Outerlibrary Loan Service
Outerlibrary Loan is intended to help patrons get items that are not available through LINKcat. Please, search LINKcat before submitting this form.
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Requesting an Outerlibrary Loan
When an item cannot be found in LINKcat, it is not available from any library in our system. Instead, we may be able to borrow it for you from a library outside of our area. This service is called Outerlibrary Loan (OLL), and it is a separate process from the usual way we share materials. We can request items and offer them to you through the cooperation of other libraries throughout the country. These libraries have their own rules and guidelines, so using OLL requires us to act in good faith—to treat items with care and return them in a timely manner. Because items are borrowed from other libraries and do not belong to us, we have established the following guidelines:
Part of the agreement we have with other libraries covers what kinds of materials we can request. Please keep the following in mind when requesting items through OLL:
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Waiting for an Outerlibrary Loan request
Because these items are handled differently than items circulated within our system, you can expect some differences in the process:
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Checking out an Outerlibrary Loan
When we notify you that an Outerlibrary Loan is available, please come to the checkout desk.
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