Institute of Medical Science Library, the University of Tokyo.

＞＞　Request for borrowing books from intra/inter libraries

[Contents]

• Service outline
• View of service contents
• How to return and renew materials borrowing from libraries on campus.

Service outline

• When the material you want is not in the IMSUT Library or the E-book of the material is not available, you can do a request for borrowing it from intra/inter libraries.
• Books only. Journals and reference books are impossible.
• the inter-campus borrowing and returning are no charge.
  Borrowing outside campus and oversea art fee-based service. Limited to your laboratory's expenses. You can't request at private expense.
• The priority to order your request is as follows.
  1. On campus
  2. Outside campus
  3. Oversea

View of service contents

On campus	Libraries to order	Libraries on campus Some libraries don't make a loan. You can request to the libraeies on "Condition for borrowing (on campus)"(Japanese only)
	How to request	Search UT OPAC. Click on the search result and go to the request form. If you find "On Loan" or "Returned to Library" on the search result of UT OPAC, plase make a reservation for it. And after you recieve a e-mail to notice your turn, request for borrowing it. See also 　"How to make a reservation".(Japanese only)
	Charge	No charge
	Time to arrival	2 or 3 days on weekday
	Delivery	Come to the IMSUT Library office after you receive a e-mail from the IMSUT Library.
	Loan period/Number of items	These are handled by the library to which the material belongs. Please check "Condition for borrowing (on campus)".(Japanese only)
	Return	Return to... The IMSUT Library office The library to which the material belongs The General, Komaba, or Kashiwa Libraries Please check here for details.
	Renew a loan	You may be able to renew a loan. Please check here for details.
Outside campus	Libraries to order	Libraries of the other university in Japan
	How to request	Search UT OPAC with checking box of "Webcat", not "OPAC". Click on the search result and go to the request form.
	Charge	Postage cost（maybe plused charge for service）
	Time to arrival	About 1 week
	Delivery	Come to the IMSUT Library office after you receive a e-mail from the IMSUT Library.You have to use it in the IMSUT Library. you can't check it out.
	Loan period/Number of items	These are handled by the library to which the material belongs.
	Return	Return to the IMSUT Library office
	Renew a loan	Please ask to the IMSUT Library staff, before the due date.
Oversea	Libraries to order	BLDSC(British Library Document Supply Centre)
	Charge	YEN 3,953
	Time to arrival	About 1 - 2 weeks
	Delivery	Come to the IMSUT Library office after you receive a e-mail from the IMSUT Library.You have to use it in the IMSUT Library. you can't check it out.
	Loan period	4 weeks
	Return	Return to the IMSUT Library office
	Renew a loan	Please ask to the IMSUT Library staff, before the due date.

How to return and renew materials borrowing from libraries on campus.

Return

• Via the IMSUT Library, you can return materials borrowing from libraries on campus to ...
  • The IMS Library office
  • The library to which the material belongs
  • The General, Komaba, or Kashiwa Libraries
  Please bring the materials to the IMS Library office and hand them to the staff.
• If it's overdue, you may carry penalty.
• Note that it takes few days for delivery to the library to which the material belongs.
  If the material is returned on the last day of its loan period, it may enter the overdue state and you may carry penalty temporarily until it's deliverd to the library.

Renew a loan

• You may be able to renew a loan if it's not overdue and requested by the other user.
  
• The times you can renew and the period you can borrow materials newly vary according to the library to which the material belongs.
• How to renew is the followins hands. But which hand you can are also handled by the library to which the material belongs.
  1. Renew through the Internet by "The use situation of a loan and reservation" of "Web Request".
     Login and you can find a list of books you are borrowing. Click a botton on the right of the book you want to renew, and renew the loan period.
     Note that no message is poped up, when you renew. Please check the loan period.
  2. The IMSUT Library staff call the library to which the material belongs, and take the procedure to renew. Please ask to the IMSUT Library staff.

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