There are four types of item requests you can do as a library member:

• Reservations - reserve an item from our catalogue
• Suggest a purchase – make a suggestion to the library to purchase an item
• Inter-library Loan - request to borrow an item from another library service
• Language Bulk Loan Requests – request bulk loans of available items in another language from the State Library

Is an item you are searching for currently on loan or located at one of our other branch libraries? You can place a reservation to become the next in line to borrow the item and have it delivered to your Macquarie Regional Library branch of choice. Deliveries between our other library locations usually occur twice per week.

A reservation fee of $2.00 applies per item and will be charged to your account once your reserve is available for pickup. You will need to pay this fee when you visit the library to collect your reserved item(s).

Can’t find it in our collection? You can submit a suggestion to the library to purchase titles. Simply fill in the Suggest a Purchase form

It may be possible to obtain resources not listed on our Library Catalogue from another lending library through our Inter-library loans service.

A $10.25 fee applies for any requested item that we are able to source from another Public Library.

Any item only available at special libraries, such as a University or other Academic Library, will incur a higher cost. If this is the case, you will be contacted and the request will only be sent to the University or Special Library if you agree to their quoted fee.

The Lending Library determines the length of the loan, including any associated lending and damage/replacement fees.

Renewals may be possible depending on the Lending Library.

To place an inter-library loan request, please fill in the ILL request form

Members may request bulk loans of available items in languages other than English as a Multicultural Bulk Loan from the State Library of NSW.

There is no charge for this service: Please state Language, Age group, Fiction Genre Required (Crime, Romance, etc) and Subjects for Non-Fiction (Gardening, Politics, etc).

To request a Multicutural Bulk Loan request, please complete the Loan request form