Canadian University Affiliates

Document Deliveries to students and faculty at other universities

Atlantic university students and faculty

Full Dalhousie privileges to Document Delivery services are extended to Atlantic Scholarly Information Network (ASIN) students and faculty. They must be living in the Metro area for an extended period and be full affiliates of another Atlantic university outside Metro Halifax.

• Enquiries about this service at the Circulation Desk of any Dalhousie Library.
  
• Registration of your ASIN card at the Circulation desk is required.
  
• Read more about ASIN ID cards. 

Other Canadian university students/faculty

Under the terms of the Canadian Universities Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement (CURBA) Dalhousie Libraries extend document delivery privileges to students and faculty currently in good standing at other Canadian universities.

• Registration: To access the Dalhousie document delivery web forms you need to register at the Circulation desk of any Dalhousie Library. 

Make a document delivery request

• Log in to the Document Delivery Services request form:
  • Login is the barcode number on your registered ID card
    
  • Password is the the last 4 digits of your phone number registered with the Dalhousie Libraries.
  • Fill out the Request Form.

Delivery time

Delivery times vary depending on the type of item you are requesting, the location of the supplying library and the delivery method.

• Articles usually take 1 to three business days, books can take three days to one month.
  
• Books can take 3 days to one month.

Electronic delivery

Articles/copies will be delivered electronically to your registered email address.

• The email will include a link to the article.
  
• Links can be opened only once.
  
• Link stay available for 14 days after receipt. 

Loan periods

Loan periods vary and depend on the lending library. Usually, loans last 3 weeks with no renewals.

• Blue wrapper around the item indicates its due date. Do not remove the blue wrapper.

Pick up and return

All loans must be picked up at a Dalhousie library.

• Default location to pick up document deliveries is the Dalhousie library where you registered for your library card.
  
• Pick up documents from any Dalhousie library: select that library from the dropdown pickup location box on the request form.
• Return items to any Dalhousie Library by the due date indicated on the blue wrapper.

Charges

• There is no charge for items provided by Novanet libraries however provision of material is at the discretion of the supplying library.

The Document Delivery department will not process any requests to external libraries without payment authorization.  To expedite requests indicate the amount you are willing to pay in the Maximum Charge field of the request form.

• $10.00 charge per item provided by other Canadian l libraries.
• $50.00 charge per item provided by non-Canadian libraries
• Payment is due upon pickup of the item or upon receipt of the monthly invoice for items delivered directly
• $20.00 non-refundable fee will be charged for any item which is not returned after overdue reminders have been sent. Delinquent borrowers will lose their borrowing privileges.
• Replacement costs for lost or long overdue items are the responsibility of the requester.
• Payments may be paid by cash, debit, VISA or Mastercard.

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding submitting requests please contact the Circulation, Reference, or Document Delivery staff at any Dalhousie library.

Document Delivery - Dal 11760
Killam Library
Dalhousie University
6225 University Avenue
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2
docdel@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3612
Fax: 902-494-3576