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LADC Student Employees Guide

This website is intended to provide information regarding the various tasks, duties, and functions performed by student workers at the LADC.

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Interlibrary Loan & AubiExpress

An Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service in which a patron can request materials owned by other libraries and have them delivered to AU Libraries (main or branches) for pick up or delivered.  

NOTE:  ILL Fines and check-out durations are determined by the loaning library!

Request materials through Interlibrary Loan & AubiExpress
Follow this link for details regarding Interlibrary Loan policies.
Follow this link for more details ILL wait times, request requirements, FAQs, policies, and other contact information.

  • Call:    334-844-1728
  • Email: illhelp@auburn.edu
Tips:
  • ILLs can only be checked out to patrons by library staff.
  • ONLY Patrons can place their own ILL Requests. We can walk them through the process, but not do it for them.
  • Set the turn-around-time expectation.
    • Scan of chapters - As soon as hours and far out as weeks or months
    • Books - As soon as a week as far out as weeks or months
    • The difference in time is due to how quickly each library responds to a request. If the first takes a week to deny a request, it moves to the next library who can then take their time and eventually deny.
    • You can look on WorldCat to see the list of libraries who will be sent requests and where they are located.

Procedure:

  • Use the Patron-facing screen to show them where to find the ILL link either on RBD's homepage or in any of Amy's Research Guides, log-in, show them which buttons to select, which areas to fill out, and where to click Submit.
  • Turn off the Patron-facing screen when you are finished.

          

ALLIES

Several Alabama academic libraries joined together to create a new service called ALabama LIbraries Exchange Service, or ALLIES. Current participating university libraries are:

ALLIES requests can be placed two ways:

  • Library patrons can visit any ALLIES library and checkout materials using an approved photo ID. 
  • In addition, patrons can place on-line requests and have them delivered, in most cases, within 3 to 5 days to a specified pickup library within the ALLIES consortium. When the requested item reaches the specified pickup library, the borrower is notified that it is available for pickup. ALLIES patrons will then check out the item at the pickup library using an approved photo ID. Throughout this process, borrowers can monitor the status of their requests through their home library's homepage. 

ALLIES materials will circulate for 28 days with one 28-day renewal.


Eligible patrons include:

  • Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students who are not blocked at their home library.
  • Active, full-time faculty and staff members.
  • Retired faculty as officially designated by their home library.

https://www.lib.auburn.edu/allies/ 

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Campus Delivery Service (Courier)

  • WHAT WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE

    • Books turned in at other locations, ILLs, new journals, orders for faculty, statistics reports

    • All Items in Courier are to be checked-in and process by library staff and not student employees

  • WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEND OUT

    • Books checked in at the LADC that belong to RBD,
      • once discharged, a delivery slip will print.  Place the slip inside the book and place the book in the courier box to be sent out.