How does it work?
If the book you are looking for is not held in your library of reference or is currently on loan, but is available in one of the network libraries, you can request a local interloan and the book will be delivered to your most convenient library.
Books must be requested in person at the library to which they will be delivered.
The books requested on Monday will be available from Friday; for the libraries of the University of Bologna which are far from the city center or placed in the Campuses of Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini, the book will be available from the following Tuesday.
If the request is submitted after Monday, the expected delivery times will be extended by one week.
The local interloan service is available only for books. Libraries may reserve the right to exclude certain types of materials, such as textbooks, from the service.
Each reader can request a maximum of three texts.
To guarantee the efficiency of the service, each library may decide to turn the local interloan request down if the library that holds the book is too close. As book providers, instead, they must comply with requests received from all libraries regardless of their distance. Extensions, based on the rules of the lending library, can be granted only once for fifteen days, if the document is not reserved. For further information on the service, write to arpac.pic@unibo.it
Here is a list of the libraries adhering to the service:
- Academic libraries
- Gian Franco Minguzzi - Carlo Gentili Mental Health and Human Sciences Library
- The library of the Legislative Assembly of Emilia Romagna
- The library of the Gramsci Emilia Romagna Foundation
- the Legal Library-Documentation Center of the Regional Council
- The library of the Cassero Documentation Center
- The CDH Handicap Documentation Center
- The library of Art and History of San Giorgio in Poggiale
- The Cesare Pavese library of Casalecchio di Reno
- the libraries of the Western Plain District: San Giovanni in Persiceto, San Matteo della Decima, Anzola dell'Emilia, Calderara di Reno, Crevalcore, Sala Bolognese, Sant'Agata Bolognese
- the libraries of the Eastern Plain District: Argelato, Baricella, Bentivoglio, Budrio, Castello D'Argile, Castelmaggiore, Castenaso, Funo, Galliera, Granarolo dell'Emilia, Malabergo, Mezzolara, Minerbio, Molinella, Pieve di Cento, San Giorgio di Piano, San Pietro in Casale, Imola, Imola “Casa Piani”, Castel San Pietro Terme
- the libraries of the San Lazzaro District: Media Library of San Lazzaro, Loiano, Monghidoro, Pianoro, Rastignano, Monterenzio, Ozzano dell'Emilia
- the libraries of the Mountain District: Marzabotto, Castiglione de' Pepoli, Monzuno, Vergato, Alto Reno Terme, VadoFor further details, please also consult the page of the Libraries and Cultural Welfare Sector of the Municipality of Bologna https://www.bibliotechebologna.it/documents/pic-prestito-intersistemico-circolante which coordinates the service.
For further details, please also consult the page of the Libraries and Cultural Welfare Sector of the Municipality of Bologna https://www.bibliotechebologna.it/documents/pic-prestito-intersistemico-circolante which coordinates the service.