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Emails obtained from the British Library;Please remember: Documents must be downloaded and printed within 30 days of the date on the British Library email. It is your responsibility to ensure you access and print your documents within this period. Emails that expire will have to be re-ordered at an additional cost to you.
For articles or books not held at the RSM Library
Our initial source for Inter-Library Loans is the British Library. If the British Library does not hold the requested item we will try other sources, typically UK universities or the National Library of Medicine. These may take slightly longer (depending on the source). Customers will be notified of any delays or if there are any problems.
Please use our online request form to submit article requests. Alternatively, you can post or fax requests to us using this request form [PDF 113k].
| British Library | Members UK & IRE |
Members Non-UK |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Service (4-10 working days) | ||
| Electronic Delivery | £10.99 | £10.99 * |
| Post / Collect | £13.00 | £15.00 |
| Standard Fax - per article/item |
£15.00 | £15.00 * |
| Loans | £15.00 | – |
| Loan Renewals | £5.00 | – |
| Requests from international sources - prices on application | ||
| Urgent action service | ||
| Electronic Delivery (within 24 hours) | £22.00 | £22.00* |
| Post/Collect/Fax (articles 24 hours) | £22.00 | £25.00* |
| Loan (24 hours) | £24.00 | – |
| Electronic Delivery (2 hours) | £32.00* | £32.00* |
| Fax (2 hours) | £35.00 | £35.00* |
| Fax (24 hours) | £25.00 | £25.00* |
| Loan (2hrs)** | £35.00 | – |
| Copyright Cleared Fee Service | Copyright charges vary per title. Please ask staff for copyright costs + £3.00 admin fee. | |
* A Copyright cleared fee may be required.
** Request needs to be placed before 1.00pm
Please note:
- These prices relate to RSM Members. Corporate Library Members should refer to the price list for more details.
- Copyright charges may also apply, and are in addition to the service charges. Please ask staff for further details.
- Books that are not returned by the requested date will be subject to an automatic renewal and the customer will be charged accordingly.
- Emails from the British Library must be download and printed within 25 days, after this time the file will be deleted from the British Library server. If you cannot access the file within this time, you should contact the ILL department for advice.
- Quoted times in the table relate to when the British Library will despatch, an additional period of time up to two days needs to be added to cover the period of time Royal Mail will deliver to the customers doorstep.
