Since each library on the list has up to four business days to answer that the item is available and that they are willing to make the loan, it may take up to five weeks for a request to be filled or rejected. We ask that you follow the following guidelines when planning and executing an interlibrary loan request. Books are sent surface mail and their shipping time cannot be expedited. Lending libraries will not allow a borrower to pick an item up at their libraries. Loan rules dictate that the transaction be made by mail or institutional courier between libraries.
Most loaned items take between ten days and two weeks to arrive and often take longer.
We may be able to obtain a photocopy of a journal article in 48-72 hours, but the document delivery companies which provide this service have a limited number of journal titles at their disposal. Please check our own collection first before placing any interlibrary loan request. A great many requests received at Copley are for items currently on our shelves. Requests for books owned by USD Libraries and Circuit Libraries will be disregarded. Pick up and turn in written ILL requests at the Circulation or Reference Desks in Copley Library.