Who May Use EMU Library's Interlibrary Loan Privileges
People affiliated with EMU may use our interlibrary loan service. This includes faculty, staff and currently enrolled students. We cannot extend interlibrary loan to our courtesy card holders, including alumni or members of the greater community, etc.

What May Be Requested
Materials the EMU Library does not own, including:

• Books, government documents, etc.
  
• Articles from journals/magazines/newspapers (periodicals) we do not own or have access
  
• Dissertations and theses (We will gladly request dissertations that are available through interlibrary loan. If we cannot borrow the dissertation you want free of charge, you or your academic department may purchase it through Dissertation Express.)

Some items are difficult, if not impossible, to borrow through ILL. These items include books and other materials that are older than one hundred years, are in poor condition, or are rare or valuable.

The following items are not available through interlibrary loan

• Media: videos, films, CDs, etc.
  
• Textbooks for classes: students may not request textbooks
  
• Reference materials (*very* few libraries lend these out)
• Items, which are to be placed on reserve in our library
  
• Articles available only from non-EMU Library electronic journals or full-text databases
  
• Entire issues or several articles from the same journal issue
  
• Articles from non-EMU Library journals that are only available online
  
• Popular books such as those on the "Best Seller" list. Please use your public library. EMU's interlibrary loan service is for academic research.

NOTE: The Library reserves the right to limit or refuse ILL service.

For large numbers of request, contact Joe Badics, Acquisitions Librarian, at joseph.badics@emich.edu or 734.487.0020, x2053.

Alternatives to ILL
If the EMU Library does not have the book you want, check out our agreements on borrowing materials from area libraries. (Sometimes it is easier and faster to get the book yourself!)

Cost for Using ILL
There is rarely cost to you to use ILL except for overdue fines, which are $1 per item per day. Failure to return overdue material will also result in borrowing and registration holds placed on your university record. Interlibrary loan service is a courtesy extended by other lending libraries, and if their regulations are disregarded, they may discontinue their service to our library.

Of course, we will not order anything that will cost you money without your permission

Notification
While some items may arrive within a week or so of submitting your requests, we recommend allowing at least 2 weeks for ILL requests. While you will receive an automated e-mail message when your materials are available, it remains your responsibility to check on the status of your request through your ILL account. Please check your ILL account to make sure your contact information is correct!

Delivery and Return of Materials
You can pick up your materials at the Library's Circulation Desk. Please bring your EMU ID to check out your materials.

Articles received electronically will be delivered online in PDF format unless the customer chooses to opt out of the service. We encourage you to use electronic delivery because it provides savings in time and labor for the EMU Library, and permits you to receive your articles more quickly and from any location.

If you ordered books and other materials that must be returned to the lending library, an ILL book band will be on the front of the items. Please do not remove this band.

All interlibrary loans must be returned to the Library's Circulation Desk. Please do not return materials through the Library's book drops.

Due Dates for Interlibrary Loan Books
The loan period is determined by the lending library, not the EMU Library. Most books are available for three weeks. The due date will be stated on the front of the item. Please make sure you know when the items are due when you pick them up from the Library's Circulation Desk.

You must abide by the conditions of use as defined by the lending library. Some lending libraries state that their materials cannot be photocopied or leave our building. In these instances, the conditions of use will be documented on the front of the material.

NOTE: The lending library reserves the right to recall their materials before the due date. In this case, your need to return the materials immediately.

There is no due date for most articles.

Overdue Policy
All ILL transactions will be suspended for patrons with overdue ILL materials!

Overdue interlibrary loan materials are fined $1 per day, faculty and staff included.

Books 28 days past the due date will result in you being charged for replacement costs as determined by the lending library. In addition, a non-refundable $20 EMU Library processing fee will be assessed. What this means is that if a book is not returned in good condition within 28 days of the due date you will be charged a replacement fee by the lending library, any and all processing fees as set by the lending library, and EMU Library overdue fines plus a $20 processing fee.

Renewing your ILL Book Request
Renewal requests are submitted through the "ILL View/Renew Checked Out Items" option.

Renewal requests must be submitted no less than three days before the due date. No more than one renewal is permitted.

The lending library determines the new due date! Many libraries do not permit renewals.

We will contact you with the new due date as soon as we receive a response from the lending library. If the lending library chooses not to renew the item, you must return it by the due date.

Suspension of Privileges
Repeatedly ordering materials and failing to pick them up may result in a $10 fine for each item you don't pick up and the suspension of your ILL privileges. Although ordering materials through ILL rarely costs you money, it does cost the library approximately $25 per request. We are happy to absorb this cost if the material is being used. However, we cannot afford to absorb the cost for items that are ordered and never picked up.

Contact Us
If you have questions about our ILL policies, please contact Joe Badics, Acquisitions Librarian, at 734.487.0020, x2053 or joseph.badics@emich.edu. If you have questions about requesting materials, please contact the Information/Reference Desk at 734.487.0020, x2100 or libref@emich.edu.