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Filled request: An interlibrary loan request is counted as filled at the time fill is completed. Requests which are canceled, or for which materials are missing or lost, are not counted as filled. Requests which result in placing a hold on material are not counted as filled until the material is actually sent to the requesting library. Requests that are referred are counted as filled when the material is sent to the requesting library.

Interlibrary loan: The process by which library materials or photocopies are requested, or supplied, from one library to another.

Referred request: An interlibrary loan request which cannot be filled within a library system may be referred, through proper channels, to libraries outside the system, and in turn, outside the state, if necessary.

Requesting library: The library which requests material from another library.

Supplying library: The library which supplies material requested from another library.

System clearinghouse: The organization within a library system which receives and refers interlibrary loan requests on behalf of libraries within the system area. The clearinghouse may also serve as a resource library for the system.

For more information about Interlibrary Loan, contact Cheryl Becker.

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