Best Practice Guidelines

The aim of these recommendations is to set a common basic standard covering all aspects of inter library loans which can be adapted to suit working practices across the library and information community.

Inter Library Loan Single Copies

Recommendations for Requester Libraries (Single Copies)
Recommendations for Responder Libraries (Single Copies)

Music and Drama Performance Sets

Recommendations for Requester Libraries (Performance Sets)
Recommendations for Responder Libraries (Performance Sets)
Preparation of Performance Sets
Returning Loans to Responder Libraries (Performance Sets)
Recommended Reimbursement Rates (Performance Sets)

Coming soon – additional Music and Drama information, hints and tools will be added to the Resources section of this website.

Transportation, Reimbursement and Missing or Damaged Items

International Inter Library Loans

IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) International Resource Sharing and Document Delivery: Principles and Guidelines for Procedure