Te Puna Interloan
Become a member of the New Zealand Interloan Scheme
To interloan within New Zealand a library must first be a member of the New Zealand Interloan Scheme. LIANZA, in conjunction with the National Library, manages the New Zealand Interloan Scheme.
Get interloan resources from the LIANZA website
Te Puna Interloan tools
Te Puna members use two tools to create, monitor and respond to interloan requests, as part of their Te Puna membership.
- WorldShare ILL (for New Zealand and international requests)
- VDX (for Australian requests)
Tipasa, the premium version of WorldShare ILL is also available to Te Puna members at an additional cost.
Contact tepuna@dia.govt.nz for information about any of these tools.
Training in the use of Te Puna Interloan
Download our training guides.
- Discover Items — A step by step guide to finding items to request (pdf, 1.30MB)
- Borrower actions — A step by step guide to actions carried out by a borrowing library (pdf, 1.5MB)
- Lender actions — A step by step guide to actions carried out by a lending library (pdf, 880KB)
- Other features —A step by step guide to other features of Te Puna Interloan (pdf, 1.80MB)
- Subscribe to Tepunaildd-L – Receive messages about day-to-day interloan operational matters
- Scanning guidelines for interloaned copies (pdf, 335KB)
Contact tepuna@dia.govt.nz if you have question about how to use the Te Puna Interloan tools.
Interloan Billing Service (IBS)
The Interloan Billing Service (IBS) is a centralised billing system that supports charging for national (IBS) and trans Tasman (IIBS) interloans for Te Puna Interloan members. (note that international requests are billed through OCLC's IFM service).
All payment is by direct debit/direct credit. IBS is managed by the Finance Department of the Department of Internal Affairs with Inland Revenue providing financial transaction processing and services for the Department.
Need more information? Download the frequently asked questions (pdf, 47KB) or email tepuna@dia.govt.nz.
IBS corrections form
The following form can be used by lending libraries to reverse out charges that have previously been made in error. Completed forms should be emailed to tepuna@dia.govt.nz before the end of the month.
Download the IBS Corrections form (xls, 40KB)
Non–IBS users
Some Te Puna Interloan members are not yet IBS users. Lending libraries will need to raise a separate invoice for transactions with non-IBS libraries.
Download a list of libraries that are currently not IBS members (pdf, 100KB)
Directory of New Zealand Libraries
The Directory of New Zealand Libraries facilitates interloan by providing contact and other information about every library in New Zealand. Te Puna members can send in an online request to update their library details.
The Directory of New Zealand Libraries
Library symbols
Each Te Puna Interloan library is assigned a unique symbol to identify them when borrowing or lending. These symbols also come in handy for setting up reciprocal lending, where two or more libraries agree not to charge one another for interloans.
Te Puna interloan libraries and their symbols (xlsx, 40KB)
Document locating and international interloans
Get in touch if you need to verify the existence or location of books, articles, printed music, serials, or any other items that you are unable to find by emailing dss@dia.govt.nz. This is a free service.
Deeplinking
Libraries can make interlibrary loaning easier by deeplinking into their catalogues from WorldCat. Deeplinking makes collections more visible, and provides the user with more information, including whether the item is currently available.
If you would like to be deeplinked please email tepuna@dia.govt.nz.