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Interlibrary Loan Services supports the work and meets the information needs of Smithsonian Institution staff by providing material resources not held by Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Material necessary for research, such as books, dissertations and microfilm can be borrowed from other libraries. Photocopying of periodical articles or short sections of books may also be obtained. Interlibrary Loan Services also provide outside libraries access to Smithsonian Institution Libraries collections by circulating original and photocopied material on interlibrary loan. Interlibrary Loan Services, through lending and borrowing, handles over 10,000 requests per year. Conditions of these services are determined by Interlibrary Load Code of the American Library Association and by individual lending library's policies.