Interlibrary Loan Services: Lending Services

We lend materials to:

• California libraries using the OCLC system: Loan/photocopy service is available for all libraries in California, except law firm libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bay Area law firm libraries are eligible to borrow books directly as unaffiliated borrowers.
• Other U.S. libraries:  Loan/photocopy service is available to academic and special libraries using the OCLC system.

We DO NOT lend materials to:

• Public libraries outside of California
• Foreign libraries
• Non-UC Law SF individuals
• Libraries with overdue or lost UC Law SF materials

• Books: We lend lend monographs from the 4th and 5th Stacks collections for 7-30 days. We do not lend materials from the 4th Floor Research Alcove, Course Reserves, the Circulation Desk collection, microform, or Special Collections. 
• Casebooks: We do not lend the most recent edition of casebooks.  
• Periodicals: We do not lend bound or unbound periodicals. Requests for specific articles are accepted.
• Dissertations and theses: If a second copy is available, we will lend to California libraries and out of state academic libraries only.
• Government Documents: Generally available for loan. Census material and congressional hearings are non-circulating.

The requesting library is responsible for loss or damage to any materials borrowed from the UC Law SF Library from the time the materials are shipped from the UC Law SF Library until the time they are safely returned. If a requesting library provides tracking information indicating that the materials arrived at our location, they will not be held responsible for the missing materials.