INTERLIBRARY LOAN POLICY

Before submitting an ILL Request Form through reQuest, please read these guidelines.

• You must include your full name, library card number, email address and telephone number. 
• Audio visual materials, including videos, dvds and books on CD are not lendable.
• We reserve the right to limit requests to five (5) active items obtained outside our consortium.
• If you see MY LIBRARY in the Locations Information field, please call the library to place the request directly.
• Allow 1-3 weeks for delivery of materials. Reserves must be picked up within 48 hours of notification.

BOOK CLUB REQUEST SERVICE

Click here to download a Book Club Request Service Form.

Forms may also be picked up at the Circulation Desk.

Select one contact to represent your book club.

Email the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request to ill@cheshirelibrary.org.

You may also drop off the completed form in person.

Include the following information:

• The name and phone number of the contact person
• The title and author of the book
• The number of copies needed
• The date needed by
• The date of the book discussion

Please keep in mind:

• Newer titles (less than a year in print) and bestsellers are difficult to locate in multiple copies.
• Be sure to leave plenty of time (preferably one month or more) for books to arrive and be processed.
• If your book club selects titles several months in advance, you can give us those titles and dates as well.

We will call the contact person when all copies have arrived.

For further information please contact Eileen Topitzer, Reference Librarian, at 203-272-2245 or via the Interlibrary Loan email address ill@cheshirelibrary.org.

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