Interlibrary Loan Service – Fee-for-Service Clients

Please e-mail your requests to law.ill@ubc.ca. Generally, materials will be prepared for delivery by the next working day.

The Law Library would be pleased to fulfill your legal information needs. If you need to borrow a book or obtain a copy of a journal article, case, or other similar material, we will prepare the material for you for a fee. (For individuals not associated with a university, institution or business: please make your interlibrary loan request through your local public library.)

Include as much information as is possible when making your requests:
– citations: titles, authors, dates and page numbers
– address, contact names, telephone and fax numbers
– expectations of type of delivery and completion times
– special requirements such as photocopy method: enlargement, reduction, etc.

Fee-for-service charges are outlined in the fee schedule below. Additional charges are outlined at the bottom of this fee schedule and include a rush service charge. Please e-mail law.ill@ubc.ca or call 604-822-6432 if you have any questions.

Fee Schedule

RequesterMaterialDelivery MethodFee
Non-Profit Organizations (libraries, museums, archives, hospitals and other non-profit institutions)BookMail or pick-up$12.00
ArticleMail or pick-up$12.00
For-Profit Organizations and all International Requestors
BookMail or pick-up$20.00
ArticleMail or pick-up$20.00**
Surcharges
(apply to all of the above)
Fax within BCNo charge
Fax outside BC$10.00
Rush (within 3 hours)$20.00