Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 3030 - THE ILLINOIS LIBRARY SYSTEM ACT › Subpart D - APPEAL PROCEDURES › Exhibit A - ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Preface
As partners in the Illinois Library and Information Network
				  (ILLINET), more than 5,000 multi-type (academic, public, school and special)
				  member libraries contribute to the ongoing enrichment of the State's library
				  resources. Beginning in 1975, ILLINET has relied on resource sharing to meet
				  the information and research needs of library patrons. In addition, library
				  resource sharing provides a means to access entertainment, nurture personal
				  interests and hobbies, and, overall enhance the lives of Illinois
				  residents.
The cooperative actions of ILLINET member libraries have
				  contributed to the success of a statewide resource sharing service. The laws
				  and rules that authorize the Illinois State Library (ISL) and the library
				  systems ensure that free access to all Illinois residents remains the
				  cornerstone of the statewide system. Today, Illinois libraries, including the
				  library systems and the ISL, support interlibrary loan and both statewide and
				  systemwide reciprocal borrowing, to the betterment of the quality of life for
				  Illinoisans everywhere. Empowered by a robust technology infrastructure, the
				  sustainability of Illinois' strong heritage of excellent library service
				  depends upon an ongoing commitment to resource sharing, delivery and statewide
				  cooperation. The ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code (ILL Code) is the declaration
				  of that commitment, without which, the actions of the thousands of Illinois
				  library staff that support its use, the broader concept of resource sharing
				  and, more specifically, services like delivery, would not be feasible.
The following sections underscore the utility and importance
				  of the ILL Code, and describe the relationship between the ILL Code, the
				  Illinois State Library Act, and the Illinois Administrative Code (IAC or "the
				  rules").
Background
The IAC helps State government implement the statutes adopted
				  by the Illinois General Assembly (GA). The ISL, established by statute, has
				  rules found in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 3030. Any activity undertaken by the ISL shall
				  be rooted in law or rule. As a body of State government, the authority to
				  provide services and programs is determined by the GA through the promulgation
				  of statute, administered by the State Librarian through administrative rules.
				  Unlike private sector business, the ISL cannot conduct any activity unless
				  authorized by the GA. Clearly, resource sharing figures prominently into the
				  enabling legislation of the State Library Act:
Purposes of the State Library. The Illinois State
				  Library shall:
Promote and develop a cooperative library
				  network operating regionally or statewide for providing effective coordination
				  of the library resources of public, academic, school, and special
				  libraries.
How does the ILL Code figure into the
				  IAC?
The ILL Code is incorporated as an Exhibit in Secretary of
				  State (SOS) rules (23 Ill. Adm. Code 3030.Exhibit A); it is, therefore, the
				  responsibility of the SOS and the ISL to administer the ILL Code. Changing the
				  IAC is a process prescribed by statute (see 5 ILCS 100 ) and overseen by the
				  Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
Library Systems
Because system membership is required in order to be eligible
				  for grants and services, the body of law surrounding State grant programs rests
				  in the Illinois Library System Act. Libraries not meeting the minimum
				  membership criteria established in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 3030 cannot receive
				  library system or ISL services and/or funds such as delivery, grants or library
				  system membership. Beginning in January 2013, the ISL began an online
				  certification process to ensure library system members in Illinois meet the
				  minimum criteria prescribed in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 3030.
Funding for the library systems is predicated on all
				  libraries acting toward a single goal of providing resources to Illinois
				  residents. Grant programs from the SOS have the goal of promoting statewide
				  library cooperation. The prominence of resource sharing as the purpose and
				  reason for the library systems is established in the very first paragraph of
				  the System Act:
Because the State has a financial
				  responsibility in promoting public education, and because the public library is
				  a vital agency serving all levels of the educational process, it is hereby
				  declared to be the policy of the State to encourage the improvement of free
				  public libraries and to
encourage cooperation among all types of
				  libraries in promoting the sharing of library resources.
In keeping with
				  this policy, provision is hereby made for a program of State grants designed to
				  establish, develop and operate a network of library systems covering the entire
				  State.
Note: The first Interlibrary Loan Code for Illinois was
				  written in 1971. It was revised in 1988, 1993, 2000, 2008 and 2014.
ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code
The ILL Code, approved by the ISL Advisory Committee,
				  endorsed by the Illinois Library Systems, and adopted by the ISL governs
				  interlibrary loan policy within ILLINET. The ILL Code is based on the most
				  current American Library Association (ALA) Interlibrary Loan Code for the
				  United States.
Through
				  15 ILCS 320/7(f) and
				  23 Ill. Adm. Code
				  3030.215(e),
				  the ISL administers, Illinois library systems monitor and enforce, and ILLINET
				  member libraries abide by the ILL Code.
I.
Definition
Interlibrary loan is the process by which a library requests
				  material from, or supplies material to, another library. Whether initiated by
				  library staff or patron, the purpose of interlibrary loan is to obtain, upon
				  request of a library patron, material not available in the patron's local
				  library. The terms "requesting library" and "supplying library" are used in
				  preference to "borrowing library" and "lending library" to cover the exchange
				  of copies as well as loans. Circulation of materials between a central library
				  and its branches or within a school district is not considered interlibrary
				  loan.
II.
Scope
1. The ILL Code governs interlibrary loan
				among ILLINET member libraries.
2.
				Any type of library material needed by an individual for any purpose, including
				but not limited to study, instruction, information, recreation or research, may
				be requested from another library.
3. Any materials, regardless of format, may
				be requested from another library. The supplying library determines whether the
				material can be provided.
4.
				Interlibrary loan outside of ILLINET, governed by national, international or
				other applicable interlibrary loan codes, is not within the scope of this
				document.
5. Reciprocal borrowing
				is not within the scope of this document.