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Interlibrary Loan

Updated Jan. 25, 2005.


Borrowing Services

We provide Interlibrary Loan service for materials needed for academic purposes that are not available at the Law Library or at any of the UW Libraries. Borrowing services are provided only for the Law School community:

  • Law School faculty
  • Law School clinical staff
  • Law School students
  • Law School staff
  • Gallagher Law Library staff

UW faculty, staff, and students who are not affiliated with the Law School must use UWorld Express, http://www.lib.washington.edu/uworld/.

Lending Services

We will loan items from our collection to other libraries with Interlibrary Loan staff. We accept lending requests via RLIN or OCLC. We accept ALA forms which are mailed, faxed, emailed, or sent by Ariel (address: 128.208.154.11).

How much does it cost?

Borrows - We attempt to borrow for free. If the lender charges, we pass on that cost to the borrower. You will be notified before the order is placed if a cost is involved. Faculty are not charged for borrows.

Loans - We do not charge any library for book loans. We do not charge public libraries, academic libraries, court libraries, or other nonprofit institution libraries for photocopies. We do charge firm libraries and other for-profit organizations for photocopies at our usual Copy and Send rate.

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How long does it take to receive material?

Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery.

Copyright

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purposes other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

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Borrow Request Form

To request items not available at the UW Law Library or any of the UW Libraries, use the Request Form.

Questions about Interlibrary Loan at Gallagher? E-mail the ILL Department at lawlibil@u.washington.edu or phone us at (206) 543-4262.

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