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Suggesting Materials for Purchase
You’ll need a Regina Public Library card and a PIN (personal identification number) to request a title through interlibrary loan or suggest a title for purchase. Your library account must be in good standing (owing less than $25).
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You can submit up to 10 purchase and/or interlibrary loan requests per month.
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- RPL will purchase suggested materials that fit into our Collections Policy.
- Authors, titles, or subjects of interest to you that would also be of interest to others; and/or
- Items of local interest, relating to the geographic area of Regina or Saskatchewan.
Requests that do not meet these criteria will automatically be rejected.
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- Items already available in the province-wide library catalogue
- Current popular titles from best-selling authors. We order these anyway. Check the library catalogue periodically to see if it’s there
- Textbooks
- Titles that are not yet available (in pre-publication or currently in theatres)
- Titles older than seven years from date of production, or those that are no longer available (out of print). For older items, we will try to find a copy for you using interlibrary loan.
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We’ll send an automatic email to let you know we’ve received your suggestion. If items are approved for purchase or sent to interlibrary loan you will receive a notification when it is available. Our staff are unable to track the status of your suggestion so please don’t inquire after your submission.
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