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Dykes Library

Interlibrary Loan Fees


Fees Effective as of July 2006

Fees for Materials from Dykes Library | Fees for Materials from Other Libraries

KUMC Faculty, Staff, Students:

  • Materials borrowed for KUMC Faculty, Staff and Students must be used for KUMC scholarly and educational purposes.
  • If you want an item only if we can borrow it for free, select "For Free Only-KUMC Only" from the payment methods pull-down window. We will submit these requests to Kansas Regents Institutions. If the item cannot be obtained for you for free, you will be notified by email.
  • If you would like us to borrow items for your personal use, select "For Free Only-KUMC Only" from the payment methods pull-down window. We will try to locate public libraries in the area who will loan us these items at no fee. If the item cannot be obtained for you for free, you will be notified by email.

Journal Articles or Books from the Dykes Collection

If you are Regular: 2-3 Business Days; Allow 2-3 Weeks for Books; delivery via mail, pickup at the library or PDF Rush: 1-2 Business Days and Clinical Emergencies delivery via mail, pickup at the library or PDF 24 Hour Rush: delivery via pickup at the library or PDF
KUMC on campus: Faculty, Staff, Students, KUPI, University of Kansas Hospital $3.00 $8.00 $16.00
KUMC off-campus: faculty and students No Charge $8.00 $16.00
KS Regents institutions and Kansas state agencies No Charge No Charge N/A
Kansas libraries and non-profit Kansas City Health Science Library members $5.00 $15.00 N/A
RML Region 4 & Non-RML Region 4 Libraries $11.00 $21.00 N/A
All other users: corporations, organizations, Kansas and non-Kansas residents, including alumni $15.00 $25.00 N/A


Journal Articles or Books from Other Libraries

  All books are shipped via UPS and the borrowing library is required to pay return shipping
If you are Regular: 4-10 Business Days; Allow 2-3 Weeks for Books; delivery via mail, pickup at the library or PDF Rush: 2-3 Business Days and Clinical Emergencies delivery via mail, pickup at the library or PDF 24 Hour Rush: delivery via pickup at the library or PDF
KUMC faculty, staff, students, KUPI on or off campus $3.00
(No charge if borrowed from a KS Regents Library)
$8.00 $16.00
University of Kansas Hospital $15.00         
(No charge if borrowed from a KS Regents Library)
$25.00 $40.00
KS State Agencies $15.00
(No charge if borrowed from a KS Regents Library)
$25.00 N/A
All other users: corporations, organizations, Kansas and non-Kansas residents, including alumni $30.00 $40.00 N/A

Additional Fee Information

Long Articles:
An additional fee will be charged for articles over 50 pages long provided from our collection. The fee will be half of the cost for the first 50 pages.

Clinical Emergency Service

The National Library of Medicine provides a clinical emergency service for health care providers delivering direct patient care under emergency circumstances. If the journal is available at NLM they will fill these requests within 2 hours of receipt during the hours they are open. Only those requests needed for emergency patient care qualify for this service. Charges are the same as the Rush: 2-3 Business Day fees on our List of Charges.