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As part of a vast network of libraries in the nation offering patrons access to materials not available in their home libraries, Bethlehem Public Library voluntarily adopts the American Library Association Interlibrary Loan Code. In keeping with the spirit of this code, Bethlehem Public Library’s guidelines are as follows:

• Interlibrary loan requests will be honored if the patron’s home library is Bethlehem, or if the patron’s home library does not offer out-of-system service. All other patrons requesting interlibrary loans will be referred to their home library.
• Interlibrary loan practices are reciprocal. Bethlehem Public Library does not lend popular materials, AV materials, magazines, and items valued at less than $16, and does not request these items from other libraries.
• Interlibrary loan periods are generally short-term. Renewals are governed by the lending library. Patrons must allow three months between requests for the same materials.
• Requested materials, including articles from e-journals, must be more than 6 months old.
• Journal articles must be less than 100 pages long; anything longer than 33 pages may incur fees.
• Patrons must supply complete bibliographic information; sources for this information are:
  • Professional citations from books or journals
  • magazine and newspaper articles
  • www.WorldCat.org
• To proceed with a request, patrons must agree to pay any fee imposed by the lending library.
• As is the case with all circulation transactions, patron confidentiality is assured.
• Copyright laws and the lending library’s policies and procedures take precedence over these guidelines.

ILL requests may be submitted in person, by phone at 439-9314 (press 2), or online.

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