Mission Statement for CSU ILL Lending Units

Most CSU Interlibrary Loan Lending Units participate in interlibrary loan activities to both libraries within the CSU system and libraries outside the CSU system. Interlibrary Loan activities may include the lending of circulating materials such as monographs, AV media resources and maps. Photocopies of journal articles, book chapters, chapters in reference items, special collections items, and other materials are also commonly available.

The Interlibrary Loan Lending personnel of the CSU system are dedicated to the idea of resource sharing to libraries around the world and are specifically dedicated to resource sharing among the sister campuses of the CSU system. The philosophy of sharing resources across the system gives the patrons of each campus access to all the resources acquired throughout the CSU campuses. Having access to such a large research collection gives our patrons, (students, faculty, and staff), the chance for greater success in their research. The CSU Interlibrary Loan Lending personnel give CSU requests the highest priority in an attempt to serve this purpose.

The CSU campuses participate in resource sharing among the California State University system and all its campuses, and most participate in resource sharing with institutions outside of the CSU system. Each campus has a lending policy unique to its campus. The CSU campuses lend to each other at no cost to the borrowing institution.

Each library may choose to participate in a variety of national and international Interlibrary Loan systems. Requests should be sent to the library that owns the materials being requested. The most common method of requesting materials from a CSU library is using OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing via ILLiad.