The Southeastern region has maintained an Inter-library Loan (ILL) code since the mid-1980s. This code regulates ILL activity in our region (including SEAL) and provides best practices for borrowing and lending materials. Our Regional Inter-library Loan Committee (RIC) is charged with reviewing and updating this code when needed. The last code update was completed in 2017. At that time, the American Library Association’s Inter-library Loan Code was adopted as our regional code, with some provisions and exceptions specific to the Southeastern area.
In 2023, ALA released a revised version of the national code. RIC carefully reviewed and discussed the changes that were made and determined that it should be adopted as our new regional code. RIC shared a draft of the proposed code with regional systems and held an open comment period through September and October to receive feedback on the proposed changes. RIC met on November 5th, 2024 to discuss comments that were received and determined that no additional changes needed to be made to the code.
RIC is asking for final approval of the Regional Inter-library Loan code by our eight regional library systems. A draft of the proposed code can be found below. All changes from the 2017 code are highlighted in blue.