Holiday slowdown - apologies in advance

If you order an item via ILL in the next couple of weeks, please be patient. Many academic libraries are closing for the holidays on Friday, December 12. This means the pool of libraries that we can choose from will shrink dramatically.

Also, most of our deliveries come by US mail. This time of year, the USPS is stretched to its limit delivering all sorts of goodies, so library mail may be slower than usual.

Please feel free to order items, but be aware that it may take us longer to receive items than our normal 2-3 weeks.

We will be closed December 24, 25, 26, and January 1.

Holiday slowdown

'Tis the season when things slow down somewhat in ILL. Many academic libraries will close this week after exams, and many public libraries will be short-staffed as people begin holiday travel. This may mean delays in obtaining interlibrary loan items from other libraries.

As requests slow down, we in ILL begin shuffling and discarding paperwork for photocopy requests prior to January 1, 2005 and for loan requests prior to January 1, 2007. The file cabinet will then have enough space to hold all of the requests we will receive in 2008.

CCPL ILL will shut down for the holidays on Friday, December 21 at 5:00 and reopen on Thursday, December 27. We will also be closed Tuesday, January 1, 2008.