In common with most academic libraries in Ireland, Aungier Street Library applies to the British Library (BL) for the vast majority of its' Inter-Library Loan requests. This commercial service from the BL normally works well and material is received in reasonable time.
The BL reported in January that, as a result of asbestos being found in their Document Supply Centre buildings, certain parts of their collection are temporarily unavailable for lending or copying. They committed to seeking out alternative suppliers where possible, but warned of inevitable delays. This has indeed proved to be the case and we would like to apologise to those of our users whose requests are still outstanding. We are making every effort to find alternative solutions and hope to clear the backlog as soon as possible.