You can choose to have the requested article delivered to your department or you may pick it up in person at the Library's Electronic Resources Centre Counter. However, loaned books are only available for collection at the Library's Electronic Resources Centre Counter. Normally, interlibrary loan arrangements with libraries in Hong Kong are free of charge. However, fees will be charged on items obtained from overseas sources. Costs of articles obtained from overseas will be debited from the departmental ILL budget , whereas charges for overseas loans, including fees levied by the lending institution, airmail, and insurance, will be debited from department's own accounts or any research accounts.
All overseas requests require approval of the HODs or the principal investigators concerned.
The Library has reserved a fund to cover the costs for obtaining articles from overseas libraries. The fund is allocated to different departments according to their numbers of eligible overseas ILL service users in each financial year. To charge the costs of articles obtained from overseas against individual departments' ILL budgets as allocated by the Library, staff and postgraduate students will have to seek written endorsement from their HODs or any other persons as authorized by their HODs. 8314 for further information on the ILL budget. Photocopies are yours to keep.