The British Library has now partially reopened its reading rooms at both London St Pancras and Boston Spa in Yorkshire. All visits must be booked in advance using the British Library’s online ‘box office’ system. While you can still get scanned…
Tag: Interlibrary loans
Looking for something not available from the Library online?
If you need something not available from the Library, you can submit an interlibrary loan request. We will try to source any ebook or ejournal article wherever one is available. No guarantees, mind but we will certainly try! Full details…
Digitally enhanced
“The library has a multitude of very helpful resources and if you cannot find what you need, the library staff are incredibly helpful at providing you what you need!” We have redesigned our website from the bottom up to…
Interlibrary loans over the Christmas vacation: last day for requests is 21st December 2017
Please submit any interlibrary loan requests you need processed before Christmas by Thursday 21st December. You can continue to submit requests over the Christmas vacation but anything received after 21st December will not be processed until the first week in…
New interlibrary loan delivery system launched
We are pleased to confirm we are now using the new and improved DRM Lite system to deliver interlibrary loans from the British Library. All orders placed using our interlibrary loans system will now use this system. When you request…
Better interlibrary loans
We are pleased to announce that from Wednesday 7th June 2017 we are moving to a new and improved system for the secure electronic delivery of documents from the British Library called DRM Lite. This replaces the older FileOpen system…
Empowering you to help yourself
Saving you money is important to us, which is why we expanded the book swapping Book Nook and continue to offer book swap/sale noticeboards in the Library and on our website, helping you make the most of what you and…
Finding free journal articles outside the Library
Choosing either one of the “Full Text Online Only” or “Full Text (Online and Print)” options in the Discovery Service will ensure you only ever see materials that you can access from the Library. Some of the more specialist databases…
Deadline for interlibrary loan orders and renewals
Update 03.01.16 – The interlibrary loan service is now operating normally again. Any requests received after 4pm on Thursday 22 December 2016 will now be actioned. If you need an interlibrary loan or have an existing interlibrary loan that requires renewal, please…
Links to the Inter Library Loan request form not displaying in Discovery (resolved)
Update 30/1/16 – This issue has now been resolved. Thank you for your patience. There is currently a problem with the link to the Inter Library Loan (ILL) form not appearing in the Discovery service for items which the library…
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