Interlibrary loans
As a student or staff member, you can request interlibrary loans at your subject library. The University Library only processes interlibrary loan requests for specific groups. Other libraries can borrow materials from the University Library.
The University Library requests interlibrary loans from other libraries for the following groups:
- Students and staff of Lund University’s specialised centres.
- Staff members of Lund University’s central administration.
- Emeriti from all faculties at Lund University.
If you are not affiliated with Lund University, we refer you to your local public library.
You can request items not part of the collections of the libraries at Lund University as interlibrary loans.
Check if the material is available at the libraries using Finn (finn.lub.lu.se).
Materials available for interlibrary loan include:
- Books (not e-books)
- Articles (not entire journal issues or full years)
- Chapters from e-books (if licences permit interlibrary loan).
- Copies of articles: SEK 80.
- Borrowing books from libraries within the Nordic countries is free.
- Borrowing books from libraries outside the Nordic countries: SEK 150.
Please note that prices may vary if the relevant lending library applies additional fees.
It usually takes 1-2 weeks before an interlibrary loan is available for pick-up. Copies of articles are typically delivered more quickly.
You will get notified by email when your interlibrary loan is available.
Loan periods may vary from time to time since the lending library determines them.
Interlibrary loans for other libraries
Libraries in Sweden and other countries can request loans and copies from the University Library’s collections.
If the library can access the Libris ordering procedure, please order in Libris.
Order in Libris (Libris interlibrary loans kb.se)
Other libraries can use the Lund University Interlibrary Loan service.
Order through the Interlibrary loan service (basill.lub.lu.se)
Libraries cannot borrow the following materials via interlibrary loan:
- printed journals,
- reference materials,
- printed items older than a hundred years,
- manuscripts,
- maps,
- images,
- printed ephemera,
- newspapers and
- other fragile or difficult-to-handle materials.
If there is no queue, loans will be automatically renewed. The loan period is a maximum of 12 times 28 days.
Articles from journals and material that can be copied onto 25 A4 pages are scanned and emailed to publicly funded Swedish libraries. The receiving library may not release the scanned copy electronically; the article must be printed and handed to the borrower.
Log in to the libraries' search tool Finn to check loans.
Username is the library's Libris code in lowercase letters, and the password is 1234.
We use PostNord to pack and ship interlibrary loans from Lund University Library. If a shipment from us does not reach your library or is damaged upon arrival, we are responsible for claiming the shipment with PostNord. Please let us know within 20 days of your ILL request if your shipment hasn't arrived or is damaged.
If a shipment disappears or is damaged on its way back to us, the borrowing library must claim with their shipping service.
- Copies to publicly funded libraries: SEK 80.
- Copies to other libraries/companies: SEK 150.
- Copies to libraries/companies outside the Nordic countries: 2 IFLA vouchers/Invoice SEK 150.
- Loan of books to publicly funded libraries in the Nordic countries is free.
- Loan of books to other libraries/companies in the Nordic countries: SEK 150.
- Loan of books to all libraries/companies outside the Nordic countries: 2 IFLA vouchers/invoice SEK 150.
Contact
Call +46 46 222 91 90
Email info [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se (info[at]ub[dot]lu[dot]se)