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Interlibrary Loan Service for MSU Faculty, Staff, and Students
Minnesota State University, Mankato's interlibrary loan service provides loans and copies of materials owned by MSU's Memorial Library and Music Library to other academic, public, and special libraries. We cannot fill requests submitted directly by individuals who are not affiliated with MSU. Those patrons may request loans and copies of our materials through the interlibrary loan services of their own libraries.
We participate in the MnPALS and OCLC interlibrary loan networks and are members of SMILE, Minitex and LVIS. Our OCLC symbol is MNM.
MSU's interlibrary loan office is staffed during business hours Monday through Friday. The office is closed on major holidays and from December 24 through January 1 each year.
We accept requests from other libraries through the MnPALS (Aleph) and OCLC ILL networks as well as ALA and IFLA forms, Ariel, fax, and e-mail. Sorry, no telephone requests or rush service.
Please provide complete, accurate citations for all requests
Our loan period for print materials is 28 days. Our loan period for audiovisual materials is 21 days. All loans are subject to recall if needed by our patrons.
Request renewals before materials are overdue. No renewals for AV items.
Borrowing libraries are responsible for damaged or lost materials.
We will copy up to 50 pages per request.
MSU, Mankato is a reciprocal supplier. We do not charge Minitex, LVIS and other free suppliers. We charge other libraries what they charge ($10 minimum). We participate in OCLC's ILL Fee Management (IFM) system.
We ship loans via the Traverse des Sioux (TDS) and Minitex courier systems whenever possible. Standard delivery for other loans is U.S. Mail - Library Rate. If you want delivery via Federal Express, please supply your FedEx account number.
We ship copies via Ariel whenever possible. Standard delivery for other copies is U.S. Mail - First Class. If you want delivery via fax, please supply your fax number.
Interlibrary Loan
Minnesota State University, Mankato
PO Box 8419
Mankato, MN 56002-8419
507-389-5959 or 507-389-1473 (voice)
507-389-5898 (fax)
msuill@mnsu.edu
Ariel:134.29.12.135
