Interlibrary Loan Policy

a. Prairie Skies Public Library District provides interlibrary loan for materials not within our system in either of the following ways:

 

i. Through the Resource Sharing Alliance (RSA) Online Catalog https://alsi.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en US/PrairieSkiesPLD/, which has over 3 million items to choose from.

 

ii. Through Worldcat https://www.worldcat.org/, a worldwide library database.

 

b. To request interlibrary loan materials, the person must be a current card holder in good standing with PSPLD and must abide by the lending rules.

 

c. Request can be made either online or in person. Search for items may be done either by the patron or with staff assistance.

 

d. Person(s) will be notified when the material has arrived in the manner specified on the registration form. Requested item(s) will be held for 7 working days after notification. If the item or items are not picked up they will be returned to the lending library.

 

Downloadables - eBooks and Audiobooks: Patrons have access to two collections of downloadables - Libby/Alliance Digital Media Library (ADML) or The Palace Project. To access the downloadables a person must be a current card holder in good standing with PSPLD and must abide by the lending rules.

 

THEFT ACT - On August 14, 1992 Governor Edgar signed into law H.B. 3165 (now P.А. 87- 0898). This new law amends the Library Theft Act of the Criminal Code and lowers from $200 to $50 the aggregate value of unreturned library materials for prosecution of library theft. It also requires the library to serve notice by registered mail and allows recovery of attorney's fees and postage. This Act, which serves mainly as a deterrent to theft, will make it easier and less expensive for libraries to enforce.

 

Whereas the Prairie Skies Public Library District accepts grants and other financial aid from the State and the Federal Government, the affairs of the library must be carried out in a legal and business-like way. Therefore, in case a patron ignores the notices of fines and/or does not return property belonging to said library, the Board of Trustees are within their legal rights to have the State's Attorney intervene in the collection of fines or losses warrants, will be turned into a collection agency and the case may be settled in the small claims court in Cass County, Virginia, IL at the discretion of the Board of Trustees. (AMENDED 03/2008)