Interlibrary loan

The interlibrary loan service enables you to order media for academic purposes that are contained in the stocks of other libraries.

The following documents are excluded from this service:

• media belonging to the stock of the libraries of the Trier University of Applied Sciences (regardless of the current loan status)
• works available in the book trade at a lower price (current price limit: 15.00 EUR)
• works of particular value, especially from the 16th and 17th centuries
• works in poor condition
• loose-leaf collections and unbound periodicals (e. g. periodicals, newspaper issues)
• standards
• diploma theses and other university publications.

Expense flate rate in general:

As a cost for an interlibrary loan, you have to pay a flat rate fee per ordered medium (book, article copy, etc.). The amount is also due if the order cannot be fulfilled positively (i.e. if, for example, no library can deliver the document within the desired period).

The lump sum is settled via the acquisition of transaction numbers (TAN).

The amount of the expense flate rate is determined by the maintenance providers of the lending libraries (see Annex 5 of the Leihverkehrsordnung Rheinland-Pfalz, p. 333).

Overview of fees (per medium):

• national lending in general: 3,00 EUR
• national interlibrary loan for beneficiary users such as students, pupils, etc.: 1.50 EUR
• international lending in general: 4.00 EUR. Further costs may be added. The amount of the costs depends on the respective lending library.
• international lending for beneficiary users such as students, pupils, etc.: 2.00 EUR. Further costs may be added. The amount of the costs depends on the respective lending library.

Additional costs may apply if copies of more than 20 pages are made. The amount of the costs depends on the respective lending library.

The fees for the use of the services of the library are regulated by the following ordinances:

• Bibliotheksgebühren (1 Apr 2022, German)
• Bibliotheksordnung (7 May 2002, German)
• Landesverordnung über die Gebühren in den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und Forschung (27 November 2014, German)
• Leihverkehrsordnung Rheinland-Pfalz (26 May 2004, German)
• Schließfachordnung (9 February 2018, German)

Check: Is the medium available without interlibrary loan?

Use the following search tools, among others, to check whether the desired media are in the library stocks of Trier UAS or freely available online:

• for books and journals (as a whole): PRIMO - Research Portal of Trier UAS
• for articles: search engines as Google or Google Scholar.

Check: Is an item available via interlibrary loan?

You can use the following search tool to check whether an item can actually be ordered via interlibrary loan:

• Meta catalogue KVK - Karlsruher Virtual Catalogue

To order a book or a copy of a book section, please come to the service desk of the library. As an already registered user you can alternatively send a mail to bibliothek[at]fh-trier.de.

Required information:

• Your data: name, matriculation/user number, e-mail address
• author
• title
• year of publication
• if necessary: edition
• if known: ISBN
• information: Would you like exactly this edition or would an older one also be ok?
• for section copies: page numbers

Example: "Losee, John: A historical introduction to the philosophy of science, 201o (4th ed.), ISBN: 978-0198700555. Please no older editions".

To order a journal article, please come to the service desk of the library. As an already registered user you can alternatively send an e-mail to bibliothek[at]fh-trier.de.

Required information:

• Your data: name, matriculation/user number, e-mail address 
• author of the article
• title of the article
• title of the journal
• year of publication of the journal issue / volume of the journal
• issue number
• page numbers of the article in the journal
• if known: ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) of the journal
• information: Up to what amount are you willing to pay additional costs (for aritcles longer than twenty pages)?

Example: "Perini, Laura: The truth in pictures, 2005. In: Philosophy of Science, 72(1), pp. 262-285, ISSN: 0031-8248. Additional costs up to max. 4.00 EUR".

You can track the status of your orders via PRIMO:

Open PRIMO and log in to your library account (via Shibboleth). The "Requests" tab provides you with an overview of your current orders, among other things.

It is not possible to give a reliable indication of delivery times. From experience you can expect the following times (without guarantee):

• media for loan (books, DVDs etc.): one to three weeks. Lack of availability at several libraries delays a delivery.
• text copies: two to fourteen days

As soon as your order arrives at the library at the Main Campus, you will be notified by e-mail. You can then pick up the medium at the service desk of the library.

• The loan period of a borrowed medium (book, DVD etc.) is determined by the lending library - i.e. the library from whose stock the medium is borrowed.
• If the lending library does not rule out an extension, an application for an extension of the loan period can be made.
  
  Four days before the end of the loan period, send an e-mail to the Campus Library requesting an extension.
  
  Important: A renewal is always subject to reservation. If the lending library demands the medium back prematurely, the loan period will be shortened retrospectively. The item must then be returned within three days.

You can return media (books etc.) borrowed via interlibrary loan at the service desk of the library. Please leave the loan receipt in the book.

Note: Text copies do not have to be returned, they remain in your possession.

For all media (books, DVDs, etc.) that you borrowed via interlibrary loan and returned or renewed too late, overdue fees will be charged (Fee regulation from 01.08.2015):

• per medium and per week: 2,00 EUR