Library Services
Quick Links
Place a Hold
If the Searched Item is Available:
Click on the “Hold Request” icon to the left. Fill in the blanks with your library card number and PIN number. Click on “Submit Request”. The item will be pulled from the shelf for you. Please allow a couple of hours before picking it up. For quicker service, please call the Library with your request.
If the Searched Item is Checked Out:
If the item is currently unavailable just follow the same steps as if the item is available and you will automatically be placed on the “Hold” list for the item. The staff will call when the item becomes available. If you’d like to receive a text or e-mail when your hold has arrived, please see the Circulation Department.
Suggest a Purchase
Do you have an item you’d like the library to purchase? Fill out this form, and submit it. The library will purchase the item and when it comes in you will be on hold for it.
Guidelines for Interlibrary Loans
We can get items from libraries around the country delivered to us!
* We are happy to offer Interlibrary Loan to residents of our district.
* Due to Interlibrary borrowing agreements, we are not able to borrow items that are less than six months old from other libraries.
* Requests are limited to ten items per card per week.
* Due dates of materials are determined by the lending library.
To Request an Item Online:
Log in to OCLC WorldCat using your library card number and PIN.
Once you have located the desired item click to open and choose the option to “Borrow this item from another library.” Fill out the form with your name, phone number, and library card number only. No other information on the form is necessary.
APLD will request the item for you and notify you by phone when it is ready for pick-up at the Library circulation desk. You will receive a secondary phone call and if the item is then not picked up it will be returned to the lending library. Notification will also be sent if the item is not available for interlibrary loan.
Availability of books through interlibrary loan depends solely on the lending library. If you have not received your item in two weeks, please call and we will check on the status for you.
Lending Periods, Fees & Restrictions
For information on our lending periods, fees, and restrictions, please visit our Loan Periods and Service Fees Policy. If you have any questions please contact the Circulation Department at 847-395-0874 x1.
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