Masland Library Blog

ILL is a library service that we offer that allows you to borrow books from other libraries around the area. Hence, it’s called Inter Library Loan. And, it’s my favorite part about my afternoon shift.
            

What happens sometimes is that our library may not have a book that you’re looking for. In order to accommodate for when this does happen, we have a catalog searching system (maslandlibrary.worldcat.org) that will search for the book that you want at other cooperating libraries, and once it’s found it, we can ask for it to be sent to PBU so that you can utilize it for your research. This way when for some reason we can’t provide you with the book you’re looking for, you can still get it from somewhere else. It takes about 2 weeks for a book request to get processed and sent here, so you do need to think ahead on bigger assignments. But other than that, once you’ve placed your request and had it approved, you’ll be notified of the books arrival, I’ll unpackage it , and set it aside for you to pick up!
           

How do you make use of such a wonderful tool? Easy! Go to the library website (www.library.pbu.edu), and under the Services section, select the first option for Inter Library Loan. Read up on the instructions; create an account, and your ready to place a request. I hope you can make use of such a great tool!  

~Grace Sulaiman

(Picture: Shepherd University, WV)