Thank you for your interest in using LML Interlibrary Loan Service. Interlibrary Loans are items that can be borrowed from another library outside of our cooperative and sent to our location for pickup. The request will be processed as soon as possible but receipt of your request is dependent on the availability and location of the lending library. Please submit your request using the form below. You can also place a request by phone or in person. Lower Macungie Library Interlibrary Loan service is available to our home library patrons only (Lower Macungie Township and Alburtis Borough residents).
*Note: Items published in the past six months cannot be requested via Interlibrary Loan. Please visit our Suggest a Purchase page to request newly published titles.
You will be contacted either way to let you know if we have received your item or if we are unable to fulfill your request. We cannot guarantee availability of all items, but will try our best to locate a lender within Pennsylvania.
Please note the following:
- After we receive your item, you will be notified via your choice of a phone call or email (text messages are not an option.
- The library is not responsible for items not picked up due to spam filters, incorrect contact information, or lack of voicemail.
- Limit of 5 active requests per patron (includes requests both pending and currently checked out)
- Items are given a due date when received (determined by the lending library), and can be picked up on any of our business days with your library card, as long as they are returned by that pre-determined due date. You will be notified of this due date when you are contacted for pickup.
- Interlibrary Loan renewals are subject to lending library. One week’s notice is required for renewal requests by emailing our ILL Department, or calling 610-966-6864 (press 1 for Circulation).
- We appreciate you returning your items on time. Overdue ILL items will be charged $1.00 per item per day and replacement fees may apply for damaged items or items not returned.
- Items must be returned at LML and may not be returned to our cooperative libraries.
- For any requested items cancelled after shipment or not picked up, a $5 service fee will be charged to your library account.
- There will be charges for photocopy requests. You will be notified for approval before your request is processed.