Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service for borrowing materials not owned by Crossett Library or Jennings Library.

The service is free to all current Bennington College students, faculty, and staff. All other patrons should contact their local public libraries, which usually provide ILL services for free or a small fee.

Login to the Interlibrary Loan system to make your requests.

Books, films, music cds, journal articles, book chapters, microfilm, and other materials.
Alternatively, you may submit a purchase request for new items or any material that you’d like to see added to the Crossett collection by emailing library@bennington.edu or depositing your submission in the Library’s Suggestion Box. All suggestions will be considered.

Materials not available for borrowing may include:

• rare or fragile items, most reference-type books, genealogical materials, ebooks, computer files, and similar items;
• items owned by Crossett Library that are currently on reserve;
• required class reading listed on the Bennington College bookstore list; and
• items owned by Crossett Library that are currently checked out.

Please contact the ILL office with questions or extenuating circumstances.
Items obtained through ILL cannot be placed on reserve. Faculty should send a new purchase request, with applicable course listing information, to kathyw@bennington.edu.

There is no maximum limit; however we ask that you limit your requests to a reasonable amount for your research.

Material is ordered within 1-2 business days of your initial request. Articles can take 1–3 days, and loans can take up to 7-10 days. The arrival time depends upon the location and swiftness of the owning library. Please utilize the “Comments” field of your request if material is needed quickly, or you have any other comments that might aid in the search for the request.

Some items take longer due to the location of the owning library or because the material is difficult to locate and borrow, such as: newer items, entire periodical issues, certain reference books, textbooks, and maps. We make every effort to obtain your request, though the final decision lies with the owning library.

All notifications are sent via email; please register your Bennington College email when you create your account. ILL items are kept behind the Circulation Desk at Crossett Library, and the person at the desk can help you. Articles and book chapters are usually sent electronically to your ILL account, where you can view and download the documents. Please save these files elsewhere (on a flash drive, personal desktop, etc.) when you first open them.

The owning library selects the due date, usually 3–4 weeks, but the exact date will be on the paper band on your item. Recalled loans must be returned as soon as possible, in which case you may opt to reorder the item through ILL and we will request it from a different library.

Login to the Interlibrary Loan system. You will see a listing of all current Interlibrary Loan items that you have checked out. If the item can be renewed, you will see a "Renew" button. Clicking this button initiates a renewal request; it is up to the lending library if they will grant a renewal, and for how long. We will email you the new extended due date.

Please contact the ILL office at Crossett Library.
Kathy Williams, Reserves and ILL Coordinator
Email: illbnt@bennington.edu
Telephone: 440-4605
Term Office Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm, M–F