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InterLibrary Loan (ILL): Borrowing-RML Book Kits

This is the Lamar Soutter Library Guide to Interlibrary Loan, a borrowing service available to the UMass Chan/UMMHC community.

Borrowing Through Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) for NNLM Region 7 Graphic Medicine Book Club Kit Patrons

Free graphic medicine book club kits can be requested through LSL’s Interlibrary Loan by organizations based in NNLM Region 7.

Create a New Account in ILLiad (LSL Interlibrary Loan Platform)

  1. Go to the First Time User Page and select "First Time Users Click Here"
  2. Fill out the rest of the form, making sure all required fields are filled
  3. Affiliation = External Affiliate
  4. Position/Role = External Affiliate
  5. Username = Your organizational email address
  6. Choose a password
  7. Click Submit Information

Add Account information:

  1. Login to your ILLiad Account
  2. Account Number: RML Book Kit
  3. Leave all other fields blank
  4. Click Add Account

Now you are ready to request RML book kits! You will be contacted for your mailing address before the request is filled.

Place a Request:

Before placing a request, please verify that the kit is available by searching "NNLM Region 7 Graphic Medicine Book Kit" in our library catalog

  1. Log into ILLiad
  2. Under New Request in the left-hand column, choose Book
  3. Enter the kit topic or book title (i.e. Topic: LGBTQ or Fun Home)
  4. If needed, please leave any notes in the Notes field for library staff
  5. Click Submit Request

Book Kit Policies:

  • Book kits circulate for 8 weeks at a time, starting from the shipping date stated in an email notification from the UMass Chan Interlibrary Loan office. 
  • Included in this email with be an expected return date. It is expected that books be returned in the same condition in which they were received.
  • Handouts, including flyers, discussion questions, quick-guide to reading comics, etc. are not expected to return (though the return of unused materials is appreciated).

Return the Kit:

Use the enclosed return envelope. 

Lamar Soutter Library

UMass Chan Medical School

55 Lake Ave North

Worcester, MA 01655

Please call 508-856-6099 or email ill@umassmed.edu with any questions.