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ILL Policy

*Note: Due to complications/delays with the shipping tool, Alexander College is currently only filling requests for non-returnables.

Contact Information
Post-secondary Library/ Organization Name: Alexander College
Illume (SHAREit) Library code: BBAC
Canadian Library Symbol (LAC) code: BBAC
Shipping address: Interlibrary Loans
Alexander College – Library
4805 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
V5H 4T6
ILL contact telephone: 604-558-7369
ILL contact email: ill@alexandercollege.ca
General Information
Library Catalogue URL: Library Catalogue
ILL software: SHAREit
Consortia memberships: BCELN
Loan Information
Returnable Loans: Monographs: 4 weeks from shipped date
Renewals: Yes – 1 renewal if there are no holds placed on the item
Non-returnable Copies: print journals, ejournal, and book chapter photocopies / scans via email, unless licensing restrictions apply
Email Address for Reference Questions library@alexandercollege.ca
Media Loans: Not available
Not for Loan:
  • Materials limited by licensing or copyright agreements
  • Reference
  • Course Reserves
  • Previous edition textbooks
  • Entire issues of periodicals
  • Items on reserve
  • Media (DVDs, CDs, video games, board games)
  • Equipment
  • Oversize items at discretion of the library
Shipping/Delivery:
  • Shipping is only within BC
  • Shipping is via Canada Post for print materials
  • Electronic copies are delivered by SHAREit or by email
Charges/Fees
Non-returnable Copy charges (outside of Illume): AC Library only loans items to libraries with Illume
Replacement charges: Cost of item plus $20.00 processing fee. Alexander College Library considers items lost if they are 30 days overdue or more.
Late fees: None, but see replacement charges above.
Invoice payments: ill@alexandercollege.ca &
604-558-7369
Invoices for lost or damaged ILL items are issued by AC Financial Services and emailed to the borrowing Library.

Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.

Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.