Access and Delivery Services

Located on the first floor of Perkins Library, the Access and Delivery Services (ADS) department comprises a number of library units and provides a variety of services to library users.

These include the circulation of books, laptop computers and other materials; reshelving items returned from borrowing or use within the library; the provision of print and electronic course reserves; the display of current periodicals; the maintenance of the microform collections; borrowing and lending services through interlibrary loan; and the physical or electronic delivery of books, articles and other documents.

ADS Departments include:

• Circulation Services – borrower privileges and accounts, including fines; staffed and self-service checkout; laptop lending; book searches, holds and recalls.
• Course Reserves – processing and providing access to materials for print and electronic course reserves.
• Current Periodicals, Newspapers & Microforms – assistance with the current periodicals, newspapers and microforms collections.
• Document Delivery Services – delivery of materials from all sources to campus libraries and electronic delivery of articles to user desktops.
• Interlibrary Loan – obtaining materials from other libraries in the Research Triangle and throughout the world; providing materials owned by the Perkins System Libraries to other libraries worldwide.
• Stacks Maintenance – reshelving of returned items; shifting items within the stacks to make best use of shelf space; keeping items in correct call number order on the shelves; updating stacks signs and other guides; assistance in finding items in the stacks.