Libraries
Interlibrary loan policy (lending to libraries)
Submit requests to UVic interlibrary loan. If you need a username and password, please email ill@uvic.ca.
Contact us:
Phone: 250-721-6480
Fax: 250-721-8243
ARIEL: ariel.library.uvic.ca
NUC Code: CaBVIV
OCLC Code: VT2
Our mailing address is:
Interlibrary Loan - Lending
McPherson Library
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1800 Stn CSC
Victoria, B.C.
Canada V8W 3H5
Lending policies:
Books
- If a circulating copy is available, we will lend for two weeks from date of receipt.
- Books are non-renewable.
Periodicals
- Not available for loan.
Dissertations and theses
- If a circulating copy is available, we will lend for two weeks from date of receipt.
- Most are available from the Library and Archives Canada through the Canada Theses Portal.
Microforms
- We will lend microfilm and microfiche for two weeks from date of receipt.
- We will not lend BC newspapers between Sept. 1 and April 30 of each year.
- A microfilming service is not available.
Audio-visual materials
- Not available for loan.
Charges and billing
Charges
- Books to COPPUL, CARL and ELN members: no charge.
- Books to BC Public libraries: $5.00 per title.
- Books to other libraries: $10.00 per title.
- Books to non-Canadian libraries: $10.00 per title, plus shipping charges.
- Photocopies to COPPUL, OCUL, CAUL, ELN members: standard charges as per agreement.
- Photocopies to other libraries: $10.00 for 1-40 pages, then .25 per page.
- OCLC - IFM participant: $25.00 IFM charge per request; non-IFM requesters not accepted by OCLC, please use email.
Billing policy
- Invoices are issued on a semi-annual basis.
- Exceptions exist for consortia and other special agreements.