Interlibrary Loan & the Foreign Language Standing Order Program

What Is Interlibrary Loan?

We’ll find it for you! Interlibrary loan (ILL) service at Waukegan Public Library is available to Waukegan Public Library card holders. This service allows libraries to share materials. If you do not find what you need at our library, please ask for help at the Adult Reference Desk or call 847-623-2041 ext. 237

What We Need From You

When you order an item through ILL please provide your name, address, phone number, and your library card number.

How Long it Takes

We try to get ILL items as quickly as possible, in most cases within a week, however, some materials may take longer.

Questions

Call us at 847-623-2041 and ask for Interlibrary Loan at ext. 236 or Reference at ext. 237 or 238.

Some Other Things to Note:

You will be charged a $2 fee per item if you do not pick up your ILL materials within 5 days of notification.

You may request up to 5 items through ILL at a time. The total of your ILL requests, including those checked out to you or pending, may not exceed 10 items.

The length of time you may check out an ILL item is decided by the library that's lending the item. In most cases it will be a 3 to 4 week period.

In many cases we can extend the loan period for one week. Call the Interlibrary Loan Department or the Adult reference desk BEFORE the due date.

DVDs are not loaned through ILL.

Libraries usually do not lend new items to other libraries.

You can recommend that we purchase items we do not own by contacting the Reference Desk or filling out our online our online Book Suggestion Form.

Patrons have the option of picking up ILL materials at either the main library or Hinkston branch.

When fines accumulate to $5, patrons are ineligible to borrow through ILL.