Library : Fees for Services

Fee Table

Borrowing Privileges	Alumni	Others
Library Card	Free to Life West alumni for five years following graduation.	$70.00
Services	Alumni	Others
Literature Searches	10 free searches per year	$15.00
Copying - per article
20 pages or less	$6.00	$6.00
21 pages or more	$8.00	$8.00
Interlibrary Loans
Item supplied by another library	$8.00	$8.00
Item supplied by an university	$12.00	$12.00
Surcharge for Special Delivery Services
PDF / Fax  (1-5 pages)	$5.00	$5.00
PDF / Fax (6-20 pages)	$10.00	$10.00
PDF / Fax (21-25 pages)	$15.00	$15.00
Shipping (FedEx/UPS)	At cost	At cost
Video Duplication
LCCW productions only, with author's permission.		Library supplies blank tape/disc.
VHS to VHS	$10.00 per title (includes s/h)	$10.00 per title (includes s/h)
VHS to DVD	$15.00 per title (includes s/h)	$15.00 per title (includes s/h)
DVD to DVD	$10.00 per title (includes s/h)	$10.00 per title (includes s/h)

Description of Charged Services

Library Card
Holders enjoy the same borrowing privileges as enrolled students, with the exception of reserve materials and equipment. Alumni of Life West can use their student ID card for five years after graduation at no charge.  The library has substitute library cards, if the student ID is no longer available.  However, a picture ID such as a driver's license is required with the substitute card.

Literature search
A librarian executes a subject, title or author search on the various article databases subscribed to by the library. A printout of the citations is mailed for your review. You can then request copies of the articles from our library. Literature searches are sent out within 3-5 days of your request.

Journal Article Copying Service
Every effort is made to locate the articles in journals and books in our library collection. The copying price includes photocopy supplies and postage. A person can request 10 photocopies per week or a maximum of 25 photocopies per month. Please allow at least one week for the delivery of your documents.

Interlibrary Loan
If the material is not in our collection the staff can request copies of the material from other libraries. The interlibrary loan fee covers processing the loan request, the price charged by the borrowing library, and postage. 

Video Duplication  
Available for selected Life West productions only.   Audiovisual staff can duplicate videos only if the presenter gave written permission at the time of recording.  See more information on how to use the library’s online catalog to identify reproducible videos.

Delivery Methods

Materials are generally sent through U.S. mail.  There is a surcharge for Special Delivery Services.  Please discuss international transactions with the reference librarian.

Rush delivery within 24 hours is surcharged, and delivered by Fax or by PDF e-mail attachment when our license allows.  Be aware that some publishers do not allow the library to furnish copies of journal articles in electronic format.  Kindly inform us if your email service cannot accept PDF attachments.  We will then post the PDF to a third-party service at no additional cost, and provide you with a link to the document.  The third-party service will store the file for a limited time.  Shipping by UPS or FedEx at cost is also available.

Payment Methods

• Credit card is the preferred method of payment.  Life West accepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
• Cash or check on-site
• Invoicing and mailed check (alumni only). 
• Deposit account is very handy for frequent users. You can send a check, or set the amount to be charged to a credit card.  All receipts will show deposit balance.

Receipts are sent with the delivered documents whenever possible, or under separate cover.

Policies effective as of September 26, 2007