Pricing swisscovery
The SLSP libraries affiliated to swisscovery have agreed on a uniform pricing for services which a user can demand from a library, for example document delivery and requests for digital copies.
Document delivery
Sending digital or paper copies
to swisscovery users within Switzerland / Liechtenstein | |
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Fee | |
Normal | Digital: CHF 5.00 (50 pages maximum per request) Paper: CHF 7.50 (50 pages maximum per request) |
Augmented | Digital: CHF 25.00 (50 pages maximum per request) Paper: CHF 27.50 (50 pages maximum per request) |
Generally, the normal fee is applied. The augmented fee is charged to commercial organizations and foreign organizations. Some libraries offer reduced fees or services which are free of charge for selected users, please contact your library for further information. Please note: the 50 page limit is subject to author's rights compliance. It is for instance not possible to request the digitization of an entire item (e.g. book, journal).
Postal delivery of physical items
to swisscovery users (home or office addresses) within Switzerland / Liechtenstein |
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Fee |
CHF 12.00 per item |
Please note: Sending copies to users abroad is not permitted. Such orders may only be placed by InterLibrary Loan (see below).
SLSP Courier
swisscovery users can borrow books from all libraries taking part in the SLSP Courier and order them to the desired pickup library, also taking part in the SLSP Courier. The List of Libraries shows whether a library participates in the SLSP Courier.
delivery and return between libraries affiliated to swisscovery |
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Fee |
CHF 8.00 per item |
Local Courier
Local Courier fees will be defined by the individual libraries.
InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
Borrowing request for physical items
from libraries within Switzerland | from libraries abroad (including Subito) |
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Fee | Fee |
CHF 12.00 per item | Europe: CHF 24.00 per item UK and Overseas: CHF 36.00 per item |
If the item cannot be delivered at this defined price, the user will be consulted.
Lending physical items
to libraries in Switzerland | to a library abroad |
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Fee | Fee |
Lending documents to libraries in Switzerland can be handled with a normal postal delivery. | Europe: 2 IFLA-Voucher / CHF 24.00 per item UK and Overseas: 3 IFLA-Voucher / CHF 36.00 per item |
If the item cannot be delivered at this defined price, the user will be consulted.
Request of digital or paper copies
from libraries in Switzerland | from libraries abroad | |
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Fee | Fee | |
normal | Digital: CHF 5.00 (50 pages maximum per request) Paper: CHF 7.50 (50 pages maximum per request) |
Digital: CHF 8.00 (50 pages maximum per request) Paper: CHF 10.50 (50 pages maximum per request) |
augmented | Digital: CHF 25.00(50 pages maximum per request) Paper: CHF 27.50 (50 pages maximum per request) |
Digital: CHF 25.00 (50 pages maximum per request) Paper: CHF 27.50 (50 pages maximum per request) |
Generally, the normal fee is applied. The augmented fee is charged to commercial organizations and foreign organizations. Some libraries offer reduced fees or services which are free of charge for selected users, please contact your library for further information.
If the copies must be printed due to copyright law or terms of contract and digital delivery is not allowed, the price for digital copies can be applied. If the copy cannot be delivered at this defined price, the user will be consulted.
Please note: the 50 page limit is subject to author's rights compliance. It is for instance not possible to request the digitization of an entire item (e.g. book, journal).
Sending digital or paper copies
to a library within Switzerland / Liechtenstein | to a library abroad |
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Fee | Fee |
Sending copies to libraries in Switzerland can be handled with document delivery (see above). | 1 IFLA Voucher / CHF 12.00 (50 pages maximum per request) |
Reminder and Overdue Notifications
In general, libraries charge fines for overdue notifications when items are not returned in time.
The overdue levels are structured as follows: A free reminder is followed by three overdue notifications after a certain period of time. After the 3rd Overdue Notification, the patron will be blocked until he/she returns the overdue item or when the item is set to the status “lost”.
All notifications will be sent by email, the 3rd Overdue Notification will additionally be printed and can optionally be sent as letter by the library.
There will be no Reminder or Overdue Notifications for Reading Room items.
Workflow | |
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Fine for the overdue notification | |
Reminder | Free of charge |
1st Overdue Notification | + CHF 5.00 per item (CHF 5.00 in total) |
2nd Overdue Notification | + CHF 5.00 per item (CHF 10.00 in total) |
3rd Overdue Notification | + CHF 10.00 per item (CHF 20.00 in total) |