Search the Policy Directory to view the Interlibrary Loan, Photocopy, and Reciprocal Borrowing policies of ILLINET libraries. Search results in the Policy Directory can be used to create custom holding groups in WorldCat Resource Sharing.

View the Documents on the Resource Sharing Policies page to access three presentations on the Policy Directory.

A new wiki, ShareILL is a gateway to electronic and print resources pertaining to all aspects of interlibrary loan (ILL), document delivery, and resource sharing. Designed to be comprehensive and international in scope, ShareILL features links to resources that will help practitioners locate materials for their clientele, manage the ILL process, and keep up with developments in the profession.

This includes information about the ISO ILL Protocol Standards, links to specific implementations and implementer groups, new developments in ILL standards, and link to relevant articles and related web sites.

As partners in the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET), more than 5,000 multi-type (academic, public, school and special) member libraries contribute to the ongoing enrichment of the state’s library resources. Dating from 1975, ILLINET relies on resource sharing to meet the information, recreation and research needs of library users. Individual libraries challenged to meet the requests of their users can do so through statewide cooperative collection management agreements and with a high level of local commitment to interlibrary loan. The leadership and collegiality of the Illinois State Library, the 10 regional library systems and the member libraries ensure the future of resource sharing in Illinois. Through automation and document delivery, the Illinois library community is assured continued access to information throughout the 21st century. Note: The first “Illinois Interlibrary Loan Code” was written in 1971. It was revised in 1988, 1993 and 2000. The current revision was completed in 2008.

Created by IFLA. Revised in 2001. "The shared use of individual library collections is a necessary element of international co-operation by libraries. Just as no library can be self-sufficient in meeting all the information needs of its users, so no country can be self-sufficient. The supply of loans and copies between libraries in different countries is a valuable and necessary part of the ILL process. Since every country must determine the ways in which it conducts interlending and document supply, the following principles and guidelines have no mandatory force. However individual countries and libraries are strongly encouraged to use these guidelines as a basis for the conduct of international lending. The principles protect the interests of all libraries, and set out the recommended practice by individual nations for document provision. There are eight major principles, each of which is supported by a number of guidelines."

I-Share is comprised of many academic libraries in the state of Illinois as well as the Illinois State Library and the Illinois Math and Science Academy.

Discussion forum from WebJunction for anyone with a professional interest in interlibrary loan, document delivery and resource sharing.

A PowerPoint presentation presented by Kate Boyle (Metropolitan Library System) and Laura Frizol (LaSalle Public Library).

You may use CCC’s Transactional Reporting Service (TRS) to pay royalties and obtain permission to photocopy copyrighted materials for interlibrary loan.

This gives you answers to questions related to interlibrary loan and copyright.

Written by Laura N. Gasway, Law Library Director, University of North Carolina. You may use this chart to determine whether a work remains copyright-protected in the U.S.

If you are part of a regional consortium, follow the guidelines provided by your specific LLSAP.

The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog, known as SILC, is Illinois' first all inclusive statewide union catalog that integrates WorldCat and the Illinois Library Systems' local consortial OPACs, to provide both shelf status and interlibrary loan capabilities in a single searchable interface.

The Illinois State Library also provides all ILLINET member libraries with an authorization and password to OCLC’s FirstSearch - If you don’t know your authorization number or password, contact your regional library system interlibrary loan contact or the Illinois State Library. OCLC is a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Dublin, Ohio and is the producer of the OCLC WorldCat database, the world's largest and most comprehensive electronic database of bibliographic information. FirstSearch is an online service that gives library professionals and users access to a rich collection of reference databases including WorldCat. As indicated, WorldCat is an electronic database of bibliographic information (cataloging records). Many ILLINET libraries (and other libraries throughout the world) have attached their holding symbol to these records so you can identify which library owns an item.

SHARE (Share Holdings And Resources Easily) is a cooperative project to facilitate staff-initiated interlibrary loans among participating Illinois library automation consortia. SHARE was at one time known as the LANDL (Live And Learn) Project. These participating consortia provide access to their online catalogs: iBistro (CCS), PrairieCat (PALS), LINC/iBistro (LINC), MAGIC (DLS), NIC (PALS), SWAN (MLS).

OCLC provides an interlibrary loan policy directory for those libraries that have cataloged their items on OCLC. While some OCLC libraries do not share their items via the OCLC interlibrary loan system, for those libraries that do interlibrary loan their items, OCLC has provided the policy directory. The OCLC Policies Directory will tell you which items a library is willing to lend, fees associated with the interlibrary loan process, contact information, etc.

LVIS is an OCLC resource sharing group that allows for no-charge interlibrary loaning of circulating items (loans that are returnable) and photocopies for up to 30 pages per bibliographic citation among group members.

RSS feed that includes announcements, changes and enhancements to OCLC resource sharing services.

OCLC provides an interlibrary loan policy directory for those libraries that have cataloged their items on OCLC. While some OCLC libraries do not share their items via the OCLC interlibrary loan system, for those libraries that do interlibrary loan their items, OCLC has provided the policy directory. The OCLC Policies Directory will tell you which items a library is willing to lend, fees associated with the interlibrary loan process, contact information, etc.