Over the next twelve months, the Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) at the University of Pittsburgh will introduce a pilot program to provide fast, cost-effective interlibrary loans to over 100 Pennsylvania and Delaware hospital libraries.  With its strong collection, including over 3,900 unique journal titles, prompt and efficient service, and proficient use of technology, the University of Pittsburgh is an ideal center for launching this resource sharing project.

Under this project, HSLS will provide document delivery services to hospital libraries for a discounted rate of $8.50 per article.  The program is limited to hospitals with under 500 beds in Pennsylvania and Delaware.  Participating libraries agree to the following:

• Requests must be submitted via DOCLINE

• Libraries must be willing to receive articles electronically through Ariel, Odyssey or Web PDF

• All libraries will be invoiced via EFTS

• Discounted rate does not apply to rush, urgent patient care or color copies

• Libraries will comply with fair use guidelines and copyright law

An initial group of libraries will receive a letter of invitation with more information in the coming week.

Interested libraries may contact Renae Barger, Reference Librarian and Document Delivery Coordinator, at rbarger@pitt.edu or call 412-648-9750 with any questions.  If you need help creating an EFTS account or have questions regarding DOCLINE, please contact the Regional Medical Library at rml@library.med.nyu.edu or toll free at 1-800-338-7657.

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