Interlibrary Loans

Interlibrary Loan is a service to obtain materials that are not owned by the Greenville Technical College Library. Students, faculty, staff, and administrators may request ILL services. Community patrons should contact their local public library for ILL services.

Cost

• FREE for most materials!
• The Library does not charge for ILL services.
• Some items can only be obtained from an institution that charges a lending fee. Should this rare circumstance occur, you will be contacted for permission to continue the ILL request and, if so, will be held accountable for the lending fee.

 

Materials available

• Books.
• Photocopies of articles from journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.
• Entire issues of journals, magazines, and newspapers cannot be requested through ILL.

 

How to request

• A library card is required to use this service.
• Maximum of 5 interlibrary loan requests per week per user.
• ILL users are required to check both the Greenville Technical College catalog before requesting a book.
• ILL users are required to check Greenville Technical College’s e-journals list before requesting an article.
• ILL requests may be submitted online or in person at the Circulation Desk.  For online requests, choose either the request a book form or the request an article form.
• Provide as much information about the material as possible.  Please avoid abbreviations.  Failure to give complete or accurate information may result in delay of receipt of materials. 
• Please provide as much contact information as possible, including email and telephone numbers.

 

Checking out ILL materials

• Materials are normally received 7 – 14 days after a request.
• When the materials arrive, library staff will notify you using the contact information provided on the request form. 
• Please visit the Circulation Desk within 2 days of notification to pick up the item.
• The materials will have a due date stamped on an attached paper band.  Please do not remove this paper band.

 

Loan period

• The usual loan period is about 3 – 5 weeks. The library lending the material determines the due date. 
• If an item may be renewed, it will be indicated on the due date slip.  Most lending libraries permit one renewal.
• Renewal requests must be made 5 days prior to an item’s due date.
• Please return ILL materials on time!

 

Lost or damaged ILL

• The lending library establishes the replacement cost for lost or damaged ILLs. The fee must be paid at the Library. If payment is not made, the business office is notified of the fee and the student record is blocked due to indebtedness.

 

For additional information, please call 250-8319 or e-mail the Interlibrary Loan Specialist.

 

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