Located on the first floor of Perkins Library, the Access and Delivery Services (ADS) department comprises a number of library units and provides a variety of services to library users.

These include the circulation of books, laptop computers and other materials; reshelving items returned from borrowing or use within the library; the provision of print and electronic course reserves; the display of current periodicals; the maintenance of the microform collections; borrowing and lending services through interlibrary loan; and the physical or electronic delivery of books, articles and other documents.

ADS Departments include:

• Circulation Services – borrower privileges and accounts, including fines; staffed and self-service checkout; laptop lending; book searches, holds and recalls.
• Course Reserves – processing and providing access to materials for print and electronic course reserves.
• Current Periodicals, Newspapers & Microforms – assistance with the current periodicals, newspapers and microforms collections.
• Document Delivery Services – delivery of materials from all sources to campus libraries and electronic delivery of articles to user desktops, as well as obtaining materials from other libraries in the Research Triangle and throughout the world; providing materials owned by the Perkins System Libraries to other libraries worldwide.
• Stacks Maintenance – reshelving of returned items; shifting items within the stacks to make best use of shelf space; keeping items in correct call number order on the shelves; updating stacks signs and other guides; assistance in finding items in the stacks.

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