UST Libraries announces with excitement to our interlibrary loan system users that you may now use your UST username and password to log into your ILLiad account (to request materials from other libraries). You may have been anticipating this for a while, but after a lot of work and planning this project has now gone live.

This change was made to eliminate the frustration that many of you have felt in trying to keep track of your ILLiad password. Our users love ILLiad, and this change should make your interlibrary loan experience even better.

If you’ve used ILLiad before – login with your normal UST username and password, your borrowing history and all your preferences should be there. We have worked hard to merge everyone’s old accounts with their current UST account information.

If you’ve never used ILLiad – login with your normal UST username and password. You’ll then need to set a couple preferences (same options that were available before this switch).

Improved features:
* For our users this means one less username and password that they have to remember.

* For our staff this change will remove a lot of unnecessary account/password management tasks for our staff.
For example, when users are no longer affiliated with UST they will automatically not be able to use ILL services also, and conversely, as soon as they are affiliated with UST they have ILL access – with no intervention needed by our staff.

* All UST libraries – including the Law Library – now have one process for registering and using ILL.

This change should cause no problem in accessing your account, but if you do experience difficulty logging in, or if you cannot access your existing account and requests, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department for assistance. ILLiad users at the Schoenecker Law Library should contact Stefanie Hollmichel, (651) 962-4900; everyone else should contact JoAnn Toussaint, (651) 962-5409, or Faith Bonitz, (651) 962-5405.