Outreach and Continuing Education faculty and students can elect to have research materials delivered to them by US mail. Only users who visit campus less than 2 times a week can benefit from this service, since it is usually faster to pick up items at the Haggard Circulation Desk after getting an e-mail notice of the items arrival.
Graduate Students have the option of having items delivered to a department mailbox or to a home address. These delivery services are available with the set-up of a pre-established delivery location. Please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department at 360-650-3076 or ILLiad@wwu.edu to discuss your options.
Visit the Departmental Delivery Services site for additional information: https://library.wwu.edu/departmental-delivery
For more information on borrowing materials from Western Libraries:
For more information on borrowing materials through Summit and Interlibrary loan (ILL):
Be sure to set up your ILLiad account BEFORE you start researching by visiting https://library.wwu.edu/borrowing-other-libraries-ill-summit and logging in with your WWU Universal ID and password. This will make requesting articles more seamless.
Western Libraries does not charge overdue fines for most WWU library materials.
A few categories of specialty items do accrue fines, including course reserves, recalled items, Summit books, and interlibrary loans (ILL).
The Libraries will charge a lost item fees for items more than 60 days overdue. These fees are forgiven once an item has been returned or replaced.