interlibrary loan
English
Etymology
Noun
interlibrary loan (plural interlibrary loans)
- (library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.
- Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan.
- 2016, Linda R. Musser, Barbara M. Coopey, “Impact of a Discovery System on Interlibrary Loan”, in College & Research Libraries, volume 77, number 5, , page 651:
- The Summon discovery service, as implemented at Penn State, prioritizes retrieval of online and locally owned material; therefore, it was not unexpected to observe a reduction in interlibrary loan borrowing requests by undergraduates.
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