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Our Libraries   |   Main (Downtown) Library   |   Inter-Library Loan (ILL)
Main (Downtown) Library

Inter-Library Loan (ILL)
1st Floor

Address: 501 N. Oregon
Phone: 915-543-5458
(24 hour voice mail)

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Photo of Mary Helen Michals (center) and her staff, Marisa and Joel

  Marisa       

Mary Helen Michals
ILL Librarian 

      Joel

Interlibrary Loan is a service provided to the patrons of the El Paso Public Library to obtain materials not owned by or available from the El Paso Public Library System.
To request materials via ILL, you must have a valid El Paso Public Library card with no overdue items on record, and with fines totaling less than $1.00. Your phone number and address listed in your library card record must be current.

ILL requests may be made in person or by phone at any El Paso Public Library branch.  For inquiries concerning the status of your ILL requests, please call the ILL office.

LIMITS

- You may place up to a total of 5 requests per month.

- Requested items must be available from a library in the continental United States.

- No renewals will be given for ILL materials.
Graphic for Inter-Library Loan
The following items are not eligible for ILL requests

- Materials published within the last 12 months (as verified in Amazon.com)

- Audio visual material (movies, sound recordings, etc.)

- Computer or video games in any format

- Rare, archival, manuscript or fragile items

- Bound volume or individual issues of magazines and newspapers. (We will work within the constraints of current copyright law to obtain photocopies or scans of individual articles, if you can provide us with a complete citation. Please keep in mind that much of this material may already be available to you in our databases.)

- Textbooks

- Reference material such as directories, encyclopedia sets, and indexes

- Books currently in the collection of the El Paso Public Library which are not listed as lost or missing


If the item you are seeking is not eligible for request via ILL, you may suggest this item to the EPPL Collection Development office for purchase consideration. To do this, use the EPPL Patron Suggestion/Comment Form, available at all EPPL service desks. If you wish to send your suggestion electronically, please use the Ask a Librarian feature

Hours of Operation

       
  Sunday Closed

 

  Monday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Tuesday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Wednesday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Thursday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Friday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
  Saturday Closed  
 

CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY

  ILL request forms must be filled out as completely as possible to ensure that we are searching for the correct item. You must include your current contact information on the request form.
  You are responsible for returning ILL materials by the due date on your check out receipt. A fine of $.15 per day is charged for each overdue item.
  $1 will be charged for each missing ILL paper strap and barcode.
  You are financially responsible for materials that are damaged or lost.
 

Downloadable Forms in PDF format

ILL Request form for a book Download the form
ILL Request form for an article in a magazine or newspaper. Download the form
 
 
 

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