Inter Library Loans

Interlibrary loans (ILLO) are library materials borrowed from another library system. If Muskoka Lakes Public Library does not own an item that you need, you can ask us to request it from another library system.

ILLO terms and conditions

• Check our library catalogue first
  • We do not place ILLO requests on items that are already in our catalogue
  • Exceptions: books for a book club and lost or damaged materials
• You can request all types of print materials with the exception of magazines.
• All requested materials must be at least 12 months old for all materials
• Materials must not be in high demand in other libraries
• We cannot request rare, fragile or reference materials
• All requests must be in agreement with the policy of the lending library
• Loan periods are set by the owning library
• There are no renewals on ILLO materials, unless a renewal request is placed before the due date.  Renewal requests are granted or denied at the discretion of the lending library
• ILLO requests can take up to six weeks to arrive
• You can lose your ILLO borrowing privileges if you are consistently late in returning ILLO materials, or by not following the ILLO terms and conditions
• If you lose or damage ILLO material, the lending library will determine the charges
• We cannot guarantee that we will fulfill any or all ILLO requests