How to request material from the University Collections Facility (UCF), including General Collections and Heritage Collections items. Delivery of material from the University Collections Facility (formerly the Library Annexe) is provided free of charge for staff and students of the University of Edinburgh. Interlibrary loan quotas and charges do not apply to requests made from University of Edinburgh Library sites.The UCF provides a delivery service of General Collections and Heritage Collections material two times a week (Wednesdays and Fridays). Delivery will normally be within three to four working days.General Collections materialRequest individual physical itemsService Update: General Collections at the University Collections Facility In order to prioritise the provision of library resources for teaching for the new academic year in 2024/25, request services for General Collection items located at the UCF are being paused from 5 August to 31 October 2024. While UCF request services are unavailable it may be possible for our Interlibrary Loans service to provide access to required items, please refer to the ILL webpage for more details.If you wish to consult a whole journal or book, you may request the item using DiscoverEd, the University’s Library Discovery Service. The User Guide provides information on how to do this: Document University Collections Facility Item Request Users' Guide (976.16 KB / PDF) Items can be delivered to any of the University of Edinburgh Library sites. Once collected, material may also be returned to any University of Edinburgh library.Please note, due to storage limitations at Library Helpdesks, we cannot normally send more than five physical items for consultation at any one time.Use DiscoverEd to make a requestRequest Heritage Collections, including LHSA materialRequests to view this material can be arranged by contacting HeritageCollections@ed.ac.uk.All such material must be consulted in the reading room in the Centre for Research Collections. Heritage CollectionsHow to make a request if you are a reference userReference users of the Libraries may request items for consultation using the forms below. Please return completed forms to any of the Library Helpdesks or send a copy of your request to the UCF Email: ucf@ed.ac.uk Document Request form for Books for Reference Users (231.54 KB / PDF) Document Request form for Journals for Reference Users (233.45 KB / PDF) Request the permanent return of an item, a collection or series to the Main LibraryRequests for the permanent return of an item, a collection or series of material to the Main Library should be made by using the forms provided.Request the permanent return of an item to the Main LibraryRequest the permanent return of a series or collection to the Main Library This article was published on 2024-08-21
