Interloans are legally allowed only for private research or study.   For lecturers requesting interloans to place on LEARN, the advice has been for them to add a note to their request, so we know to arrange rights.

Automated requesting via RapidILL now means we won’t always catch requests with special notes before they are supplied to the patron.   We suggest lecturers first email learncopyright@canterbury.ac.nz with the article details, course code and expected number of students.   LAC will then organize the best way to access the material legally behind the scenes (in some cases purchase rather than interloan).

Interloans staff will continue to watch for special notes on requests pending in automation queues, as we’re aware some will prefer to use that method.