Interlibrary Loan for Libraries
Eligibility
Other Libraries:
- The Harvard Law School Library will lend and photocopy material from our collection for other libraries.
Individuals:
- The Harvard Law School library does not lend or photocopy materials for individuals directly.
- If you are not a member of the Harvard Law School community and wish to obtain Harvard material through Interlibrary Loan, please consult the interlibrary loan office at your local, academic, firm or public library.
- If you are affiliated with Harvard University, please ask a staff member at your faculty library about services provided.
- If you would like to visit the library to use our collections, please see our access policies.
Requesting Materials
Interlibrary Loan requests should be sent via an ISO ILL system (e.g., ILL Manager or ILLiad), via OCLC or via our Interlibrary Loan Request Form. Our materials appear in RLIN (MAHL) and OCLC (HVL). Please note that this form replaces all ALA, CLA, IFLA, bibliographic records and other types of paper forms. We are no longer able to accept requests via e-mail, fax, telephone mail or Ariel.
Before submitting a request, please confirm that the Harvard Law School owns the item by searching for the item in HOLLIS. If you are using our online form, please fill in the form completely. Fill out separate requests for each item requested .
Material Available for Interlibrary Loan
Loans
We will generally lend:
- Circulating items from out catalog
- Harvard Law School theses if a circulating copy is available
- Reels from our pre-Soviet microfilm collection
We will not lend:
- Primary law
- Government publications
- Whole issues of periodicals
- Items published before 1900
- Fragile items
- Microforms (except as listed above)
- Reserve items
- Looseleafs
- Items in our Special Collections. Please contact the Special Collection Department directly if you need access to rare or archival materials.
Photocopies
- We will make photocopies from items in our collection, subject to the requirements of copyright law.
- Please contact us if you have specific questions about copying an item in our collections.
- We will not photocopy fragile items or items in our Special Collections. Please contact the Special Collections Department directly if you need access to rare or archival materials.
Copyright
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies and other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Under certain conditions specified in the law libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research”. If a user makes a request for, or later uses a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use”, that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copy order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Shipping
Within the United States
Loans will be sent via FedEx Ground. If you need rush shipping we can ship via FedEx Overnight.
Photocopies can be sent via Ariel, Odyssey, fax, email, U.S. Mail or FedEx Overnight.
Outside of the U.S.
Loans will be sent via International FedEx at the International Economy rate (approximately 2-3 days shipping). If you need faster shipping we can ship via FedEx International Priority.
Photocopies can be sent via Ariel, Odyssey, fax, U.S. Mail (within North America) or AirMail (outside of North America) or fedEx International Priority.
Please see the schedule below for our fees.
Returning Loans
Please be sure to use a trackable shipper such as UPS or FedEx when returning items; ship items to the address below.
Fee Schedule
Consortia
The Harvard Law Library is a member of NELLCO. We do not charge NELLCO libraries. Please indicate on your request if you are a NELLCO library.
The Harvard Law Library is a member of SHARES. We charge SHARES libraries at the standard SHARES rate. Please indicate on your request if you are a SHARES library.
Other U.S. and North American Libraries
| Loans | $25.00/request |
| Copies | $25.00/request + $0.20/page |
| Rush service (guaranteed 1 business day turnaround) | Add $10.00 |
| FedEx service | For overnight shipping, please provide your FedEx number or we will bill you at the current rate. Please contact us if you need an estimate. |
Libraries outside of North America
U.S. dollars |
IFLA vouchers |
|
Loans |
$25.00/request |
2 vouchers |
Copies |
$25.00/request + $0.20/page |
Articles up to 25 pages: 2 vouchers Each additional 25 pages ½ vouchers |
|
Shipping outside of North America |
Add $25.00 |
2 vouchers |
Rush service (guaranteed 1 business day turnaround) |
Add $10.00 |
1 voucher |
|
Rush FedEx service |
For rush shipping please provide your FedEx number or we will bill you at the current rate. Please contact us if you need an estimate |
For rush shipping please provide your FedEx billing number or we will charge you 2 vouchers for the first $25.00 in shipping fees plus ½ voucher for each additional $10.00 |
Contact Information
Ms. Aparna Sen Interlibrary Lending Services Harvard Law School Library 1545 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Phone: 617-495-3176 Fax: 617-496-2666 Email:hlsill@law.harvard.edu
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
You may contact us for additional information via email at hlsill@law.harvard.edu, but please note that we do not accept email Interlibrary loan requests. Please submit any ILL request via our Interlibrary Loan Request Form.