Loans to non-MIT institutions: Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Resource Sharing lends materials owned by the MIT Libraries to other institutions.
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How to make an ILL request
ILL requests must be initiated through OCLC. Our OCLC symbol is MYG.
Who we lend to
We can send articles to any OCLC members. At this time, we can only send physical loans to OCLC members in the US and Canada.
Pricing
We only accept payment via Worldshare IFM. We do not accept IFLA vouchers, credit card payments, or checks at this time.
- Loans
- 45.00IFM for domestic shipping
- 65.00IFM for international shipping to Canada
- Articles
- 20.00IFM
- Free Reciprocal Lending
- We offer free reciprocal lending of loans and articles to our consortial partners (BorrowDirect, BAML, Lincoln Lab, Wellesley, Wesleyan, and Woods Hole).
Turnaround times
We do our best to process all ILL requests within 3 business days of receiving them. We use FedEx to ship all physical materials.
Loan period
Our materials have a 60 day loan period. We do not allow renewals at this time.
Lost book policy
Please contact us if an item we have sent to you has been lost. We charge $135 for lost materials.
Items we do NOT lend
- Course reserve materials
- Entire journal issues
- GIS data sets
- High circulation items
- Items in any limited-access collection
- Items too fragile for shipping
- Loose-leaf items
- Maps
- Microforms
- Pamphlets
- Reference material
- Slides
- Sound recordings
- Standards of any kind
- Videocassettes
- Vinyl
Return policy
Materials returned to us that are lost in transit are the responsibility of the borrower. We recommend using a traceable shipper with all returns to avoid $135 lost item replacement fees. For address information please see Contact Us.
Please contact us with further questions.