Policy Statement
Sharing resources allows RLD to provide patrons with a wide range of materials. RLD actively pursues and participates in consortia, cooperative e-resource purchasing, and
other resource sharing opportunities. By sharing with partners, RLD provides citizens physical and electronic access to millions of works.
Guidelines
- The importance and value of resource sharing/ILL is always balanced against cost and budgetary constraints.
- We use Prospector to make ILL requests.
- We request interlibrary loan items for all patrons with a library card if items are not available via request from our consortia partners.
- Depending upon the volume of ILL requests, we reserve the right to limit a patron to 5 requests at a time with a maximum of 10 per month.
- Patrons are responsible for the items they borrow through interlibrary loan.
- We fill ILL requests from other libraries for our materials through Prospector. We do not always loan new books, audiovisual materials or high demand seasonal items to other libraries because we have limited quantities and need them to fill the demand from our own users.
RLD prioritizes the sharing of resources in this order:
- Between the Florissant and Woodland Park libraries to benefit RLD patrons.
- Our partners in the Aspencat Consortium.
- Cooperative purchasing of electronic resources through consortia.
- Outside-network Colorado libraries via ILL.
Concerns about the Resource Sharing/Interlibrary Loan Policy must be presented in writing with specifics to the Library Director. Please provide your name and contact
information. The Library District may amend or supplement this policy from time to time and reserves the right to do so.
Approved 07/11/2006. Revised 08/09/2022, 11/13/2024