Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan - Services and Costs for non-UW Clients

The University Libraries provides document delivery services to non-University of Washington clients on a cost-recovery basis.


Document Costs
Articles held on the UW campus $15 (see detail below)
Books held on the UW campus (sent only to businesses and libraries) $15 (see detail below)
Fiche to fiche duplication $15 (see detail below)
Microfilm reel to reel duplication Contact Microform & Newspaper Collection
Obituary searches $30
Delivery Costs (in addition to costs above)
PDF on the web no additional charge
Fax no additional charge except $5 for overseas
First class mailing of articles no additional charge
UPS Ground or Library Mail (4th class) of books within the U.S. no additional charge
Priority shipping or international actual shipping cost plus $5
Miscellaneous Costs (in addition to costs above)
Data entry for requests submitted by fax, phone, or email $5 per item
Bibliographic verification $5 per item

Total copying fee is incremental based upon the number of pages supplied per individual article requested.
Paper originals (50 page increments) Micro-originals (25 page increments)
1 - 50 pages$15.001 - 25 pages$15.00
51 - 100 pages$30.0026 - 50 pages$30.00
101 - 150 pages$45.0051 - 75 pages$45.00
etcetcetcetc
Fiche to fiche duplication (5 fiche increments).
1 - 5 fiche$15.00
6 - 10 fiche$30.00
11 - 15 fiche$45.00
etcetc

Total lending fee is incremental based upon the number of bound volumes or reels of microfilm supplied per individual title requested.
1 - 4 volumes/reels of the same title$15.00
5 - 8 volumes/reels of the same title$30.00
9 - 12 volumes/reels of the same title$45.00
etcetc

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Last modified: Wednesday February 20 2008