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Interlibrary loan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL and in some countries called interloan, document delivery, or document supply etc) is a service whereby a user of one library can borrow books, videos, DVDs, sound recordings, microfilms, or receive photocopies of articles in magazines that are owned by another library. |
 | | Without interlibrary loans, if a library patron found an item they wanted, they would have to travel to that library, and apply for a local library card if eligible, or present a reciprocal card in order to borrow the item. |
 | | By taking advantage of interlibrary loan, in comparison, the library staff can search large numbers of libraries at once, transport the item from several miles to thousands of miles away, and allow a patron to borrow the item using his or her local library card. |
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