Pierce County Library System
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Services

Purchase Request/Interlibrary Loan

• You must have an active PCLS library card to make a request. Get a library card now.
• If we can’t purchase your request, we may try to borrow it from another library system for your use.
• Some libraries we borrow from charge lending fees, and we may ask you how much you’d be willing to pay in these cases to borrow the item.
• Please provide as much information as possible about the item when submitting your request. This will help in identifying the exact item to purchase or borrow.
• Requests can take up to several weeks to be fulfilled. If you provide an email address during the request process, you will be updated on the status of your request.
• Please limit your requests to three per month.

• All purchase decisions for our collections are governed by our Criteria for Library Materials Selection.
• We consider purchase requests for books, DVDs, CDs (audiobook and music), and eBooks or downloadable audiobooks (available through Overdrive).
• We review purchase requests for print and electronic magazines annually. Requests may be made at any time but new purchases for magazines are made all together, once per year.
• We accept purchase requests for yet-to-be-published materials no earlier than three months in advance of their publication date.