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ILL Lending Policies

1. What Are Acceptable Methods Of Transmission?
   
2. What is Briscoe Library's Ariel IP Address?
   
3. What is Briscoe library's Docline SERHOLD Code?
   
4. What is Briscoe library's Docline LIBID Code?
   
5. What is Briscoe library's OCLC Code?
   
6. What is the Average Turnaround Time?
   
7. What Items Do/Don't We Loan?
   
8. What are the Lending Costs?
   
9. How Long Is The Loan Period?
   
10. What Are The Billing Methods?
    
11. What Are The Acceptable Methods Of Payment?
    
12. What Delivery Methods Are Used?
    
13. What is Briscoe Library's TEXPRESS Info?
    
14. Are there any Insurance Requirements?
    
15. Lending Outside Of United States?
    
16. Reciprocal Agreements?
    
17. What are the Replacement/Processing Charges?
    
18. What are the approximate annual ILL Lending Statistics?
    
19. How Do I Contact The ILL Lending Staff?
    

1. What Are Acceptable Methods For Transmitting ILL Lending Requests?
   OCLC, DOCLINE, FAX, EMAIL, and ARIEL.
    
2. What Is Briscoe Library's Ariel IP Address?
   129.111.57.225
    
3. Our Docline SERHOLD Code?
   TSA
    
4. Our Docline LIBID Code?
   TXUTSA
    
5. What is the Briscoe Library's OCLC code?
   TSA
    
6. What Is The Average Turnaround Time?
   One working day
   For "Not On Shelf" items we will check shelves for 3 days
    
7. What Items Do We Loan?
   

   BOOKS (see exceptions)

   PERIODICALS

   *Bound (some do not circulate)

   *Unbound

   OTHER

   Videotapes (3 day checkout period)

   Slides

   
   *Will lend if article exceeds 50 pages
    
   Items We DO NOT Loan
   

   BOOKS

   Rare, Reference, Reserve, Books In Poor Condition

   PERIODICALS

   Bound (Some do not circulate)

   Microfilm

   OTHER

   Newspapers

   Maps

   Dissertations

   Govt. documents

   Microforms

   Technical rep.

   Software

   Audio-material

   Genealogy

   
    
8. What Are The Lending Costs?
   

   Charge	Amount
   Photocopy	$9.00
   Loan	$9.00
   Extra charge for Fax	$9.00
   Extra charge for Rush	$9.00
   Federal Express	$12.00/Or FedEx Account Number

    
9. How Long Is The Loan Period?

   BOOKS

   2 weeks (renewals usually available for additional 2 weeks)

   PERIODICALS

   3 days from date of receipt (will renew on case by case basis)

   
    
10. What Are The Billing Methods?
    Monthly Invoices, IFM (OLLC), EFTS (DOCLINE).
     
11. What Are The Acceptable Methods Of Payment?
    IFM (OCLC)
    EFTS (DOCLINE)
    IFLA coupons
    Check
    Money Order
    Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover)
     
12. What Delivery Methods Are Used?
    ARIEL, EMAIL (PDF, TIFF, WEB), FAX, USMAIL, TEXPRESS, & FEDEX.
     
13. What Is Briscoe Library's TEXPRESS Info?
    63SAT
     
14. Are There Any Insurance Requirements?
    May be required for special items
     
15. International Requests?
    

    Lending

    Will lend only to libraries in Canada

    Document Delivery

    Will accept standard International ILL Request Forms

    Email address requested for faster delivery of documents through Ariel

    
     
16. Reciprocal Agreements?
    SCAMeL Libraries [NN/LM region 5 (SCR) resource libraries $1.00 EFTS fee]
    TEXSHARE Libraries (San Antonio, San Marcos, & Seguin only).
    
     
17. What Are The Replacement/Processing Charges?
    Replacement Fee (cost for the item) plus Processing Fee $10.00.
     
18. What Are The Approximate Annual ILL Lending Statistics?
    12,500 items annually
     
19. How Do I Contact The ILL Lending Staff?
    Telephone: (210) 567-2460    FAX: (210) 567-2463
    Email: ariel-ill@uthscsa.edu
    
    Address:
    
    Interlibrary Loan
    Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Library
    The University of Texas
    Health Science Center at San Antonio
    7703 Floyd Curl Drive-MSC 7941
    San Antonio, TX 78229-3900