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To request an item through Interlibrary Loan, you must first go through a one-time online registration process in order to identify your institution to the Library of Congress.
Registration has three purposes:
After registering online, perhaps with a delay as CALM Division staff research your library's status, you will be sent a Username and Password via email. Please use this information when making all future ILL requests from the Library of Congress.
Username Your Username will likely be based on the OCLC symbol for your library (please supply that information when registering online). CALM Division staff will verify the symbol against OCLC's Policy Directory as well as your library's name and address against the latest ALA Directory. If necessary, they will contact you by phone to verify any information in question. If you do not receive an email notification from the ILL Coordinator, it means your registration information has not been authenticated.
Password A Password will also be assigned for use with your Username. It will not be a dictionary word, so please save a copy of it in a secure place for future use. You will not be allowed to change your password. However, If you misplace your password, you may re-register. The ILL system will encrypt your password, so that it remains secure.
WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or 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.
The Library of Congress reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
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