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Ramaker ILLiad
Ramaker Library’s staff locates and supplies Northwestern College faculty, students and staff with books, journal articles, musical scores, media materials and other resources not found in the library. As a member of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Northwestern College has access to library collections throughout the world. The interlibrary loan coordinator is available to help secure the resources you need through our new Interlibrary Loan System, ILLiad.
Questions
Please direct inquiries about interlibrary loans to the interlibrary loan coordinator, Bryan Van Gelder, at ext. 7311. His office is located on the main floor of Ramaker Library. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
How to use interlibrary loan
Eligible users
Interlibrary loan fees
Processing time
Renewing interlibrary loan items
Fines
How to use interlibrary loan
Check the Ramaker online catalog, listing of journals available through Ramaker, or EBSCOhost to see if Northwestern has the item you need. If it is not available in Ramaker, you may request books, scores, videos and DVDs electronically using ILLiad.
Some materials can be difficult to obtain because other libraries may not loan the following items: Reference items or rare materials, computer software, videos/CDs, musical scores, dissertations, microfilm, realia and electronic books.
All requests for music-related materials should include the accession number (OCLC) found on each record in WorldCat. Reference librarians are available to help you check the availability of an item, as well as submit a request, and may be contacted at ext. 7244.
When the item arrives, you will receive a notice via e-mail when it is ready to be picked up. (If the item cannot be loaned, you will receive an e-mail notification about that as well.) Requests will be available for pickup at the circulation desk. On occasion, as required by the lending institution, an item may be used only in the library. Items sent in this manner can be used only in Ramaker Library under the supervision of library staff. Interlibrary loan staff will notify you of these special circumstances. All items should be returned to the circulation desk.
All articles received will be sent to you via e-mail in PDF format.
If an article will require additional time to locate, students will receive a request for approval from the library director.
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Eligible users
All students, faculty, faculty emeriti and staff are eligible to use interlibrary loan. Community patrons are encouraged to use the interlibrary loan services of their local public library.
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Interlibrary loan fees
Generally, there are no fees for requesting items through Interlibrary Loan. However, if an item can only be obtained from a library that charges a lending fee, you will be contacted as to whether to pay that fee or cancel the request.
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Processing time
All requests are processed within one to three working days of submission. It usually takes from a week to 10 days for an item to arrive, but it can take as long as three weeks. Due dates for items are determined by the lending library. Try to limit your requests to no more than 10 items per day unless special arrangements are made with the interlibrary loan staff.
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Renewing interlibrary loan items
Requests may be made from the list of items you have checked out once you have logged into ILLiad.
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Fines
No fines will be assessed for interlibrary loan. You will receive three separate overdue notices, at varying intervals. If you have not returned the item before you receive your third notice, you will be blocked from using ILLiad and interlibrary loan. In order to be re-instated for ILL use, you will need to clear the overdue block with the interlibrary loan coordinator.
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