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Interlibrary
loan is a service by which materials not owned by the Langston
University Libraries can be borrowed from another library.
Books and articles from journals not owned by the Langston
University Libraries may be requested through interlibrary
loan. The conditions of this service are set by the
Interlibrary loan code of the American Library Association,
and the regulations of each lending library.
Students, faculty and staff may request items through
interlibrary loan with a current Langston University ID.
Persons who consistently abuse circulation and
interlibrary loan privileges, however, may be refused service.
Normally, Langston University Libraries attempt to obtain
interlibrary loans services without a fee attached. In the
event that the only available source of a particular request
has a fee, the borrower will be notified and given the option
of obtaining this source.
Most materials arrive in 7 to 10 working days, depending upon
the nature of the material requested and the geographic
location of the lending library.
Requests will be processed and sent as quickly as
possible. If
deadlines cannot be met, the patron will be notified
accordingly.
An individual interlibrary request form must be filled out for
each book or article desired.
For books, accurate citation of author, title, date,
publisher and place of publication is essential.
Requests for journal articles must include the full
title of the periodical, the volume number, year, pages
required, and the author and title of the article.
Listing the source of the reference is often helpful
and can prevent delays in acquiring the materials.
Request forms are located at the Circulation Desk.
Patrons will be notified by phone or email when the material
requested is available. Material
may be picked up at the Circulation Desk.
The Langston University Libraries do not loan the following
materials: parts or complete sets of multi-volume sets,
textbooks for classroom use, audio-visual materials, reference
materials, or periodicals.
Lending libraries state the terms of a loan, and the borrower
must abide by these terms.
Loaned materials must be returned promptly to avoid
jeopardizing our
relations with the lending library.
Patrons will be notified in writing of over due books
within five working days past the due date.
Books not returned within two weeks of their due dates
will be considered lost and patrons (students, staff and
faculty) will be fined for the replacement cost of these items
as determined by the lending libraries. Students
who have unpaid library fines will be placed on a Bursar’s
hold until such fines are cleared. Because libraries
generally do not loan the following materials, we cannot
request: multi-volume
sets, textbooks for classroom use, audio-visual materials,
reference materials and entire issues of periodicals.
The Copyright Law [Title 17, section 107, “Fair Use,” and
section 108, “Reproduction by libraries and archives,”
U.S. Code] governs the making of photocopies or other
reproductions of copyrighted materials by libraries and
archives. In
addition, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of
Copyrighted Works (CONTU), an advisory committee to Congress,
made recommendations on the rights of reproduction and
distribution of copyrighted materials by libraries and
developed a set of specifications known as the CONTU
Guidelines. (See: Appendix A) These guidelines were instituted
to insure that both the principle of Fair Use and the rights
of copyright proprietors were protected. The guidelines are a
nationally accepted standard for evaluating a library’s
compliance with the intent of Title 17, section 108 (g)(2) of
the U.S. Code. Langston University Libraries will insure that
these laws and guidelines are given full consideration when
writing policies and procedures for the Libraries. The
University Libraries reserve the right to refuse to accept a
copying request if fulfillment of the request would violate
the Copyright Law. |
