Interlibrary Loan

The Alfred Dickey Public Library provides interlibrary loan service to its patrons. If a patron needs an item that is unavailable in our collection, the patron may request an interlibrary loan. The library will then search various databases to locate another library that owns the item and is willing to lend the item to the Alfred Dickey Public Library. If an item is not found in a library in the state of North Dakota then we will request the North Dakota State Library search outside of North Dakota for the item.

Interlibrary Loan requests may be made at the Library, over the phone (701-252-2990), or through email (adpl@daktel.com). We need your name, address, phone number, the date you need it by, and as full a citation of the item needed as possible.

It will take at least one to two weeks to receive the item if it is located at a library within the state and immediately available. It may be three or more weeks if we need to borrow the item from out of state, or if it is currently checked out of the libraries in state.

The lending library sets the due date. A request may be made to renew the item. We will then ask the loaning library and they make the decision. Out of state books may not be renewed.