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Phone: (803) 777-0417, Fax: (803) 777-9503
E-mail: illend@mailbox.sc.edu
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

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  1. How do I get a password and activate my account?
  2. General Policies
  3. Turnaround Time
  4. Rush Orders
  5. Loan Period
  6. Fees
  7. Non-Circulating Material
  8. Delivery Methods
  9. Ariel Receiving Address
  10. Affiliations
  11. OCLC Symbol
  12. NUC Symbol
  13. IRS Federal Employer Tax ID Number (FEIN)
  14. Contact information

How do I get a password and activate my account?

To activate your account and obtain a password, please fill out the ILLiad Account Request Form.  Once your account is complete and ready to use, you will be contacted by a member of the Interlibrary Loan Lending Department with a username and password.  If you have any questions, or if you filled out the form and did not hear from us within three (3) working days, please contact us.

Please note that we no longer accept fax, email or phone requests.  All non-OCLC requests should be placed using your ILLiad account.

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General Policies:  We will lend master’s theses and doctoral dissertations if a circulating copy is available.

We will lend microfiche and six reels of microfilm reels at a time. 

We will fax up to 30 pages within the United States, and up to 20 pages internationally.

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Turnaround time:  Average turnaround time for requests is three working days.  Exceptions are items which are held at other Columbia campus locations, such as the Music Library, the Business Library, the South Caroliniana Library or our off-site storage facility.  These items may take two to three extra working days to retrieve.

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Rush orders:  Please contact us directly if you have a Rush request. 

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Loans:  Our loan period is four weeks with one two-week renewal allowed. 

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Fees:  We charge $15 for domestic loans and photocopies.  We charge $30 for international requests.  We will invoice with the item.  We do not charge other South Carolina academic institutions, or libraries with which we have reciprocal agreements.

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Non-Circulating material: 

The following categories of material do not circulate: 

▪  Bound periodicals

  Bound newspapers

▪  CDs, audiotapes and albums

▪  Audiovisual material - DVDs, VHS tapes

▪  Browsing Collection

▪  Reference Collection

▪  Rare Books/Special Collections items

▪  Maps

▪  Juvenile Collection books, except to other University of South Carolina campuses

▪  Educational Films may be loaned only with approval from the Manager of the Educational Films Collection.  At this time, we loan items from this collection only to other USC campus libraries, South Carolina public colleges and universities, South Carolina county libraries, and libraries in the Kudzu consortium.

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Delivery methods:

Loans – 4th Class Mail or Fed Ex using the borrower's account

Copies – Ariel, Fax, Mail

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Ariel Receiving:  129.252.80.49

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Affiliations:  OCLC, SOLINET, ARL, ASERL, SELA, SCLA, ALA, Kudzu, RAPIDill

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OCLC symbol:  SUC

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NUC symbol:  ScU

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FEIN:  57-6001153

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Lending Supervisor:  Sean King

(803) 777-0417  illend@mailbox.sc.edu

Administrative contact:  Marna Hostetler, Head of Access Services

(803) 777-2805  hostetler@sc.edu

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