LIBRARY POLICIES

Intra-library/Inter-library Loan (ILL)

• Intra-library/Inter-library loans service is available to all staff and students with a valid UCSI University ID card.
• There is no charge for loan service.
• Requests must be submitted to [email protected].
• Before submitting the request, ensure that the item is not held in requestor’s campus library by checking in OPAC.
• There is no limit to the number of request. (depends on IPTA policies)
• It generally takes two (2) weeks to obtain requested items from other UCSI libraries.
• Staff and students will be notified by their registered UCSI email when requested items arrive and must be picked up at the Circulation Desk Library Counter.
• If an item is needed for a longer period, the same policy on renewal for all UCSI Library loans will be applicable.
• Loans returned late are subjected to the same penalties as all UCSI Library loans.
• UCSI Library may cancel any requests if you have lost your borrowing privileges due to overdue items or incurred fines.

Document Delivery Services (DDS)

• Document Delivery Services (DDS) provide individual customers and users with copies of documents (mainly articles published in scientific journals) on demand.

• Eligible for full-time academic staff, research assistants and postgraduate students.
• DDS handles requests for journal articles only.
• The following types of materials are not included in DDS such as books, audio-visual materials, reference materials, entire issue of a journal and theses as well as dissertations.
• There is no charge for loan service.
• IMPORTANT NOTE ON COPYRIGHT: The article can be shared for Personal Use, Internal Institutional Use and Scholarly Sharing purposes only.