Since January 2001, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries has provided “Kudzu,” a system for expedited ILL services at participating member libraries across the region. Kudzu connects more than 300,000 students and faculty to more than 30 million volumes. Most documents can be delivered to the user within a few days — and in some cases, a few hours.

Key to the success of the Kudzu system is the rapid delivery of ILL materials to Kudzu participants. All Kudzu libraries agree to provide expedited delivery to Kudzu partners. To facilitate this, ASERL has contracted with Lanter Delivery Service to provide courier services between 12 of the 19 Kudzu participants. (Lanter Delivery participants are marked with an asterisk below). The other Kudzu libraries provide expedited delivery using various other services.

Kudzu participants have also developed a set of principles that govern the ILL practices for project participants. Click here to see Kudzu’s ILL policies and procedures.

More Information about the Kudzu Program

• Kudzu Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Stats
• Lanter Delivery Service On-Time Stats
• Kudzu’s ILL Procedures
• Kudzu’s ILL Mailing Address Labels
• Lanter Lost/Damaged Shipment Claim Form
• Lanter Shipping Manifest Form
• Kudzu 2011 Holiday Schedule (*.xls format)
• Participating Library Contact Information (html) (xls)

Participating Kudzu Libraries

• Auburn University*
• Clemson University*
• East Carolina University
• Georgia Tech
• Mississippi State University*
• Tulane University*
• University of Alabama*
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of Kentucky*
• University of Louisville*
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro*
• University of Miami*
• University of Memphis*
• University of Mississippi*
• University of South Carolina*
• University of Tennessee-Knoxville*
• Vanderbilt University* (main library and law library)
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Wake Forest University*

*indicates use of ASERL’s contract courier service for delivery of physical items