Answered By: Jessica Bower Relevo
Last Updated: Nov 18, 2021     Views: 1101

Q: How long will it take for an Interlibrary loan request to get to me?
Answered by: Jessica Bower Relevo

The length of time required for an InterLibrary Loan request to be filled depends on many factors, among which are:

  • the quality and quantity of the information provided
  • the number of libraries that own the material
  • where the material is located
  • the number of other requests received by the ILL departments (at Yale and the lending library)

InterLibrary Loan scans can arrive in as little as a few days or come months after the request is submitted. The majority of loans generally arrive within 1-3 weeks.

  • However, if the item you are looking for is not held in many library collections or it has to be borrowed from a library internationally then you should expect to wait longer for your item.
  • If there is a date after which you will no longer need the book, please let us know when you make the initial request by specifying it on the “Not Wanted After Date” option on the initial form.

You can also cancel your request by going to the main menu of your ILL account and clicking “cancel” under “Requests in Process.”

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