The Interlibrary Services Office is located in 107 Edmon Low Library, on the first floor of the library, west of the Laptop check-out desk.

Questions may be emailed to lib-ils@okstate.edu or you can call 405-744-9726.

Interlibrary Services (ILS) borrows material from other libraries, including:

Physical items, including but not limited to:

• Books
• DVDs
• CDs
• Musical Scores

Copies, including, but not limited to:

• Articles
• Book chapters
• Reports

It is our goal to put this material in your hands as quickly as possible. 

Interlibrary Services also provides a Document Delivery Service, which includes:

• Pulling items from the shelf and placing them on hold
• Scanning articles and book chapters that are owned by our library
• Obtaining materials from off-site locations such as the North Boomer Annex, the Library Auxiliary Building, and branch locations of the library

Items may be picked up at the following locations:

• The Edmon Low (Main) Library
• The Education and Teaching Library (ETL)
• The Veterinary Medicine Library
• The Architecture Library

If you would like your item sent to a branch library, please select the pickup location in the request.

Please note that Interlibrary Services is unable to borrow items that are available on Course Reserve.

Delivery times are approximate and can vary. The following times are averages:

• Articles: 24 hours
• Books and other physical materials: One week

Physical materials are shipped via courier or the US Postal Service and may take longer.

If you have any questions regarding the status of your request, please feel free to contact the Interlibrary Services office. 

Overdue fines for Interlibrary Services materials is $5.00 per day, per item with no grace periods. 

After 30 days past the due date, the item will go to non-returned status, and two different fees will be charged:

• Replacement fee: $250.00 
• Processing fee: $20.00 (non-refundable)

Once OSU is invoiced for the item from the Lending Library we will refund the difference for the replacement fee. minus the processing fee. 

If the non-returned item is found after we have paid the Lending Library, we cannot issue a refund and the item becomes your property.

Monday-Friday:     8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m

Saturday:                Closed

Sunday:                  Closed

Hours vary during breaks, holidays, and intersessions.

All borrowing and copying of material is done within the provisions of the U.S. Copyright law and its guidelines, the National Interlibrary Loan Code of the American Library Association, and the Oklahoma Interlibrary Loan Code.