INTERLOAN policy

If the Library does not have material which you need, we will be happy to try to obtain it for you through interlibrary loan (ILL). We also lend our materials to other libraries around the world when they are requested through ILL.

1.	Check the card catalogs (here and at Memorial Library) and the computer catalog to verify that there is no copy on campus. Call the Madison Public Library at (608) 266-6300 to see if any local libraries can quickly provide a copy.
2.	If no copy is available locally, request an ILL application from the microforms or circulation staff. Fill it out as completely and accurately as possible and return it to the microforms or circulation desk.
3.	We'll contact you when the material arrives. Although policies vary with lenders, most requests take 2-3 weeks and items can be kept for 14 days. Pick up books in room 221 and microforms in the Microforms Room.
4.	Fees: we charge you nothing to obtain material unless the lending institution imposes a fee. If the lender charges a fee or will only provide photocopies for a cost, we will notify you before proceeding.
5.	Restrictions: some institutions may designate items "for library use only" or impose other restrictions on how their materials can be used. You are expected to abide by those restrictions.
6.	Return ILL books directly to room 221, not to the main circulation desk. Return microforms to the Microforms Room.

How to Have Our Material Sent to Your Local Library (we urge visitors from outside Madison not to borrow materials while here, but to use the ILL program of their local library instead).

1.	Fill out an ILL application at your local public or academic library, and they will communicate with us via computer or mail.
2.	Fees: there is no charge for loans to Wisconsin libraries. Non-Wisconsin libraries will be charged $15.00 per title. There is a limit of 6 volumes of a printed work or 6 reels of a microfilmed title. [Librarians please note: mailed requests require prepayment.]
3.	Restrictions: we will not loan family histories, local histories which are substantially genealogical or contain substantial lists of names, out of state censuses, pamphlets under 50 pages, fragile material, oversized volumes (including bound newspapers) or rare books. We will loan almost everything else, including government documents and microfilm.
4.	Materials obtained through ILL may be kept up to 30 days after they are received in your local library. Return the items to your local ILL office, not directly to us.