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Picking up books requested through interlibrary loan. Inter-library loan (abbreviated ILL, sometimes called document delivery, document supply, inter-lending, inter-library services, inter-loan, or resource sharing) is a service that enables patrons of one library to borrow materials that are held by another library. [1]
Borrow Direct is an interlibrary loan service that allows member university students, faculty, and staff with library borrowing privileges and active e-mail accounts to borrow books directly from the libraries of the other member universities. The patrons' home library bears the cost of the service and there is no charge to patrons.
The Thomas Balch Library offers patrons many services. Reference services include general collection research, and also manuscripts, archives, and rare book research. Internet access is available on specified computer terminals. Interlibrary loan services are also available to patrons, with a small fee. Reproduction services are also offered.
The main public service point is the circulation desk or loans desk, usually found near the main entrance of a library. It provides lending services and facilities for return of loaned items. Renewal of materials and payment of fines are also handled at the circulation desk. [ 1 ]
Library management is a sub-discipline of institutional management that focuses on specific issues faced by libraries and library management professionals. Library management encompasses normal managerial tasks, as well as intellectual freedom and fundraising responsibilities.
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In February 2014, it was announced that GWLA, along with development partners Texas Tech University and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, had entered into an agreement with Springer Science+Business to do a year-long pilot test of the eBook interlibrary loan software Occam's Reader. [4] [5] Western Waters Digital Library.