APPROVED: Library Board, Date: 3/90, Section: 4300

Interlibrary loan policy or resource sharing is defined as the loaning of materials and information between libraries.

All libraries that are an affiliate or a branch of a county library system are automatically a participant in Arizona's interlibrary cooperative endeavors. The purpose of interlibrary loan cooperation is to share resources, both human and material, in order to provide residents of Arizona with information that is wanted but not available at the local level. (Arizona Library Association. Guidelines for Public Library Service, 1988.)

1. The Mohave County Library District supports interlibrary loan networking and encourages its use among patrons and libraries. The District will participate whenever possible in cooperative interlibrary loan programs and will abide by established rules and regulations.
 

2. As the public library of Mohave County, the Mohave County Library District serves as a contact for other types of libraries in the County that wish to use the various components of Arizona's cooperative efforts (i.e., AZNET (Arizona Interlibrary Loan Network), Serials Online in Arizona (SOLAR), State Reference Center, AMIGOS Library Network and so forth). Interlibrary loan services are available to all Mohave County Library District cardholders in good standing and all other libraries in the county (school libraries, college libraries, special libraries, and so forth).
 

4. Any materials can be requested through ILL, although the loaning library determines what will be sent. Generally, libraries will loan fiction and nonfiction books, copies of magazine articles, genealogical materials, out-of-print books, technical materials, thesis materials, and items on microfilm/fiche. Frequently, libraries will not loan audio/visual materials, entire magazines, rare books, new books in their collection for less than six months, reference materials, popular title paperbacks, some genealogical materials, and some Ph.D. dissertations. When in doubt as to whether or not certain material is available for ILL, make a request. The District strives to maintain basic reference and current materials that are popularly requested or needed so that these items need not be requested through ILL.
 

5. The District will strive to provide fee-free interlibrary loan services. Costs charged by loaning libraries may be passed on to the patron, but patrons will be notified in advance and given the option of receiving the materials as priced or not.