An Inter-library Loan Service is available to all members of Oxford University, as well as to non-University members. This service seeks to provide access to material not held at the University. For making a request you can use our online Inter-Library Request Form.
Please check SOLO, Oxford Libraries' catalogue, and the Chinese catalogue before requesting an Interlibrary Loan.
Prices 2016-2017
Reader Category: | Non-commercial | Commercial
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Members of OU | Non-Members of OU | ||
Standard UK Requests | |||
Photocopy by SED | £5.00 | £12.00 (incl. VAT) | £12.00* |
Photocopy by post | £5.00 | £12.50 | £11.50 (+ copyright fee) |
Loan | £5.00 | £15.35 | £15.35 |
Renewal of loan | £4.65 | £4.65 | £4.65 |
Urgent British Library Requests† | |||
Copy, 2-h delivery by | £11.00* | £30.00* | £30.00* |
International Requests | |||
Photocopy | £13.00 | £68.05 | £68.05 |
Loan | £13.00 | £72.50 | £72.50 |
* plus copyright fee + VAT at 20 % added to total
Urgent requests are accepted Monday-Friday only, 9.00am to 4.30pm. Only available for eligible British Library material
Please ascertain the length of the patent before ordering. We are only warned if the patent is over 200 pages, so it is possible for an additional £100 to be charged without prior notification.
Notes
Only current members of the University are eligible for subsidised rates. If a University member wants the item for commercial purposes, that will incur the commercial rate cost.
Theses from the British Library cannot be copied.
Items lost or damaged whilst being consulted by reader may be charged for by the lending institution at a cost of £152.70, more if the item is particularly expensive to replace.
Information for other libraries
The Bodleian K. B. Chen China Centre Library also supplies its own material to other libraries and institutions. For external requests please contact us per email ccl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.