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Research Assistance and Document Delivery Cost-Sharing -- Why?
Disclaimer
Copyright Notice
Research Assistance Cost-Sharing
Free and Fee-Based
Payment Methods
Document Delivery Cost-Sharing
Standard Fees
Rush Delivery and Special Service (Microform, Westlaw)
In-house Photocopying Charges
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Charges
Book and Disk Orders - Shipping and Handling Charges
Payment Methods
The
National Indian Law Library (NILL) is an non-profit library serving
the Indian law information needs of the public and the Native American
Rights Fund. Established as a special project of NARF, NILL is supported
by individual contributions and grants. Although the
library is a public library, it is not funded through tax revenues.
The annual budget is approximately $200,000 which translates into
an operating cost of about $90.00 for each hour the library is open.
Two full-time library staff currently handle close
to 140 in-house, phone or e-mail research requests per month from
the public. In order to deal with limited funding, increasing demands
on library staff time and the library's efforts to continue to provide
quality information services, NILL has devoted more resources towards
developing "self-help" resources
on its web site and has instituted a cost-sharing policy which
limits the amount of unreimbursed time it can spend on each request.
Free
and Fee-Based:
- NILL
provides up to 15 minutes of free research assistance to individuals
per week at no charge.
- Additional
research assistance can be requested at the rate of $15 for
each additional 15 minutes.
- Exceptions
- NILL provides up to 30 minutes of free research assistance
to librarians, NARF alumni and partners, and Indian law support
centers.
- No
research fees are charged to retrieve and deliver documents from
the library collection. Document delivery charges do apply. See below.
Payment Methods:
- Payments:
Can be made using check, Visa, Mastercard, or American Express.
- Discount
for paying in advance with credit card = 10% off
total order
In general, delivery of customized lists of resources
are provided without a document delivery charge but may be subject to a research fee as
per above.
Standard
Fees:
- Up
to 30 pages delivered via first class mail - $9.00 per document
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- 50 pages delivered via first class mail - $12.00 per document
- More than 50 pages delivered via first class mail - $0.20
per page
- Discount for paying in advance with credit card = 10% off total
order
Rush Delivery and Special Services:
| FedEx delivery -- not billed to your FedEx account: |
standard fees + $5.00 surcharge + actual FedEx
charges |
| FedEx delivery -- billed to your FedEx account: |
standard fees + $5.00 surcharge |
| Fax delivery: |
standard fees + $5.00 per 30 page increment. |
| E-mail delivery (PDF format) -- If item needs to be photocopied
before it can be scanned (such as when dealing with books): |
standard fees + $5.00 per PDF document |
| E-mail delivery (PDF format) -- If item doesn't need to be
photocopied first: |
$.20 per page + $5.00 per
PDF document |
| Retrieval of document from another local library (i.e. Univ.
of Colo., Boulder Public Library): |
standard fees + $7.00 |
| Microform |
$.25 per
page + $5.00 per document |
| Documents delivered from Westlaw, a legal database
at cost |
$12.00 per document (delivered by E-mail, fax or first
class mail). |
In-house Photocopying Charges:
- Make
your own copies on our photocopy machine or print to our printer
- $0.10/page. (first 5 pages are free)
- We
make copies for you to pick up - $0.20/page. (first 5 pages are
free)
What is
ILL? Interlibrary loan is a service that most libraries provide
to their patrons. This service enables a patron to receive library
materials from another library when his/her library does not have the
material. Usually reciprocal arrangements have been made between libraries
in an area to loan materials to each other. This allows libraries to
provide access to resources that they might otherwise be unable to
afford. Most libraries will not charge the patron a fee to access materials
through interlibrary loan but some do. Usually materials can be retrieved
from another library in 5-14 days.
How can
materials be requested from NILL? Some items from our collection
can be loaned. We do not loan directly to individuals but can often
provide materials to individuals via their local library and ILL. Ask
your local public, academic or corporate librarian about obtaining
material from us through ILL. We waive ILL charges to libraries that
provide ILL to us without charge.
Charges for
copies provided through ILL are the same as "document delivery" above.
ILL fees for books are $18.00 per book. Also, the borrowing library is
responsible for paying the cost of mailing the item back to the library.
Items generally are loaned for a period of 21 days for borrowers in Colorado
and 28 days for borrowers in other states.
Books and disks are listed at
http://www.narf.org/pubs/index.html
| $0.00 - $21.50
= |
$3.50 |
| $21.51 - $50.00 = |
$7.00 |
| $50.01 - $75.00 = |
$9.00 |
| $75.01 - $100.00 = |
$13.00 |
| $100.01 - above = |
$15.00 |
International
Shipping & Handling Charges: First
book - $7.00, each additional book
- $5.00 (pre-payment should be made
with International money order or
with Visa, Mastercard, or American
Express.)
Payment Methods:
- Payments: Can be made using check, Visa, Mastercard,
or American Express.
Disclaimer: While the National Indian Law Library
makes every attempt to insure the accuracy of information it provides, the
library has no control over the quality of the information retrieved from various
print and online sources used. The Native American Rights Fund/National Indian
Law Library make no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy or
completeness of information provided and NARF/NILL disclaims any liability
for damages connected with its use. In addition, the law is complex and ever
changing and we do not have the time and resources to locate all pertinent
information. The sources that we have suggested appear to address your question,
however, there may be other pertinent law and interpretations. By providing
of this information we do not intend to provide legal advice and the material
should not be relied upon as such. You may wish to seek the advice of an attorney.
Copyright Notice: The copyright law of the United
States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or
other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified by law, libraries and
archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproductions. One
of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to
be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If
a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for
purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright
infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept
a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve
violation of copyright law.
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