INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILLiad)
Queens College faculty, students and staff may request books, articles and other library materials not available at Queens College.
For BOOKS owned by CUNY, use CLICS (CUNY Book Delivery service). For all other items, including articles, use ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan). If you do not have an ILLiad account see the Procedures for ILLiad Registration below.
Policies and Procedures
Eligibility
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service at Queens College is available to all current or retired faculty, currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students, or currently employed staff. All other patrons, including Friends of the Library and alumni, please use interlibrary at the college at which you’re registered, or the public library system to which you belong.
- Requests for items available through the QC Library will not be processed.
- Requests for textbooks will not be processed.
Loan Periods
- Items usually arrive from two days to two weeks after you make a request.
- The loan period for books is set by the lending library and is usually two to four weeks use.
- Renewals may be requested online through ILLiad. Occasionally lending libraries refuse renewals. Should that occur we will let you know of other options.
- Many articles are delivered electronically: you have 30 days to view/print/download those files.
Fees
Queens College does not charge for this service: Most items come for free from the lending libraries.
- Some lending libraries do have service fees, usually between $10 and $20. We must pass that fee along to all students.
- On your ILLiad Request Form specify in the Notes the maximum amount you are willing to pay if we cannot get it at no cost.
- We always try to get items for free first. You are never responsible for a fee you haven’t indicated you agree to.
Overdue and Lost Book Fees
- Students pay $1.00 per day in overdue fines.
- Lost book fees in interlibrary loan are determined by the lending library. You, the borrower, remain responsible for all such fees.
- All other Library Circulation policies apply to blocks and loss of Library or registration privileges.
Procedures for ILLiad Registration
Register for this service and submit requests by using the web based ILL system, ILLiad.
Requirements
- Queens College ID card.
- Email address; a Queens College email address is required. Click CAMS to get a campus email account if you do not already have one.
- Updated Library Circulation account. Check at the Circulation desk if you are not sure your account is active.
For questions, please see our ILL FAQs, or contact the ILL office (RO 306), 718-997-3704.
For more information contact:
Prof. Evelyn Silverman
Coordinator of Research Services
