Institutional Interlibrary Loan Policy (Lending to Other Libraries)

• Requesting ILL material from the TWU Library:

The TWU Library uses Relais ILL for its Interlibrary Loan management. 

Libraries which do not use Relais or other generic script messaging systems can place requests through our online institutional request form.  Please contact us at ill@twu.ca for a User Login and Password.

Institutional ILL Web Request Form 

• Contact Information:

• Lending Details: 

• Books:

§   if circulating copy is available, will lend for 3 weeks from date of receipt.

§   renewable on request. 

• Journals:

§        will not lend.

§        will provide copies of articles. 

• TWU Theses:

§        most available from the National Library of Canada. Full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations are available in PDF format for those theses published from the beginning of 1998 to August 31, 2002: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/4/s4-230-e.html

§        See also: CARL Metadata Harvester 

• Not available for loan:

§        Curriculum Materials (all Call Numbers that begin with “LT”)

§        Audio-visual materials

§        TWU Theses 

• Microfilming:

§        service not available. 

• Billing:

§        Invoices are issued with each item requested.

§        Exceptions exist for consortia and other special reciprocal agreements. 

• Charges: