Interlibrary Loan

Borrowing from UK

Those patrons not associated with UK must contact their local library's Interlibrary Loan service to acquire material from UK Libraries. The policy information below may be used by your local library staff for submitting requests to the W.T. Young Library Interlibrary Loan Lending Service.

Lending Policy for KUK
W.T. Young Library, Interlibrary Loan
401 Hilltop Ave (Street address/UPS)
Lexington, KY 40506
500 S. Limestone St (Postal address/USPS)
Lexington, KY 40506-0456

US Phone: (859) 218-2049 Email: ILLLending@uky.edu

OCLC Code: KUK
NUC Code: KyU

Acceptable Methods of Transmission

OCLC: Yes
ALA Form: Yes
Telephone: No
Fax: No
Email: Yes (use ALA form)

Books

Lend in-print books: Yes
Number of volumes per title loaned: 4
Length of loan: 6 weeks
Renewals: Kudzu only

Periodicals

Lend: No (some exceptions made for older bound journals)

Newspapers

Film: Yes, maximum 4 reels at a time per title, resubmit for additional reels
Length of loan: 6 weeks
Renewals: Kudzu only

Doctoral Dissertations/Masters Thesis

Length of loan: 6 weeks
Renewals: Kudzu only
Copies available from our library: No
PhDs available from UMI, at UMI's website
Masters thesis copies available from our library if author has waived copyright, or if request is accompanied by written permission of author

Technical Reports: Yes

Computer Software: No

Government Documents (US/State/Local/Foreign): Yes

Audiovisual Materials

Lend in state: Yes
Lend out of state: Alliance partners only
Length of loan: 4 weeks
Renewals: No
Late fees: $1.00 per day overdue

Loan Fees (all material types, i.e., books, newspapers, microforms)
(Base fees only--other fees may apply)

Corporate and for-profit Kentucky libraries: $5.00
Academic, Public, not-for-profit out of state: $15.00
For-profit out of state libraries: $20.00
Non-U.S. libraries: $40.00

Reproduction Fees
(Base fees only--other fees may apply)

Corporate and for-profit Kentucky libraries: $5.00, up to 20 pages
Academic, Public, not-for-profit out of state libraries: $15.00, up to 20 pages
Corporate, for-profit out of state libraries: $20.00, up to 20 pages
Non-U.S. libraries: $15.00 (electronic delivery), $40.00 (mail)
$5.00 each additional 20 pages--all categories

Rush Fees
(Base fees only--other fees may apply)

Corporate and for-profit: $10.00

Groups of libraries for which fees are waived

KLN
SoLine
ASERL-WRLC
KYVL
Kudzu

Billing authorization required: Yes
Requests will not be processed if no charge authorization is provided on non-OCLC forms. Per OCLC guidelines, if MAXCOST is left blank, you will be billed.

Billing Procedures

Prepayment is not required. DO NOT send checks in advance of invoice, even with confirmed material availability.
OCLC IFM preferred
Invoice with item: Yes, additional $5 billing surcharge
US postage stamps are not accepted as payment
IFLA Vouchers are accepted for Non-U.S. Libraries only

Packing requirements for mailing