Membership of the NZ Interloan Scheme

Registration as a member of the Interloan Scheme is required before a library can request or supply interloans. Charter libraries are interloan members who sign up to the requirements of the charter. Charter libraries can request and supply interloans. Non-charter libaries are members of the interloan scheme who are not required to report holdings.

While non-charter libraries may both request and supply interloans, their ability to supply interloans to other libraries is constrained if they do not report holdings to Te Puna.  Charter libraries may charge non-charter libraries a higher interloan fee to reflect their lack of contribution to the Interloan infrastructure.

Participants in the Interloan Scheme must pay a fee, in accordance with Step 4 below.

Either

• Institutional or subsidiary institutional membership of LIANZA (as part of membership subscription) 

Or

• An Interloan Registration fee of $150.00 + GST payable to the LIANZA Office

Member Checklist

The following document has been designed as a checklist for any organisation wishing to become a member of the NZ Interloan Scheme, as there are a number of steps to follow. Please note that the exact sequence outlined below must be followed to become a member of the NZ Interloan Scheme - for example you cannot jump to step 7 before steps 1-6 have been completed.

STEP 1: Obtain a Library Symbol

• Contact Digital Solutions at the National Library of New Zealand on 0508 Te Puna (83 7862) or tepuna@natlib.govt.nz who will issue you with a Library Symbol.

STEP 2: Decide on your Status within the NZ Interloan Scheme

• Decide on your status - Charter or Non-Charter - and sign the appropriate form:
  
  • Charter: Charter libraries are members who sign up to the requirements of the Charter. Charter members can request and supply.
    Agreement for Charter Libraries
    Print this agreement  (PDF 14KB)
  • Non-Charter: Non-Charter Libraries are members who can request and supply, but are not required to report holdings to Te Puna.
    Agreement for Non-Charter Libraries
    Print this agreement  (PDF 13KB)

STEP 3: Return your agreement form

• Return your agreement form to LIANZA, PO Box 12-212, Wellington, or send by fax: (04) 499 1480

STEP 4: Obtain confirmation that you are a Member of the NZ Interloan Scheme

• To be a member of the NZ Interloan Scheme you must have an Institutional Membership (or subsidiary institutional membership) or pay an Interloan Registration fee. To organise the appropriate payment, or discuss which option is more suitable for your organisation, please contact LIANZA on (04) 473 5834 or office@lianza.org.nz

• Please note that the NZ Interloan Scheme charges are renewed on an annual basis.

• Once payment has been received the LIANZA Office will confirm that you are a member of the NZ Interloan Scheme.

Once steps 1- 4 have been completed your organisation is legally entitled to interloan in New Zealand.

STEP 5: Join Te Puna Interloan

• You may now wish to join Te Puna Interloan. Te Puna Interloan is a web-based interloan management system for the request and supply of resources between libraries. To use Te Puna Interloan you must become a Te Puna subscriber. To find out more about Te Puna Interloan or subscribe to Te Puna Interloan go to: http://subscribers.natlib.govt.nz/about/ill.htm

STEP 6: Join Interloan Billing System (IBS)

• If your organisation has chosen Charter or Non Charter membership, best practice encourages your organisation to join IBS. The National Library of New Zealand developed and manages this system on behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Interloan (JSCI). IBS is a financial management system that allows invoices to be created for Interloan transactions between libraries. Invoices are issued for domestic interloans on a monthly basis and on a two monthly basis for international interloans.
  Find out more about the Interloan Billing System (IBS)

Directory of New Zealand libraries

• After step 4 has been completed Te Puna Support will publish your library’s details in New Zealand Library Symbols. This publication is available online at http://directory.natlib.govt.nz/library-symbols-web/ 
  
  

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