Howard University Libraries
is an OCLC lending participant but will also lend materials from its
circulating collection to non-OCLC participating libraries and
institutions. OCLC symbol is: DHU
Interlibrary loan is processed at the
Founders Library for all Howard University Libraries, including Founders,
Undergraduate, Architecture, Business, Divinity and Social Work Libraries.
Requests may be entered directly on-line
through the OCLC Passport system for ILL.
Requests may also be mailed or faxed directly
using the standard ALA request form.
Mailing Address is:
Founders Library, ILL
500 Howard Place, NW
Washington DC 20059
Phone: (202) 806-5716
| Fax: (202) 806-4622 |
Email: ILL@howard.edu
All lending inquiries should be directed to
ILL staff at (202) 806-5716.
ILL Lending Policy
Howard University Libraries has reciprocal
arrangements with the Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance
(CIRLA), Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs),
Washington Information and Research Library Consortium (WRLC), and other
academic libraries and institutions, and agencies of the US Government and
the District of Columbia.
Other organizations including law firms
and private organizations are charged as follows.
Lending Charges
Loans (books) and other
circulating materials:
- Regular items: $15.00 flat.
- RUSH items: $15.00 plus an additional
$10.00 processing fee per item.
Articles (copies):
- Regular items: $10.00 flat fee for up
to 25 pages, plus additional $.25/ page for over 25 pages.
- RUSH items: $10.00 surcharge.
FAX:
Free to reciprocal academic libraries and institutions, and to agencies
of the US government and the District of Columbia. $10.00 to all other
borrowers.
Reciprocal agreements are welcome.
Other Lending Facilities at Howard
University
Howard University Health Sciences Library,
Law Library, and the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center have separate
interlibrary loan units. The NAD and OCLC Symbols for these libraries are:
Health Sciences Library: NAD is DHX
Health
Sciences Library
Phone: (202) 884-1507
Fax: (202) 884-1506
Howard University Health Sciences
Library is not an OCLC participating lender. All interlibrary loan
requests must be sent on ALA forms mailed or faxed to their address
above. Please note that fees may apply. For further details see
Health
Sciences Library Policy
Law Library: NAD is HLL
Law
Library
Phone: (202) 806-8207
Fax: (202) 806-8412
Contact: Mrs. Felicia O. Ayanbiola
The law library does not circulate any
multi-volume item and periodicals. Please call for further details.
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center:
NAD is DHM
Phone: (202) 806 - 4237
Fax: (202) 806 - 5405
Please note that the Moorland-Spingarn
Research Center is not a lending library. Theses and Dissertations
for Howard University Graduate students do not circulate. However,
a photoduplication of about 10% can be made. Please see Moorland
Library Division Regulations for further details.
|
“The Copyright law of the
United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of
photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and other
archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other
reproduction. One of these conditions is that the photocopy
or reproduction is not to be ‘used for any purpose other than
private study, scholarship, or research.’ If the user
makes a request for and later uses a copy or reproduction for
purposes in excess of ‘fair use’, that user may be
liable for copyright infringement.”
Other copyright restrictions and
charges may apply. Howard University Libraries reserves the
right to use its discretion to refuse any ILL request that
violates the copyright stipulation |
Inquiries
Circulation Desk
Founders Library
500 Howard Place, NW
Washington DC 20059
Phone: (202) 806–5716
Fax: (202 806-4622
Email: ILL@howard.edu
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