Most of our patrons know we can get books and other items in for them from other libraries in our library cooperative, but just how does that work?
| You place a hold (or a librarian places it for you) on the book you are seeking to get. |  |
| The next day (except Sundays), the other library electronically gets list of items to pull. |  |
| Library staff pulls books and other items from the shelf. |  |
| Staff uses the computer system to trap the holds on the books they've pulled and then puts "send to" slips in books to indicate to which library they're to go. |  |
| Staff puts items into bins. |  |
| Bins get picked up by helpful TLN truck driver and taken to TLN headquarters for sorting. |  |
| Items get sorted at TLN headquarters for delivery to over 50 possible libraries all over Southeast Michigan. | |
| Requested items in bins get delivered to the library that requested them. |  |
| Staff uses our system to trap holds on received items and you get automatically notified by email or phone that your item is ready! |  |
| Staff puts items on hold shelf for you to pick up. |  |
We do this five days a week, and are happy to be able to offer this service, which makes so many more materials available to you.