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Project scope and background

• To identify the volume of Inter-library Loans being done by Public Libraries, including trends.
  
• Understand the staff resources taken to complete ILLs, including different staffing models.
  
• Identify the most efficient processes, systems and technology used for ILLs.
  
• Understand the National Library of Australia’s view of ILL, including trends and how they see Trove as supporting ILLs, including LADD.
  

This survey was completed in August 2022 and a presentation on its findings is available here

The Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Policy details the National Library’s approach to providing offsite access for other libraries to the Library’s collection.

Consistent with this policy, the National Library has implemented a digital first approach to interlibrary loans. This means the Library will supply a digital surrogate in place of the original physical item where possible within copyright and other rights obligations.

===What Does it mean?===

In response to a request from another library for an interlibrary loan, we will provide a digitised copy. The digitised copy will be delivered to the requesting library via their resource sharing service, and can be incorporated into the requesting library’s collection, within copyright, cultural and other rights obligations.

The original physical item will only be loaned in limited circumstances where:

• a digitised copy cannot be provided under the terms of the Copyright Act 1968 (applies to material which is in copyright and is readily commercially available) OR
  

• a physical copy is needed for accessibility purposes
  

===Can libraries still submit a loan request?===