Interlibrary Services for External Organizations & Individuals

Who is eligible?

• Outside organizations such as non-OCLC libraries, corporations and other organizations may use Interlibrary Services to borrow items or obtain scans from the UT Libraries collections for a fee.
• Individuals not affiliated with UT who are performing academic or personal research may use the Document Express service to obtain scans for a fee.
• Most Texas public libraries and college-level libraries may use Interlibrary Services free of charge.

What can outside organizations request to borrow?

• Books, dissertations, theses, microfilm.

Restrictions:

• We cannot loan out non-circulating materials, which include Audio/Visual materials, bound or current serials, special collection materials, original newspapers, rare or archival materials, and any item that is in poor or fragile condition.

What can outside organizations and individuals request to be scanned?

• Articles and book chapters from our print collections.
• Articles and book chapters that are 50 pages or less - one article or chapter per request form.
• Entire books published before 1923 (page limit and exceptions below still apply).

Restrictions:

• There may be licensing restrictions that prohibit us from supplying articles from our electronic journals and databases.
• We cannot scan items in poor or fragile condition and books in their entirety.
• Copyright laws may apply.

How long is the loan period?

Our loan period is 16 weeks (starting on our ship date) with no renewals.

How will materials be delivered?

Scans of articles, book chapters and UT Austin theses and dissertations are delivered via email or posted to our server for restricted download. Loans of materials can be delivered via USPS, UPS or FEDEX. All international loans ship USPS Priority Mail International.

How much do these services cost?