Dictionary

interlibrary loan en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (qualifier:library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.
   • The Summon discovery service, as implemented at Penn State, prioritizes retrieval of online and locally owned material; therefore, it was not unexpected to observe a reduction in interlibrary loan borrowing requests by undergraduates. 2016, Linda R. Musser, Barbara M. Coopey, “Impact of a Discovery System on Interlibrary Loan”, in College & Research Libraries, volume 77, number 5, →DOI, page 651:
   • Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan.

Forms

Synonyms

ILL · interloan

Translations (4)

id peminjaman antar perpustakaan (loan of an item between two library systems) · sv fjärrlån (loan of an item between two library systems) · cmn 館際互借 /馆际互借 (loan of an item between two library systems) · el διαδανεισμός (loan of an item between two library systems)