What is the difference between a hold, a reserve and an interlibrary loan?
• A hold is a reserve. What they both mean is that you are selecting a book that is not currently on the shelf at the Richards Memorial Library and you want it either saved for you when it comes in or sent from one of the other libraries in the SAILS system. The item will usually arrive in a timely manner. However, delivery depends on the item’s availability, the number of other holds on the item and a variety of circumstances beyond our control. • An Interlibrary Loan is a book or material that is requested from a library outside of the SAILS system. • The Virtual Catalog allows you to place your own Interlibrary Loan request. Log-in to the iBistro catalog and click on the Virtual Catalog tab after you have check to see if any SAILS library owns the material. New materials usually cannot be borrowed. • Materials from university or out-of-state libraries have to go through the Interlibrary Loan Office at Quincy. Because the system involves sending requests out to five libraries at a ti
