Interlibrary Loan/UA Delivery
UA Delivery
Terms of Service
As a service to our faculty, staff, and students, the University Libraries provide delivery services for articles and books owned by any of our three libraries: Dewey Graduate Library, Science Library, and University Library. UA Delivery requests are limited to 3 per day. We will scan and upload articles of less than 50 pages. If you wish to request articles that are 50 pages or longer, please break the request into two or more parts and submit each separately. Each request will count toward the limit of 3 requests/day.
Connect to ILLiad, the software used by the University Libraries for Interlibrary Loan and UA Delivery Services.
First, you may want to read our
Frequently Asked Questions about ILLiad.
Categories of Service
For Students
Books
The Libraries will deliver books from the University or Science Libraries to the Dewey Library on the downtown campus, or from the Dewey Library to either the University Library or the Science Library (Delivery will be to your default pick-up library as specified in your ILLiad profile).
Periodical articles
Article delivery is electronic only.
Media
Videos, DVDs and other media items that are not on Reserve, may be requested through this service. Media may only be requested between Science and Dewey and the University Library and Dewey. Media cannot be sent to faculty offices. All media items must be picked up at a circulation desk. The delivery of media through this service is a pilot project during 2007-2008.
For Faculty, Staff, and Faculty Surrogates
Books
The Libraries will loan books from any of our three libraries to requestors and deliver them by campus mail to faculty/staff office addresses.
If you prefer to pick up books at a Library circulation desk, the libraries will deliver books from the University Library or Science Library to the Dewey Library on the downtown campus, or from the Dewey Library to either the University Library or the Science Library (Delivery will be to your default pick-up library specified in your ILLiad profile)
Periodical articles
Article delivery is electronic only.
For Online and Distance Learners and Persons with Disabilities
Books
For these categories of users, the Libraries will charge out books to users and mail them to home addresses, or make them available for pick up at one of our circulation desks.
Periodical articles
Article delivery is electronic only.
Responsibilities of the Requestor
In order to expedite delivery of the user's request, please provide complete information on the request forms.
For books that are charged out and delivered to a user, the requestor assumes responsibility for the book from when it is checked out, and for returning the item by the due date.
Turnaround time for requests: The Libraries' goal is always to provide rapid delivery of books and articles. However, since there is no inter-campus mail delivery on weekends and certain holidays, the Libraries cannot guarantee delivery within a specified time period.
Submitting Requests
The ILLiad system at https://illiad.albany.edu/ is the gateway for all UA delivery and interlibrary loan requests. If you do not have an ILLiad account, click on the First Time User icon to apply for a username and password. Once you get your username and password confirmed through email, you can begin placing document delivery requests based on the categories of service described above.
Further Information
If you have questions about these services, please contact , Head of Interlibrary Loan, (518) 442-3612
