Joyner Library's Interlibrary Loan Lending service supplies our materials to libraries and other organizations across North Carolina and the United States, as well as to countries around the world.

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Eligibility:

Joyner Library is pleased to supply libraries across North Carolina and around the world with access to our collections. Requests from businesses, organizations, and individuals who are not affiliated with a library should make their requests through their local public library or use a commercial document delivery service. K-12 school libraries in select Eastern North Carolina counties may be eligible to use ILL Document Delivery by participating in the Educator Card School program.

Submitting Requests:

We prefer to receive requests through the OCLC Resource Sharing system to OCLC library code ERE. If you cannot access the OCLC network, please create a Joyner Lending ILLiad account and then enter your requests through that interface; doing so will increase accuracy and delivery speed. If you do not think you will make future requests from Joyner Library, you may instead submit an ALA form or an IFLA form by fax +1-252-328-6618, e-mail jis@ecu.edu or Odyssey 150.216.68.52/ERE. We will not accept telephone requests because of the amount of information needed for a request and the likelihood of transcription error. If you qualify for the Educator Card School program, your request should be submitted through ILL Document Delivery rather than ILL Lending. ECU's Laupus Health Sciences Library has its own ILL department.

Due Dates and Renewals:

The typical loan period for most materials is 60 days. Renewals are allowed for most materials and are typically granted for an additional month. Some materials must circulate for shorter periods; likewise, some materials cannot be renewed. Please check any paperwork we send with the loaned material for the exact due date and any restrictions. Multiple requests for the same item for the same patron are highly discouraged. All materials may be recalled immediately upon request for use by our patrons.    

Fees:

Loans and photocopies are free of charge to all institutions with which we have a reciprocal agreement. Other institutions may be charged lending fees. We participate in OCLC's IFM service and encourage all payments to be made via this service. We also accept credit cards (VISA and MasterCard), checks, and IFLA vouchers .       

Expedited Shipping:

Most loans to other institutions are shipped using the US Postal Service at the library rate, which can take over a week to arrive. To arrange expedited shipping via FedEx or UPS to your institution at your expense, please contact us. Materials being loaned to KUDZU participants are shipped by UPS or the Lanter Delivery Service. Materials being loaned to sister UNC system libraries are  shipped by UPS. Libraries within North Carolina that participate in the state courier system will have materials shipped to them by that service unless we are otherwise informed.

Return Shipping Addresses:

Please use the following addresses to return materials to Joyner Library. If you use these addresses and shipments are returned to you or if you are billed UPS or FedEx address correction fees, please let us know.

The US Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, and our campus mail operation prefer the following address format.
Joyner Library Interlibrary Loan
Mail Stop 516
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858

UPS will likely charge an address correction fee if the following address is not used.
Interlibrary Loan
100 Joyner Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858

The North Carolina State Courier System prefers the following format. This service is only used by NC government agencies, UNC system libraries, and participating K-12 schools and public libraries in North Carolina.
Joyner Library Interlibrary Loan
East Carolina University
Greenville
01-42-08

Government Documents:

As a selective US Government repository, Joyner Library has many government documents, but not all of them have been cataloged. We also subscribe to and can provide documents from the LexisNexis Congressional database of government documents.

Lending Restrictions:

Due to policy restrictions, Joyner Library does not usually provide the following material types to other libraries. Members of the University of North Carolina system and KUDZU consortium have special access to some of these restricted materials; if you are a member, please contact us for details. If we are unable to loan a printed item, we usually can photocopy sections thereof within reason and copyright restrictions. While we generally are willing to loan materials to non-US libraries, please note that we may not always be able to do so. Copyright compliance must be indicated on all requests for photocopied or scanned materials. We reserve the right to refuse any request that may infringe copyright laws and guidelines.