University of Warsaw Library

Interlibrary Loan

Room 137 on level 1.

phone: +48 22 55 25 213, +48 22 55 25 209

The interlibrary loan service is available to staff and students of the University of Warsaw. BUW may order books from other libraries outside of Warsaw (domestic or foreign libraries). If an item is not available in any library in Warsaw – we order it from another library in Poland. Such service is free of charge. If the item is not available in any Polish library – we order it from foreign libraries. This is a paid service.

Requests for orders shall be placed via a form in the online catalogue.

We will notify you by email as to whether or not your order can be fulfilled.

The requested materials can be accessed only in the BUW Reading Room.

The University Library lends its own collections to libraries in Poland and abroad.

Requests should be sent to the following email address: wyp.buw@uw.edu.pl

Requesting and providing access to materials from other libraries

For staff, PhD students and undergraduates at the University of Warsaw, the library can obtain a book (from libraries in Poland or abroad).
Items are obtained from libraries in Poland only if they are not available in Warsaw libraries, and from libraries abroad if they are not held by libraries in Poland and are not available in electronic format from the University of Warsaw’s network.

The request form is available in the University of Warsaw Libraries Catalogue.

You will be notified by email as to whether your request has been processed or cannot be processed. The status of your request will also be visible on your library account under the ‘Requests’ tab.

Costs of importing materials from abroad:

from EU member states – 2 IFLA vouchers* + VAT + 25 PLN postage.
from non-EU countries – 4 IFLA vouchers* + VAT + 25 PLN postage.

*1 voucher (under the IFLA Voucher Scheme – Payment System for International Interlibrary Transactions) 8 EUR; converted to PLN at the National Bank of Poland’s average daily exchange rate.

There is no charge for obtaining books from libraries in Poland.

You will be able to access the ordered materials in the Reading Room.

SUBITO

BUW serves as an intermediary for ordering materials from the SUBITO service.

The order processing time for an item is between 24 and 72 hours.

Requests for orders shall be placed via a form in the online catalogue.

Delivery – the person placing the order receives the document exclusively as a printout from an electronic copy. The method of delivery is arranged with the Interlibrary Loan Service staff.

Cost of the service – a fee set by the sending library + VAT.

Lending BUW collections to other libraries and institutions

BUW lends its collections to libraries outside Warsaw and to libraries abroad.

The basic rules of interlibrary loans:

orders are completed on the basis of a request form submitted by email,
the costs of posting the requested library material are covered by BUW, whilst the costs of returning them is covered by the requesting party.

Costs of lending materials to libraries abroad:

for EU member states – 2 IFLA vouchers.
for non-EU countries – 4 IFLA vouchers.

More information can be obtained at the Interlibrary Loan Office (phone: +48 22 55 25 213, +48 22 55 25 209).