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Policies & Procedures for External Libraries

York University Libraries fulfills requests for books, articles, newspapers on microfilm, etc. in various formats (physical and digital) to libraries around the world. For our holdings, check our catalogue.

We lend material from Frost, Scott, Steacie, Bronfman and Osgoode Hall Law Libraries.

Osgoode Hall Law Library offers direct interlibrary loan and document delivery services to Canadian law firms and lawyers for material held in their collection.

York University Libraries does not provide interlibrary loan services to members of the public. We encourage these patrons to come to the library in person, or to consult the interlibrary loan service at their local public library.

LOAN

We will lend for 3-6 weeks (depending on circumstances) from date of receipt. Renewals may be permitted. Requests for reference and rare books are considered individually and the loan period may be shorter with use restricted to library only.  We do not lend eBooks.  All loans are subject to recall. 

PERIODICAL

We will not lend periodicals, with the following exceptions:  we will lend annuals which usually circulate and we will lend microfilmed periodicals more than ten years old. Requests for newspapers on microfilm will be considered individually.

THESES

If we hold a circulating hard copy, we will lend.  Copies of York theses may be purchased from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL

Our film and video collection is in high demand for classroom use and is not available for interlibrary loan.  Audio materials are also non-circulating.

CHARGES

CANADIAN LIBRARIES

Library Type

Loans

Photocopies

NON-PROFIT$12.00$12.00
PBUQ, COPPUL, CAUL-CBUANo ChargeNo Charge
CORPORATE/PRIVATE$30.00Non-supplier

OCLC WORLDSHARE REQUESTS

$30.00IFM in U.S. funds for non Canadian libraries or 2.5 IFLA vouchers.

NON CANADIAN LIBRARIES USING OUR WEBFORM

$30.00CND invoice or 2.5 IFLA vouchers for a loan or photocopy transaction.

DELIVERY AND OTHER CHARGES

  • Photocopies are normally delivered via Article Exchange (secure web link).
  • Courier pickup must be arranged by the borrowing institution.
  • We charge $150.00 for a lost item.

HOW TO ORDER

Requests must be submitted by using the OCUL Web Form or by OCLC.
Please provide your Library Symbol on each request and observe the standard interlibrary loan protocol of submitting only one request per message.

  • We will not accept requests by telephone, fax, or email.
  • We do not provide rush service.
Resource Sharing DepartmentNUC: (Ca) OTY
106 Scott LibraryOCLC: YOU
York UniversityEMAIL: resourcesharing@yorku.ca
4700 Keele StreetTELEPHONE: 416 736-5808
Toronto  ON  M3J 1P3   
Canada