Statewide Interlibrary Loan: Other Resources

Keeping Current

• CLC ILL Roundtable Meetings:
  • East
  • West
• CLA-RSS, which stands for the Connecticut Library Association Resource Sharing Section. This section sponsors continuing education sessions at:
  • CLA, which stands for Connecticut Library Association. Their conference is usually in the spring. Check the Events section of the CLA site. 
  • CLASS, which stands for Connecticut Library Association Support Staff section. Their conference is usually in the fall. Check the Events section of the CLA site. 
• Connecticut State Library's Continuing Education Calendar

deliverIT CT (formerly Connecticar or Ccar)

• deliverIT CT Guide
  • deliverIT Contacts
  • deliverIT Route Schedule
  • deliverIT Routing Slips

ILL Mentors in Connecticut

• Have an ILL question? The following are willing to share their knowledge and experience to help answer your ILL questions:
  • Kim Farrington, Central Connecticut State Library, New Britain, farringtonk@ccsu.edu, 860-832-3408

Other Connecticut-specific ILL Resources

• Book Discussion Sets available from the Library Service Centers - See "Programming Materials" box at the bottom of this page.
• Information on findIT CT - the statewide library catalog
• Information on requestIT CT - statewide ILL service
• Public Libraries in Connecticut via Google Maps
• borrowIT CT (formerly Connecticard) - the 'cooperative program among public libraries in Connecticut that allows a resident of any town in the state who holds a valid borrower card issued by their home library to use that card to borrow materials from any of the 191 public libraries participating in the program.'

Other ILL Resources Outside of Connecticut

• ALA ILL Loan Form:
  • In PDF format, suitable for printing
  • In Word format, suitable for editing and then printing
• ALA Library Fact Sheet 8 - Interlibrary Loan - provides links to the ALA ILL Code for the United States and information on international borrowing.
• ALA RUSA STARS - which stands for Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section, or STARS, of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association (ALA). Includes:
  • 5 Things Every New Resource Sharing Librarian Should Know
• RUSA's Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States, approved in 2016
• ShareILL - 'a gateway to electronic and print resources pertaining to all aspects of interlibrary loan (ILL), document delivery, and resource sharing.'
• Directory of OCLC Libraries

Copyright

• United States Code, 1976, Title 17, section 107 codifies U. S. Copyright law.
• Copyright.gov is the site of the U. S. Copyright office and contains "Hot Topics" with current issues and Copyright Basics (PDF).
• Copyright Term & Public Domain is an easy to use chart to help determine if an item is in copyright or in the public domain.
• Fair Use Checklist is a guide to assist in determining if the use of a copyrighted item is covered under Fair Use.
• Copyright.com is the site of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), which provides a mechanism to access copyright permissions and pay the corresponding royalties. Includes:
• CONTU Guidelines
• Copyright Crash Course aimed at the faculty at the University of Texas, this provides the basics of copyright paying particular attention to Fair Use.
• Copyright Advisory Network is a forum where librarians can ask copyright-related questions and seek feedback and advice from copyright experts.

findIT CT is Connecticut's new
Statewide Library Catalog