Interlibrary Loan

Literature for academic work, vocational or continuous professional training that is not available on site can be requested via Interlibrary Loan and will be sent to your preferred branch library.

Please note that not all items listed in the library catalogues can be requested via Interlibrary Loan.

The exceptions are:

• media that is available in Bamberg, even if they cannot be checked out or if they are currently checked out;
• media that can be purchased in a bookstore at a low price (of up to 15 euros);
• archived items of official bodies;
• newspaper articles and newspaper volumes.

The following items may not be available via Interlibrary Loan:

• E-media
• media that are especially valuable, particularly those that were published before 1800;
• media that have a peculiar format;
• media that are in bad condition;
• loose-leaf editions and unbound periodicals as well as entire magazine volumes;
• school and text books and othe much used media
• non-books if mailing such items would endanger their condition;
• reference collections and course reserves;
• media that provide elemantary or purely practical knowledge;
• DIN norms and guidelines of the Association of German Engineers (VDI);
• magister theses and final papers in teacher-training courses.

Within Germany, books are generally delivered for free.

The delivery time of interlibrary loan media varies greatly. It can take from one to several weeks. As a rule, you should allow 14 days for completion.

Please order your interlibrary loans in good time!

Before you start, please check whether the desired article is freely available online. If not, log into the Online Catalogue.

Please look for the title of the journal or book that contains the desired essay. Under "Format", you can limit the search results to titles of magazines.

If an item is not available in Bamberg, you can delete the filter "Libraries in Bamberg" and continue your search in the catalogue of the Bavarian Library Network. Select the correct magazine or book in the new result list.

Click on "request via interlibrary loan". On the next screen, you can select from which branch library you wish to collect the copy. Afterwards, please fill in as many details about the article or book chapter as possible.

By clicking on the Button "Send interlibrary loan request", your order becomes binding.
 

No results? Transregional interlibrary loan

Even if you didn't find what you were looking for in the catalogue of the Bavarian Library Network, you can still send an interlibrary loan request. In this case, please click on "Tools" and then on "Interlibrary loan order".

On the following page, you can add the details of the literature you are looking for.
 

Overview of your requests

Article requests are listed as interlibrary loans in the Bamberg Catalogue under "Your Account". By clicking on a pickup location, you will see the overview of your orders for this location. You will usually be able to download the document from this list when your order is available.

E-books and e-journals are partially available for interlibrary loan and even then only if your email address is on file with us. 

Occasionally, when you order the print edition of a book, the order may be redirected to the electronic edition of the book. In this case, you will also receive a link that will take you to the e-book.

If an e-book is available for you via interlibrary loan, you will recieve an email notification. You will then be able to find the order in the Bamberg Catalogue in your account as interlibrary loans. By clicking on one pickup location you will see the overview of your orders for this location. This list contains links to download the documents of the available orders.

If you order copies from e-books or an article from an e-journal, you will also receive a notification via email and you are also usually able to download the documents via your library account and the overview of interlibrary loan orders per pickup location.

If an e-book or e-journal is not available for interlibrary loan, please use the print editions of the book or journal.

You will receive an email when your items have arrived. Please note that delivery to the desired pick-up location may take one to two working days after receiving the email. 

Books that have arrived are marked "available for pickup" in your account in the Bamberg Catalogue. Copy and e-book orders are displayed as interlibrary loans by clicking on a pickup location. Copies and e-books that have arrived are marked with the status “shipped”. They are available for download for one week.

You can pick up interlibrary loan items at the branch library you selected when you submitted your request.

Any conditions of the lending library (for example: Reading Room Only, No Renewals, May Not Be Copied) are binding.

Renewal requests must be submitted through your account well before the end of the loan period.

If you are late in returning any item, you will be notified immediately. Late fees apply.

Old literature, especially works published prior to 1900, and microforms can only be used in the Reading Room at the Bamberg State Library.

In especially urgent cases, document courier services (such as Subito) may be employed. You will be charged for this. After you have submitted your request directly to the issuing library, your item will be shipped to you. Such transactions will not be recorded in your Online Catalogue account. Document courier services also deliver literature that cannot be requested through Interlibrary Loan.