The Interlibrary Loan staff is committed to providing the NDSU Community, for the purpose of research and study, access to the collections of local, regional and national libraries by technologically enhanced systematic search and retrieval methods. The staff is further committed to provide efficient and courteous service to the patrons and will make an effort to provide materials in the most cost-effective and timely manner possible. The Interlibrary Loan department will provide to local, regional and national libraries, materials from the NDSU Libraries’ collections as efficiently and as quickly as possible, following the National Interlibrary Loan Guidelines and other local, regional and reciprocal protocols.

The Interlibrary Loan department will, in addition to providing access and materials, manage the record-keeping, copyright compliance, billing and statistics gathering activities necessary to provide quality service.

In keeping with the goals of this department the following policies have been established and will be reviewed regularly to ensure they accurately reflect the activity of the Interlibrary Loan Department.