As a member of TENN-SHARE, the Library can request books or journal articles from other libraries in Tennessee and the Southeast. This loan service is available to current students, faculty and staff at South College.

All interlibrary loan requests must be made through a member of the South College library staff. The borrower is responsible for filling out the forms completely and correctly. Complete information will help staff process requests without delays.

The lending library will set the loan period and may also restrict use of items to use in library only or no photocopying. The borrower is asked to cooperate with these rules.

Number of requests is limited to ten requests per month per individual. Requests will be processed in the order that they are received.

Borrowers will not be charged interlibrary loan fees unless the charge incurred to supply an item exceeds $10.00. When this occurs, the library will notify the borrower, who may choose to pay the amount above $10.00 or cancel the request. Faculty may request an override of fee restrictions to the Executive Vice President if items are needed for teaching.

The borrower will be financially responsible for any loss or damage to borrowed items from the time the item is picked up to the time the item is returned to the library. Borrowers will be financially responsible for any late fees incurred from the lending library if items are not returned to South College library by the indicated due date.

The borrower will be notified by e-mail when your request arrives. Items may be picked up at the Librarian’s desk at either campus. On average most loan requests take between two days and three weeks to arrive.

The library will not request items that it already owns. Please check the South College catalog before placing your request.South College follows the “Fair Use” guidelines of U.S copyright law (title 17, 107). Due to copyright restrictions, no more than five articles from one journal title may be requested in one calendar year. Requests exceeding this limit will be subject to a copyright permission fee per article as determined by the Copyright Clearance center.

To request an item for interlibrary loan e-mail the interlibrary loan department or, come to the library and fill out a form at the Librarian’s desk. Please provide as much information as possible to ensure that you receive the correct item.