Document Delivery
The Library Linkages Initiative provide a Rapid Document Delivery Program.

It consists of three components:

1. Linking Science & Technology Libraries together through a local initiative in each country
   
   
2. Linking ISTEC member libraries to their local Digital Library Linkages organization and to the Digital Library Linkages Office at the Centennial Science & Engineering Library at the University of New Mexico for rapid document delivery
   
   
3. Offering all libraries access to articles not available from their country's Digital Library Linkages libraries and not from CSEL/UNM, at a fixed cost. The provider of this service is the Canadian Institute for Scientific & Technical Information (CISTI) in Ottawa, Canada.

US Copyright and Fair Use Principles

• Copyright Basics from the U. S. Copyright Office
• Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)

Using Ariel Software
Ariel   Ariel en Español

This program seeks to enhance and create the concept of Digital Information and Libraries as a component of education, research, and policy design.  The ISTEC cooperative Electronic Document Delivery project, which has over 50 participating members and 4 consolidated regional Digital Libraries groups, has facilitated installation of Internet based document transmission software, trained users to electronically research science and engineering databases, and coordinated electronic request and transmission of documents among ISTEC libraries. 

The exchange of information is accomplished by using real time systems supported by the Ariel software to send and receive documents.  Publications can also be requested from any member participating in Digital Library Linkages.   

To participate in this service, members must first purchase the Ariel software.  Information on purchasing Ariel can be found at http://www.rlg.org/ariel/index.html.   After the software is being purchased, the member institution must then establish their IP address and send this address, via email, to Renee Martinez, coordinator of the University of New Mexico’s ISTEC Library Linkages Initiative at rmartin@istec.org.  Our team at the Library Linkages Initiative will then send you a test document to be sure your Ariel station is working properly.

After verifying that the system works, it would then be time to become familiar with the University of New Mexico’s Libros catalogue and other member institution catalogues.  The University of New Mexico’s catalogue can be found at http://library.unm.edu/search.  This catalogue will let you know if the publication needed is available within the University of New Mexico’s Library System.  If a medical publication is needed the Health Sciences library catalogue can be searched at http://hestia.unm.edu/search/t.   Please note that only materials from Centennial Science and Engineering, Zimmerman, Parish, Health Sciences, New Mexico Technical and the Fine Arts libraries can be accessed.  In addition, due to time and resource constraints we can only send documents that are fifty pages or less. 

Once it is determined that your document is in one of our libraries, you can request it using our electronic web form.  This form is available here.  Please note that to improve delivery time, you will have to include as much information as possible about the document you are requesting at the time of sending your request.  Your document will then be delivered to you within one to three business days.