In both interlibrary loaning and interlibrary borrowing transactions, the WSDOT Library will follow the National Interlibrary Loan Code.

Interlibrary Loans
We will honor interlibrary loan requests from other transportation libraries, federal non-profit libraries, publicly funded libraries in Washington State, and libraries in other countries on a case-by-case basis. We do NOT loan directly to individuals, this would include businesses, private firms (attorneys, counsultants), organizations, local government agencies, etc. We will lend circulating materials in the library collection. The librarian reserves the right to grant or deny any request based on her discretion.

• Circulation Period: All loans are due 6 weeks from their shipping date. One 3-week renewal is available upon request.
• Photocopies: We will photocopy journal articles, conference proceeding papers, sections of monographs, book chapters, etc. within copyright guidelines. We may deny large photocopying jobs if they exceed 30 pgs.
• Charges: We do not charge reciprocal libraries or LVIS group libraries for interlibrary loans. Charges for non-reciprocal libraries are $15.00 for loans, and $10.00 for photocopies (up to 50 pgs.).
• Recalls: Items will be recalled if requested by a WSDOT employee.
• Shipping Policy: Materials are generally shipped First Class. We usually do not ship materials Library Rate. UPS and Federal Express shipping may be used if billed to requesting library’s account number.

Interlibrary Borrowing
If we don’t have a requested book, report, document or article, we can usually borrow it from another library or document delivery vendor.

We will borrow materials on behalf of WSDOT employees and WSDOT contractors/consultants.

Whenever possible, we will attempt to borrow from libraries which do not charge for loans. However, if the WSDOT Library is charged for loan of materials or copies of articles, then the employee's office will be responsible for those charges.