Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Effective January 1st, 2011 -- Due to budgetary constraints, requests for Interlibrary Loan items borrowed via OCLC will be limited to 5 requests per customer per month. This ILL policy will allow each customer a total of 60 requests per year.

Beginning 1/1/2011, the following items will no longer be available through ILL:

• Materials published in the current or previous calendar year. -- Items published in 2012 or 2011(as verified in amazon.com), cannot be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Instead, please fill out a Purchase Suggestion form online (www.mcpl.us/account/suggest) or in person at any Library service desk.

• Feature films and TV series in any format. This includes:
  -- Popular (Fictional) TV Series (examples: CSI, Home Improvement, Columbo, etc.)
  -- Feature Films (examples: Iron Man, The Lion King, etc.)
  ... instead, please fill out a Purchase Suggestion form for these items, available online (www.mcpl.us/account/suggest) or in person at any Library service desk.

• Computer or video games in any format.

• Materials published more than 75 years ago.

• Print items valued at under $10. -- Books which are valued at less than $10 (as verified in amazon.com), will not be requested through ILL, including Mass Market Paperbacks of any genre. Instead, please fill out a Purchase Suggestion form online (www.mcpl.us/account/suggest) or in person at any Library service desk.

• Periodicals (entire issues) -- Libraries will not lend an entire issue of a magazine, but may provide photocopies of individual articles instead.

Please keep this revised policy in mind when requesting items via Interlibrary Loan.
If you have any ILL-related questions, please call (715) 261-7244 or email us.

To view the complete "Interlibrary Loan Policy and General Procedures", visit the following link: http://www.mcpl.us/about/policies/pdf/CIUSE-05.CIU.pdf

• OCLC ILL (from home) -- Use this link if you are accessing the internet from anywhere other than an MCPL location. You will be required to input your 14-digit Library Card barcode number.

• OCLC ILL (within library) -- Use this link only while at an MCPL location (excludes MCPL wireless access).

By using Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services, you agree to:

• Only request items published/released prior to last year (per amazon.com). *
• Limit your ILL requests to 5 per month. *
• Avoid requesting Feature Films, (Fictional) TV Series, Video Games, Original Periodicals (copies are fine), or items valued under $10 (per amazon.com). *
• Avoid requesting items published more than 75 years ago. *
• Limit requests so that you have enough time to use to the items you receive. Renewals cannot be guaranteed.
• Allow 2-8 weeks for fulfillment of requests.
  (Email us or call (715) 261-7244 to check the status of your request).
• Pick up items promptly upon notification of their availability.
• Return items by the due date on the ILL labels.
• Contact us to request renewals 2-3 days before the due date.
• Abide by the copyright laws of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) regarding reproductions of copyrighted material.

Your ILL borrowing privileges may be suspended for: failure to pick up multiple items, failure to return multiple items by due date, multiple damaged or lost items, exceeding request limits, or other abuses of the system.

* (as of 1-1-2011)