Some items are difficult to borrow, these include:
New books (current best-sellers), rare books, reference materials, computer programs, and media materials. Foreign theses and dissertations and genealogical materials.
Current FGCU faculty, staff and students. All others may submit requests through their local public libraries.
Distance Leaners: FGCU owned materials will be checked-out to the user’s library account and forwarded to them through regular mail. Articles are usually sent to the requestor electronically for download from their FGCU Library account.
Distance learning faculty and students of other Florida state universities and community colleges may be eligible for interlibrary loan services at FGCU under certain circumstances, guided by an agreement between FGCU and the user’s home institution.
Most requests are filled within 7-10 days. Often, the item is received in much less time, but this can never be predicted.
Indicate your “needed by” date on the request form and the interlibrary loan staff will try to get the material before that date. If no date is indicated, the request will remain active until all possible sources are exhausted, or until the end of the semester, at which time the request will be cancelled.
Although there are no limits on the number of requests one user may submit, the Interlibrary Loan Office may stagger the sending of multiple requests from a single borrower.
Graduate research assistants, or others, acting as proxies for a faculty member, may check out and pick up interlibrary loan materials for their Sponsors, if a Proxy Authorization Form is on file with the Circulation Desk. This form, which is signed by the professor, authorizes the proxy to conduct library transactions on behalf of the Sponsor. The proxy and sponsor must be FGCU affiliates.
Check the FGCU Library Catalog to see if we already own the item you need. In addition, search the e-journal portal for journal articles available in electronic format.
The loan period for borrowed materials varies and is controlled by the supplier. Due dates are clearly marked on each borrowed item. Renewals must be requested before the due date of the current loan. Renewals are not automatically granted by the lender. Restrictions on the borrowed material will be indicated on a printed label attached to the item.
Borrowers are notified via e-mail when material is received. Interlibrary loan materials may be picked up at the Library Circulation Desk. Articles are delivered electronically and can be downloaded from your FGCU Library account.
Each ILL item will have a band with important information for you and the library staff. Please do not remove this band from the material.
Return all ILL items to the Circulation Desk.
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