When you put in an Interlibrary Loan request, the pickup location is automatically set to your home library (ILLs are not allowed to be picked up through the pickup lockers). If you want to pick up an Interlibrary Loan request at a different library, please ask a staff member to change your home library.
When you send in a request, we'll borrow it from another library system. This is called Interlibrary Loan. There are some limits on what we can borrow from other libraries. Please see below.
- If the title came out within the last year or it's a movie, audiobook, or eBook, suggest a title for the Library to buy.
- If the title is older than a year or it's a journal article or microfilm, request an Interlibrary Loan.
Can I get anything another library owns through Interlibrary Loan?
We cannot get the following:
- New books (within one year of publication)
- Any item we own or have on order, including reference books
- Audio-visual materials: CDs, books on tape, videos, DVDs, or computer software
- Rare or fragile books
- Materials from the National Archives
- Materials from libraries outside of the continental U.S.
- Books that you borrowed via Interlibrary Loan in the past year. You can only request a title once per year.
Genealogy materials are the hardest to obtain. Sometimes the library that owns the material will not lend the item, but might copy the index or pages with specific names. If you have a specific family name in which you are interested, please put it on the request form.
Learn more and submit your request.
