|
 |
Boston
Public Library
Interlibrary Loan
Department
Johnson Building,
3rd Floor
617-859-2270

|
 |
|
|
 |
The Interlibrary Loan
Department at the Boston Public Library serves as headquarters for interlibrary loan
activity in the Boston Regional Library System. The
Department receives requests from the six regional libraries in Massachusetts.
These libraries send requests on behalf of their member libraries.
These libraries send in requests for books and journal articles.
They also can send reference and subject requests. The staff of the Interlibrary Loan
Department searches for these requests in the catalogs and collections of the Library. If
the books are not available in the Library, attempts are made to purchase any that are in
print. Staff also search for verification information and holdings information on titles
that are not in print.
The Library also receives book and photocopy requests from out-of-state and non-public
libraries via the OCLC electronic interlibrary loan system and the U. S. mail.
Books and photocopies are also obtained from other libraries on behalf of Boston Public
Library customers and Boston Regional Member Libraries. |
|
|