Both the Nassau Library System and the Suffolk Cooperative Library System have policies of direct access, including borrowing privileges, among the public libraries within their respective counties. A reader may find another library convenient; remind him to check with his local public library for details.

Other alternatives to interlibrary loan include:

Location service

It may be more practical for some readers to use books and periodicals at the library which holds them rather than request them on interlibrary loan. For periodicals, you may refer readers on the basis of the Nassau-Suffolk Union List of Serials. Please check the list of participating libraries in the front of volume 1 which notes some limitations of public access to materials in certain libraries.

For monographs, call LILRC and ask for a check of a few libraries in the microfilms of card catalogs to get locations for needed items.

Research Loan Program

Through this program, patrons of participating libraries have direct access, including circulation privileges, to specific subject area collections in other participating libraries. In lieu of numerous interlibrary loan requests, libraries may wish to recommend their readers take advantage of this program. The latest LILRC membership list indicates libraries which have joined this program. Details are available in all participating libraries and from LILRC.