Interlibrary Loan service allows for students and staff to borrow books from a different library. If the library at MCC does not have a book that a patron needs, patrons can request one through Interlibrary Loan. In most instances, this is a free service. Materials can be picked up at the Loman C. Trover Library Help Desk when they become available.
Students and staff are asked to follow these policies when requesting books through ILL:
- ILL is only for presently-enrolled MCC students and current employees. Community patrons should contact their public library to use ILL services. Students who use the library but are enrolled at different colleges, such as Murray State University, should contact their college's library to use ILL services.
- ILL requests can take up to two weeks to be processed, and the library makes no guarantee that all requests can be successfully filled.
- All due dates on lent materials are set by the lending library; therefore, it is the patron's responsibility to ensure that all ILL materials are returned to the Loman C. Trover Library by each item's individually-set due date.
- Requests for renewals must be made at least three days before the item's individual due date. The right to renew materials lies solely with the lending library, not the MCC library; therefore, students must be prepared to surrender materials on their scheduled due date unless a renewal request has been successfully processed before the due date.
- Patrons are responsible for all ILL materials; therefore, patrons are asked not to lend ILL materials to anybody else while they are checked out in the patron's name.
- Patrons will be asked to pay the replacement costs if ILL materials are damaged or lost. Patrons retaining ILL materials past their due date risk losing all library privileges.
To request Interlibrary Loan, contact:
Colin Magee
(270) 824-8674
colin.magee@kctcs.edu
