Interlibrary Loan is part of the Access Services Department.

The following information is posted for libraries participating in the Interlibrary Loan program who would like to borrow our materials. Anyone from the general public may go to their home library (whether it is your public library, school library or a special library that you are a member of) and use their ILL service to request materials from the Gallucci-Cirio Library. If you wish to visit our library and have direct access to check circulating items out, please refer to our borrowing privileges.

ILL Lending Policies

• Acceptable Request Formats
• Types of Material
• Photocopy Service
• Billing
• Postage

Acceptable Request Formats

• OCLC Form submitted
• ALA paper form

These forms may be submitted to us electronically through OCLC, via fax, or mailed.

Please Note:

• We do not accept phone requests.
• We do not accept walk-in requests through our Interlibrary Loan service.

Types of Material Lent:

Audio-Visual Materials

• CDs: length of loan is 4 weeks (Note: We do not lend musical theater.)
• DVDs: length of loan is 2 weeks (Note: We do not lend musical theater.)

Books
Will lend from all circulating collections; oversized materials are subject to size, condition and cost. Don't lend Reference materials. Length of loan is 4 weeks; will Renew for 4 weeks.

Center for Italian Culture
Will lend. Length of loan is for books and audio is 4 weeks; will Renew for 4 weeks. Length of loan is for video is 2 weeks; will Renew for 2 weeks.

Government Documents
No separate collection.

Manuscript Collections
The cataloged microfilm collections; reels may be lent up to 4 weeks.

Newspapers
Current Subscriptions

• Bound: Copies only
• Unbound: Copies only
• Microfilm: Copies only

Historical newspapers

• Reels may be lent for up to 4 weeks

Periodicals

• Bound: Copies only
• Unbound: Copies only
• Microfilm: Copies only
• Electronic Format: Contingent upon our license agreement for each database/online service

Special Collections
Items do not circulate.

Photocopy Service

No charge for exposures or scanning; maximum limit 50 pages.

Billing Policy

Fitchburg State does not charge for any type of Interlibrary Loan Service. Borrowing libraries will be expected to pay for lost or damaged materials.

Postage

Fitchburg State does not charge postage. We request that return mailing labels be included with requests.

Comments

Our full lending policy is posted in the OCLC Policies Directory and periodicals holdings are listed in WorldCat.