OLIS Library Card and Interlibrary Loan Policy

OLIS Library Card for School Library ILL

The Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS) Library is a member of the Ocean State Libraries (OSL) consortium. OLIS may issue OLIS Library Cards to school libraries that are certified members of the Library of Rhode Island (LORI), but do not belong to the OSL library consortium. 

An OLIS Library Card enables school libraries to initiate an interlibrary loan request on behalf of a patron using the OSL online catalog. Cardholders may place holds in the catalog, allowing both the requesting and supplying libraries can track the requests and monitor the loan status online.

Eligibility and Conditions

1. Libraries must be current members of the Library of Rhode Island (LORI) in good standing (not owing billed items to any other LORI library).
2. Card is valid for one year, expiring on July 1st renewed annually. 
3. OLIS Library Cards are not to be issued or renewed at public libraries. 
4. The cardholder must comply with the LORI Interlibrary Loan Code.
5. OLIS reserves the right to suspend the borrowing privileges when the library fails to respond to invoices for lost or damaged items within 60 days. 

School librarians may apply for an OLIS ILL Library Card by completing the OLIS ILL Library Card Application.

OSL Title Request Procedures

1. Authorized card users may place holds on materials accessible through the OSL catalog, selecting the pickup locations (OLIS or public library of choice).
2. Items received at OLIS will be checked out and sent to the requesting library through LORI delivery. A due date slip will be included.
3. Items delivered to a public library can be picked up and checked out by the authorized card user.
4. The loan period begins when the item is checked out to the requesting library.
5. Follow internal ILL procedure once the item is received.
6. Return borrowed materials to the owning library in the LORI delivery using the correct 3-letter LORI delivery code on the delivery slip. 

Items that are not available in the OSL online catalog but is in the collection of another LORI library may be requested using the LORI Book and Article Request Form. If the items are not in the holdings of a LORI library, the item may be requested through the OLIS ILL Clearinghouse. For more information, please see Interlibrary Loan Requesting Procedures.