Potential Document Supply delays

A high percentage of the items which Sheffield Hallam University's Document Supply Service obtains are from the British Library.
Currently, some areas of the British Library's West Yorkshire site, which houses its document supply centre, are temporarily closed. Some of their usual services may be unavailable.
SHU's Document Supply Services team are experiencing a delay of around eight weeks on some of the requests they send to the British Library. In the light of this, could we urge staff, researchers and students to send their requests in plenty of time and allow for the possibility of delay in the fulfilment of their requests.
Please place your requests as usual. DSS will endeavour to go elsewhere for material if necessary. They will of course keep all requesters informed if the item they require is going to be subject to delay.

As and when the British Library provides updates on the situation, SHU Document Supply Services will pass this information on to their service users. Please see the "Current issues" section of the Library Gateway and check your emails for progress of your requests.