be billed by the owning library, but may be paid at any University System Library.

Lost/Damaged Material
Patrons are responsible for items borrowed from the library on their library card and charges will be assessed for lost or damaged material.

Out-of-State Borrowing:

Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)

Borrowing Guidelines
Materials that may be obtained include books and photocopies of journal articles. However, types of materials not ordinarily circulated by this library are unlikely to be loaned by other libraries. Examples are reference books, newspaper or journal issues, audio/visual materials, and fragile, rare, or otherwise valuable books. Additionally, many libraries are reluctant to loan high demand or current year titles, dissertations, or master's theses.

It is expected that requests will be for research or course-related study. Interlibrary loan is for short term use and cannot be used as a substitution for purchasing textbooks.

Procedure
All first-time Interlibrary Loan users and those who have not yet registered in ILLiad must create a user profile before submitting requests. It is HIGHLY recommended that before creating your profile you read the ILLiad faq to gain an understanding of the ILLiad system and its capabilities.

It is important that your citations be complete. For a periodical article request, the source of reference (index, database used, or source) should be filled in. ILL staff will assist you in completing the request form if you have problems. Average turnaround time for articles is 3-5 workdays. For books the average time is 5-7 workdays.

Articles are delivered electronically to your desktop (quality permitting) as outlined in the ILLiad faq and the Electronic Delivery faq . If the quality of a copy will not permit electronic delivery, the copy will be placed on the cart outside the ILL office on the campus you designate for pickup. Books will always be placed on this cart. During hours when the ILL office is closed, the pickup location will move to the Circulation desk. You will be notified by e-mail when your materials arrive.

Loan periods and other stipulations (library use only, for example) are set by the lending library and must be adhered to by the borrower.

Renewals are handled in a manner outlined in the Interlibrary Loan faq .

Return materials to the ILL office when it is open, to the Circulation desk when it is not.

Fees accrue for overdue items. You do not need to return articles.

Costs
Most libraries do not charge for loans and photocopies. Patrons should indicate on their ILLiad requests the maximum amount they are willing to pay, if any, for materials we cannot obtain free. Patrons are responsible for authorized charges regardless of whether or not they pick up materials or find them useful. Charges are added to your Libraryrecord.

Created by: John Warren
Created on: 07.01.2007
Last Updated: 07.01.2007