Interlibrary Loan Service
Who is entitled to use the service
Who is entitled to use the service
Interlibrary Loan service is designed to serve the research needs of Otterbein University faculty, staff and students. Alumni and community patrons may also use ILL if they become Friends of the Library. However, certain restrictions are placed on Friend usage. Friends are restricted to 15 requests per month, and are responsible for any fees we are assessed for acquiring an item. It generally takes 7-10 days, sometimes longer, from the date of your request to receive materials. Occasionally there are items that we are not able to borrow. Any requests for books available through OPAL or OhioLINK will be canceled.
Distance Education Students: Access to Journals in Otterbein's Library
We can send interlibrary loan articles directly to your email account. Additionally, the interlibrary loan department will provide distance education students with articles from print journals owned by Otterbein. These articles will also be delivered to your email account.
What you must do:
1. You must be able to access the online ILL form. This requires a cardinal
card.
2. You must indicate that you are a distance education student in
the cited in: field.
This service is only for distance education students who are unable to regularly come to campus. Any requests for locally owned articles made by faculty, staff, or non-distance learning students are automatically cancelled. The only way we know you are distance education is if you indicate your status on the ILL form.
3. Email. We prefer that you use your Otterbein email account. However,
if you have a preferrred address (such as myname@yahoo.com) you can enter
that information in the Cited in: field as well. If for any reason your
preferred address does not work, we will then send the article to your Otterbein
account. For more information about accessing your Otterbein Email account
go to http://www.otterbein.edu/itweb/e-mail/
When materials arrive you will be notified by email. If your email address is not on record, we will call and leave a message. You can also look up your loan status by viewing your patron record.
Items that cannot be sent through email can be picked up at the Library Circulation Desk whenever the library is open. You must present a valid ID when picking up material.
Most book or article requests are free. Occasionally, however, we must use a supplier that charges an additional fee. In this case the library will pay the first 20 dollars for student requests or the first 12 dollars for faculty requests. You will be required to pay the difference. Faculty may charge their department for any additional amount. If you are going to be charged for a request, we will notify you about the amount before we obtain the item. As mentioned above, Friends are responsible for the full amount of any additional fee.
Loan Periods:
The length of time you may have the borrowed material and any restrictions on the use of this material are determined by the lending library. If you need more time, some librarys will extend (renew) your requests. Contact the Otterbein Interlibrary Loan Office to make a renewal. Keep in mind that a renewal should be submitted before the due date indicated on the book wrapper. It is important that books are returned on time to remain in good standing with the lending institution. You will be fined .50/day for all overdue ILL materials.
Questions? Call the Interlibrary Loan Office at 823-1164
The copyright law of the United States (TITLE 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.