This service allows you to request bibliographic material from other libraries that is not held by the Library and is not available in the Rome area.
Before submitting a request, please check the Luiss Library's holdings via Discovery.
What kind of material can be requested?
You can request articles published in periodicals, as well as essays or chapters from monographs that the Luiss Library does not have and that are not available at other libraries in Rome (please consult the other available catalogs beforehand).
How many documents can I request?
To ensure the service runs smoothly, we recommend not exceeding 10 requests per week and, in any case, never more than 5 requests per day.
How much does the service cost?
The service is free if the material is available at a library with which we have a free reciprocal exchange agreement.
If you need to contact a library that charges a fee, you will be notified of the amount before proceeding with the request (fees typically do not exceed 6 euros).
What is the wait time?
Wait times may vary depending on the supplying library and how it processes and ships the material.
The average wait is typically 6–7 days.
However, the Luiss Library is committed to processing each request within 2 business days.
Once the material is received, the user is promptly notified via email.
How to pick up your item
You can pick up the document via self-service at the designated lockers located in Periodicals Room B, located along the corridor.
The document can be identified using the request number provided by the librarian in the receipt notification.
How do I submit a request?
To submit a document, simply fill out the online form, providing your details and the bibliographic information for each requested document.
Who can use the service?
The service is intended for Italian libraries—both university and non-university—who need to consult materials from the Luiss Library's collections and do not operate within the Rome area.
Requests from libraries based in Rome will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, considering the similarity of the requesting library’s holdings. After one year, these requests will be re-evaluated based on the actual reciprocity of exchanges.
Personal requests are not accepted.
What kind of material can be requested?
You can request:
- articles published in periodicals;
- essays or chapters from monographs
held by the Luiss Library, in compliance with current copyright law.
Before submitting your request, please check the Luiss catalogs to see what we have in stock.
How many documents can be requested?
Each request can include a maximum of 2 documents, and you may request no more than 5 documents per month in total.
If, over the course of the year, there is a significant imbalance between the number of items requested and those provided to a single library, the Luiss Library will provide appropriate notice and temporarily suspend the service.
An imbalance is defined as a difference of 10 requests or more.
The service will resume as soon as the difference falls below this threshold, following new requests sent by the Luiss Library to the library in question.
How much does the service cost?
The Document Delivery service is free and operates on the principle of reciprocal treatment.
If the requesting library does not guarantee reciprocity, a refund of 1/2 IFLA voucher per item will be provided.
What are the wait times?
The Luiss Library is committed to providing a response, even if it's a negative one, within 5 business days of receiving the request.
How can Libraries do a request?
We recommend submitting requests through the NILDE system.
Alternatively, you can write to ill-dd@luiss.it, providing all the bibliographic information needed to identify each requested document.