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Videos and non-print items owned by the FAU Boca Library can usually be borrowed for FAU students and faculty at the Davie Campus. You may place your request through U/CL ILL and we will obtain it for you.

FAU Davie faculty who want to request material that is located at the FAU libraries in Boca, Jupiter, or Port St. Lucie may do so via intralibrary loan.

Intralibrary loan is a service enabling users to have books and photocopies sent from other FAU campus libraries. If a book or article located at the Boca, Jupiter or Port St. Lucie campus libraries is needed, FAU Davie faculty may request it through ILLiad. Since these books are owned by FAU, normal checkout periods apply. Materials will be delivered to your campus mailbox.  This service is a pilot program available to all FAU faculty teaching at Broward campus locations.

When ordering materials not owned by FAU, Davie faculty should use services provided by the U/CL and those at the Ft. Lauderdale Tower should use services at the Broward County Main Library. All ILL requests submitted through ILLiad will be cancelled, unless your delivery location is Boca Raton, Pt. St. Lucie or Jupiter.

Before submitting requests for journal articles, we ask that you first check the following resources to ensure that the item you need is not available to you electronically:

FAU Libraries Catalog

FAU Libraries List of Electronic Journals If you already have an ILLiad account, please log-on and click on "Change User Information." Change your delivery location to "Broward Faculty Only" and "Submit Information."

Submitting Requests

ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan Internet Accessible Database) is the online resource sharing and ILL management system used by the FAU Library to send, receive, and process requests. All requests must be submitted through ILLiad. You must first register and create an an ILLiad account. Please read "First Time User's Information." 

Restricted Requests

1. Items on Course Reserve
2. Reference Books
3. Special Collections/Rare Material
4. Journal articles available electronically

Renewals

Any book can be renewed as long as there is no hold or recall on the item. You may renew your books in person at the Circulation Desk, or you may view and renew your books online by clicking here.

Overdue Books

Fines accrue at $.25 per day and accumulate to a maximum of $ 5.00 per book. After 30 days, books are declared lost and the borrower will be charged $51.15 per item plus the $5.00 late fine. All borrowers are subject to fines. Bills are sent from the Cashier's Office and must be paid there. Patrons also will be charged for damaged books. Charges for damaged books vary by item and extent of damage.

Turn-Around Time

Obtaining materials from other branches may take 2 - 10 days. Materials coming from Port St. Lucie or Jupiter have to be delivered to Boca by the DLLI courier, processed at Boca, and then delivered to you by intercampus mail. Please keep this in mind when planning your research.

Returning Intralibrary Loans

Faculty checkout periods are 6 months (due either June 30 or December 30). All intralibrary loan materials (excluding photocopies) should be returned via intercampus  mail, using the envelope or box used to sent the material. Mail to: Wimberly Library, Interlibrary Loan Department, LY 133 Attn: Holly Hargett, Boca Raton.