Distance Education Loan Policy
Eastern Illinois University’s distance education community is provided access to Booth
Library's resources and services. Booth Library will lend library materials (articles,
books, media, etc.) and provide articles to distance education students and faculty
members as requested. Additionally, distance education can use Booth's interlibrary
loan service to obtain materials not owned by the library.
Booth Library will mail the requested materials to the student or faculty member.
However, it is the responsibility of the distance education patron to return the materials
to Booth Library. The distance education patron must cover the costs incurred in mailing
or returning the materials to Booth Library. Distance education patrons are not required
to return photocopies or PDFs of articles to the library.
Distance education students and faculty members residing within Coles County or those
taking or teaching at least one on-campus course from the university are classed as
on-campus patrons and are ineligible for the distance education loan service. Students
and faculty members residing within Coles County or taking or teaching an on-campus
class must access the library resources in person.
Revised Feb. 5, 2018