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 and Delivery - per article
1-20 pages	$6.00	$6.00
21-30 pages	$8.00	$8.00
31-40 pages (40 is maximum)	$10.00	$10.00
Surcharge for color printing in increments of 10 pages	$2.00	$2.00
Interlibrary Loan - journal articles
Article supplied by another library	$8.00	$8.00
Article supplied by a university	$12.00	$12.00
Special Delivery Services
Shipping (FedEx/UPS/USPS with tracking)	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. 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 scanning or postage. See our Interlibrary Loan page for details about the ILL process and policies. 

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

Copies of articles are delivered electronically as a PDF attached to an e-mail message, and alternatively by U.S. mail at your request or when required by our license.  Some publishers do not permit electronic delivery.  According to copyright law, the copy is for your individual use only.  

 

Payment Methods

• Credit card is the preferred method of payment.  Life West accepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa.
• In order to protect privacy, doctors who provide credit card information by telephone should speak only to the librarian who is working on the request.
• On-site, we accept cash or check.
• For alumni only, we will invoice and accept a mailed check.
• Frequent users can set up a deposit account. All receipts show the current deposit balance.

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

Optional Payment Method for International Requests

• In lieu giving credit card information on the telephone, doctors practicing in countries outside of North America can send two separate e-mail messages:

  1. Send your name, the type of card, and number in a message to the librarian's work e-mail address.  See the staff directory.
  2. Send the expiration date and code from the back of the card in a separate message, addressed to library@lifewest.edu, and with Subject "Message for [name of librarian].
• FYI:  We are working on a secure online method of payment.

 

Policies effective as of October 17, 2011.