Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery

Readers obtain books and documents from other libraries. The users are obliged to comply with relevant copyright agreement provisions, copyright law of the People's Republic of China and rules & regulations of the library. 

BALIS Interlibrary Loan 

BALIS is the acronym for Beijing Academic library & Information System. 

All students and faculty could get books form following collections for free:

· Collections of Chinese literature over 70 university libraries in Beijing;

· National Library core collection of foreign literature;

· Shanghai Library Chinese and foreign collections which can circulate and are available for loan.

How to make a request via BALIS?

First-time users should log in BALIS interlibrary loan(ILL) center website and click “create an account”, typing in the login name and password. You can log in the system and submit an interlibrary loan request after receiving the confirmation email (sent within 1-2 workdays). Please remember your login name and password.

How to use BALIS?

Users can find the book needed and submit an interlibrary loan request via BALIS union searching system. The request can be withdrawn within 1hour apart from request for National Library items.

If ILL items are available, the books requested through BALIS ILL service will be shipped by EMS. You will receive an email notifying you of the arrival. Please pick up and return the library items at the "Reader Service Desk" on floor 1.

The loan period is 1 month. Renewal is not allowed. Please return the books before the due date, otherwise an overdue fine will be charged.

Notice:

◆ During registration, please choose "Library Card" as ID type, type in student number or employee ID number as identification number. Your telephone number and e-mail address must be filled out, otherwise your request will not pass the review.

◆ Please note whether the books you request are available for interlibrary loan. The books cannot be loaned if they are already on loan or in working procedures (such as order, catalogue making, etc). In some libraries, books at high prices, original books in foreign languages, Chinese rare books and department reference documents are not for circulation.

◆ Please make sure that your general borrowing limit will not be exceeded after you have borrowed the books via BALIS.

◆ Eligible users may apply for an interlibrary card with your Campus ID Card. You shall pick up and return the library items at the "Reader Service Desk" on floor 1.

◆ Please take good care of the books and return them before the due date. For overdue, loss, staining, cutting of library materials, you will be required to make reparations or charged with a fine according to the regulations which vary with individual libraries. The rate is ¥5/item per day for National Library items. National Library and other libraries will stop ILL service if violation occurs, so please be careful not to affect other readers. If fines are not paid on time, the library has the right to suspend loan service until reparations are made by the applicant.

◆ Please respect and protect the IPR of original author and publisher. The users are obliged to comply with relevant copyright law. Any effort at making commercial profits is strictly prohibited.

◆ Contact Information： Tel: 010-68913664   E-mail: wtjy@bit.edu.cn

Interlibrary Card

The reader can apply for an interlibrary card from any member libraries of 32 college & university libraries near Xueyuan Road.

Where to apply: the "Reader Service Desk" on floor 1

How to borrow: go to member libraries and borrow books with an interlibrary card

Rules of Interlibrary Card Management:

◆ Application method: Faculty members and students on campus shall apply for an interlibrary card with Campus ID Card or other valid identification at the "Reader Service Desk" on floor 1.

◆ Successful application of the interlibrary card amounts to borrowing 1 item, so please make sure that your general borrowing limit will not be exceeded when you apply for the card. Remember to return your interlibrary card before the due date or you can borrow no more books for overdue. Meanwhile, your valid identification shall be pledged and you cannot reclaim it until the interlibrary card and books borrowed from other libraries have been returned.

◆ The holding period of the interlibrary card is 1 month in general (3 days in Tsinghua University Library and CAS Library). You shall first return the books you borrowed to corresponding libraries and then return your interlibrary card. For Renewal or any special need, you shall contact the library staff before the due date and go through the formality.

◆ Any violation of the rules such as loss of the interlibrary card or overdue shall be dealt with in person at the corresponding library before you come back to return the card. Graduates are not allowed to apply for the interlibrary card one month before graduation.

◆ Rights of member libraries: Readers holding the interlibrary card and original readers of the library shall be treated equally. The service is for free.

◆ Obligations of member libraries: Readers holding the interlibrary card of the union shall comply with the rules & regulations of the corresponding library. Any violation of the rules (e.g. damage, loss, overdue of library materials, violation of the regulations of reading room, or damage, loss of the interlibrary card, etc) shall be dealt with according to the regulations of the corresponding library and reparations are required.

◆  Range of application: ILL service may be not available currently in some libraries. The following list is only for your reference. Please pay attention to the regulations of the libraries.

Member Libraries with Interlibrary Loan