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ILL lets you borrow beyond Feinberg
Feinberg Library's Interlibrary Loan Service lets Plattsburgh State students, faculty (including emeriti), and staff borrow materials and copies of periodical articles that are not available at Feinberg Library (i.e., not owned, currently checked out, lost, missing, on order, etc.). ILL services are not available to Special Borrowers or those who owe library fines.
- Learn more by reading our ILL Frequently Asked Questions
Getting Started with your ILL Request
Before submitting an ILL request, check to make sure the item you want is not available at Feinberg. For all materials except journal articles, first check PlattCAT. For journal articles, check here: Is a Journal Available Online?
ILL Request Steps:
- Go to Feinberg's Interlibrary Loan log-on page to set up your ILLiad account.
- Once you have created your account, your requests can be completed online. Please make sure the information is accurate. Use your Plattsburgh information for your local address and use your home address for the second address. You will be notified of ILL services by email, so make sure your email address is accurate.
- Remember to update your account whenever you experience a change of address or email address. When searching Feinberg Library's databases, you can take advantage of the Request ILL link from within the database to place your order. The information is automatically entered in the correct fields.
- For Branch Campus students and faculty - Be sure to identify yourself as a Branch campus user on each request form.
Renewing Materials
Renewals are at the discretion of the lending library. ILL staff processes renewal requests every business day, and will contact you if the renewal request is denied.
One renewal may be possible prior to the due date. Renewals can be done directly by you through your ILLiad account prior to the due date of the item.
- Log in to your ILLiad account.
- Under "Review Requests," choose "View/Renew Checked Out Items"
Renewal Service Limits
- It is your responsibility to remember the due date of each item and to return or renew all materials by the due date.
- Your request must be submitted up to the due date to not incur overdue fines.
- Only one renewal per item is allowed.
- If the renewal request is denied, the item must be returned promptly.
- Online ILLiad renewals can be done up to the due date of the item. After that, the system will not allow you to renew online. However, if you contact the ILL Department, they can attempt a renewal for you.
- Please email the Interlibrary Loan Department at lib_loan@plattsburgh.edu if you have questions or problems.
Copyright/Fair Use Policies
Though ILL is intended to assist in the academic and professional development of our patrons, respect must be given to federal copyright law and national ILL policies. As such, Feinberg Library Interlibrary Loan services adheres to the American Library Associations guidelines for Interlibrary Loan Policies as well as provisions within federal copyright law. These policies and procedures are inherent and isolated to ILL and should not have any bearing on other library copyright policies (such as Reserves). These policies apply to all reproductions and facsimiles made for the express purpose of interlibrary loan.
Details:
- Feinberg Library will respect the "suggestion of five" as per section 108 of title 17 of the USC and CONTU.
- In all cases, Feinberg Library ILL services will attach a warning of copyright notice on all outgoing ILL materials, as per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
- The intent of ILL materials is to assist in academic and professional development. ILL services may not be used for personal or immediate financial gain.
- After receiving the requested ILL materials, the onus of responsibility will become the requesting patron's. This includes the responsibility to return/renew the materials on time, as well as any legal consequences to violating copyright from personal reproductions.
- The library will retain ILL records for no more than 3 years.
Contact Information
For more information about Interlibrary Loan Services, please email us at lib_loan@plattsburgh.edu or contact:
Ethel Facteau (Lending/Borrowing Services)
Phone: (518) 564-5301 or (518) 564-4427
Office: Room 306A
Mila Su, Coordinator of Access Services
Phone: (518) 564-5306
Office: Room 207
Hours: Monday- Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm