The stated collective goal of the State University System Libraries is to increase access to scholarly materials for SUS students, faculty and staff. In support of this goal, the SUS Interlibrary Loan Subcommittee strives to establish guidelines and procedures designed to provide liberal resource sharing at the highest priority for the benefit of all SUS students, faculty, and staff. The objective is to enhance interlibrary loan services available to all SUS clientele with greater access to the collections of each library, generous circulation of all types and formats of library materials, and faster document delivery. The committee urges the library administrations to encourage full participation and cooperation. Each library is responsible for developing collections in support of the academic programs of the parent institution.
Interlibrary loan is an integral part of providing access to needed library materials.
Resource sharing activities recognize the necessity to augment physical library collections with access options. However, interlibrary loan is not to be used as a replacement for responsible collection development. A high level of cooperation, consideration and communication is required among the staffs of each SUS library in order for liberal, expedited resource sharing to succeed. All branch libraries and special libraries are encouraged to participate to whatever extent that is possible. All materials available for general circulation among the primary clientele will be available for interlibrary loan among the SUS Libraries.