West Bend Community Memorial Library

Interlibrary Loan Policy:

a. Interlibrary Loan in this policy means the obtaining of information or materials from other libraries other than SHARE  member libraries for a patron.

b. Any library cardholder 18 years of age and older shall be eligible for interlibrary loan services.

c. Library materials requested and not owned may be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

d. The patron will be notified when the item is received. The item will be held for pickup by the patron.

e. The patron must follow the conditions for borrowing of the owning library, including return date and financial responsibility.

f. Photocopies may be substituted for original materials in some cases  (as deemed by the lending library).

g. There is a limit of five requests per week per eligible patron.

h. Interlibrary loans require considerable staff time and expense and, therefore, should be used for reasonable purposes.

i. Requests for items owned by the library may be refused unless the item is "long-overdue" and presumed lost.

j. Requests for items not eligible for acquisition under the library’s selection policies may be refused.

k. Fines for interlibrary loans are $1.00 per day.

 

Approved by the West Bend Community Memorial Library Board on October 2nd, 2007

Updated October 03, 2007