Can’t Find It?

• Log in with your library barcode and PIN
• Search the catalog
• If the item is checked out, click Place Hold – we’ll call or email you when the item is ready to be picked up
• If the item is on the shelf, call us for a courtesy hold (held for 3 days)

• If you did not see the item in our catalog, fill out our Materials Suggestion Form
• If approved, the item will be added to the catalog—usually within a month—and placed on hold for you. If the item is not added to our collection, we can put in an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request to borrow the item from another library.
   

Requirements

• Drake Community Library card
• Item not purchased for our collection
• Published more than 6 months ago

Cost

• First 5 requests per cardholder: Free
• After that: $3.00 per item 

Pickup & Due Dates

• We’ll call or email you when the item is ready to be picked up
• Due dates are set by the lending library and may differ from our lending period

Want to explore what’s out there?
Search for items in:

• Iowa Locator – items in libraries across Iowa
• WorldCat – materials from libraries worldwide (availability may vary)

Help support ILL

The State Library of Iowa estimates a library’s cost for Interlibrary Loan at $10.00 per borrowed item. We are happy to offer this service at no cost to patrons for the first five borrowed items per patron each month. Donations to help defray the cost of this service are greatly appreciated.