Library Fee Schedule

Contact: Information Desk (509) 372-7430

Note: Fees effective October 1, 2009 unless otherwise stated.

Corporate Accounts

Contact Library Administration for pricing and application information, (509) 372-7450 or (509) 372-7448.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)/Document Delivery

Interlibrary Loan (ILL): Borrowing books or documents from other libraries:

$28.85/item service fee, plus charges from lending library

Books available from WSU Pullman are charged service fee only. This benefit is available to PNNL, local DOE offices, and eligible Hanford contractor staff. This benefit is due to co-location of the Hanford Technical Library and the WSU Tri-Cities Max E. Benitz Library.
Most libraries do not allow renewals of items loaned to other libraries, however, if requested, we will attempt to renew borrowed items. If renewals are obtained, we will charge an additional $28.85/item service fee.

Additional charges, if applicable
- FedEx delivery, $5.00/item

Document Delivery: Obtaining copies of articles or documents NOT in the Hanford Technical Library collections. Copies are obtained through external document delivery providers:

$28.85/item service fee, plus charges from provider. These charges may include a provider's service fee and/or copyright fees.
Additional charges, if applicable
- RUSH services: prices vary by vendor and may range from $6-$31/item for service within 24 hours
- FedEx delivery, $5.00/item

Lost or Damaged Materials

Replacing lost or damaged materials borrowed from the Hanford Technical Library collections:

$154.40 processing fee, plus
Actual cost of replacement OR $128.00/item.

Photocopying

Photocopies from documents, books, or journals held in the Hanford Technical Library collections made by Library staff at your request:

$5.20/50 pages, or part thereof
Color, $1.00/page

Printing web-available documents or electronic journal articles by Library staff:

$5.20/50 pages, or part thereof

Library staff will determine the availability of items on lists submitted by patrons. For lists requiring more than 30 minutes to check, there will be a labor charge based upon the staff member's charge out rate.

Purchasing

This service is only available to PNNL staff and eligible Hanford Site staff.

Please note: this service will no longer be available after October 31, 2009.

Orders placed for you by library staff:

Journal subscriptions and renewals, $41.25/title service fee plus cost of subscription

Service includes placing orders and tracking payments and missing issues

Books/Documents, $48.50/title service fee plus cost of item

Research Assistance

Citation checking, literature searching, development of indexes and taxonomies, and research consultations provided by professional information specialists/librarians:

Labor charges based upon staff member's charge out rate
Charges from commercial fee-based databases will be passed on to the customer. Fees are billed to cover the library's costs for administering these accounts.

Fee-based database charges:

Safari

$16.45 annual fee

SciFinder

$39.10 per task used

STN

$16.45 per $10.00 in vendor charges

No database charges will be assessed for databases subscribed to by the Hanford Technical Library.