Florida Atlantic University Libraries - Interlibrary Loan Department

The Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Libraries shares its collection with other libraries via our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Lending Unit.

Requests cannot be accepted directly from individual researchers.
If you are not an ILL staff person, please contact your local library about your information needs and they will forward your request to us or to the library most appropriate for your research in accordance with interlibrary loan protocol.

FAU faculty, staff, and students: Interlibrary Loan's borrowing services are described on the ILL FAQ Page.

Search the FAU library collection from our online catalog.

Request Formats Accepted	OCLC (Symbol: FGM) Docline: FLUEAA ALA ILL Request Forms IFLA ILL Forms
Submission Methods Accepted	OCLC: Symbol = FGM FAX: (561) 297-2232 EMAIL: lyill@fau.edu MAIL (See address below) (Sorry, no PHONE requests accepted!)
RUSH or Special Handling*	Please call ahead for RUSH or Special Handling* (561) 297-2192 Same day RUSH services available only before 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time $25 Surcharge
Loan Period/Renewals	60 days for most material 2 weeks for audiovisual, and other media, no renewal 30 day renewal allowed for most non-media materials
Turnaround Time	48 hours on average
Routine Shipping (incurs no additional charges to borrowing library)	COPIES: Article Exchange, Fax, DLLI, or US Mail, Library Materials Rate, LOANS: DLLI, US Mail, Library Materials Rate
Non-Circulating Materials	Whole issues of periodicals Reference Collections Special Collections is loaned on a case-by-case basis unless it can be copied

Charges -
FAU No Longer Issues Paper Checks, ACH or Credit Card payments ONLY! (Link to FAU Accounts payable)
A W-9 form is needed to pay FAU (Link to W-9 form)

TYPE OF LIBRARY	LOANS	COPIES	FAX / Email / Article Exchange	Special Handling or RUSH*
Florida Libraries	Free	Free	Free	Free
Reciprocal, LVIS, Seflin, Solinet, LYRA Libraries	Free	Free	Free	Free
Other U. S. Libraries	$15 IFM	$15 IFM	Free	$25 IFM
Invoice fee (Non IFM)	$25.00	$25.00		$25.00
International Libraries***	Do not lend books	$15 IFM	Free	$25 US IFM + $25 US Invoiced
Lost Books or Returnble Materials**	$66.81+$6.00 Processing fee
Damaged Materials	Varies
Processing fee	$6.00

*Special Handling includes but is not limited to: Rush services, Federal Express shipping (borrower's account number required for FedX charges), patron pickup or other non-routine method of delivery and telephone status reports.

** Materials not returned or accounts reconciled within four weeks (30 days) of the original due date may be subject to non-refundable replacement and processing fees. Identical replacement materials may be accepted in lieu of invoicing for lost materials. Processing fees may still be required if materials are accepted for replacement.

*** IFLA Invoice vouchers accepted for payment.

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Contact Information

Email Address: lyill@fau.edu
Tel: 561-297-0563
Fax: 561-297-2232

Mailing Address:
Interlibrary Loan-Lending
Florida Atlantic University Library
777 Glades Road - LY3, 214
Boca Raton, FL 33431
USA

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Charges - FAU No Longer Issues Paper Checks, ACH or Credit Card payments ONLY! (Link to FAU Accounts payable)A W-9 form is needed to pay FAU (Link to W-9 form)

Contact Information

Charges -
FAU No Longer Issues Paper Checks, ACH or Credit Card payments ONLY! (Link to FAU Accounts payable)
A W-9 form is needed to pay FAU (Link to W-9 form)