Books By Mail

Have library books delivered to your office!
The IUB Libraries are pleased to announce a new service for faculty where we will deliver books to campus mail addresses. If you're interested in having books delivered to you, please follow the following steps:

Step 1: Contact the Customer and Access Services Department of the Wells Library at libcirc@indiana.edu or 855-4673 and tell them that you want to set up an account for campus mail delivery. This service is available only to faculty at this time.

Step 2: Connect to IUCAT and log in to your account with your regular network ID and password.

 

Step 3: When you login, you will be asked to choose between your personal account, faculty study (if you have one), or your office account -- CHOOSE YOUR OFFICE. You will be then taken to the front IUCAT search screen.

(Keep in mind that you'll need to log in as your office account to renew items delivered via campus mail as well.)

Step 4: Search for the item you want. You may request materials from the Wells Library or any other library in Bloomington or the IU system (including the regional campuses and professional schools). We suggest that you use the ALL Libraries library search limit, for best results. The Lilly Library, Kinsey Library, Archives of Traditional Music, and the Halls of Residence Libraries do not participate in Request Delivery. There are also a few collections in various libraries whose loan lengths do not allow for them to be delivered. 

 

Step 5: When you find the item you want, go to the bibliographic record description.   This is the screen where you see the library shelving location and call number.   If you are on a list of books, click the title link for the item you want in order to get to the record description screen. Since you are logged in, you will see a link that says "Request Delivery" in the box on the right side of the screen.   Click on that link.

Step 6:   You will be prompted to select a LIBRARY to which you want the item delivered. (Yes, this is a little confusing. The fact that you are logged in as your office is what triggers the item to be delivered). While it doesn't really matter which library you choose for this to work, things will be quicker if you choose the IUB campus library that owns the book you are requesting. If you're unsure, just choose Wells.

Step 7: You will get a confirmation that your request went through.   When the item is received in the library, it will be mailed to your campus mail address. 

Please note that we are using campus mail to deliver these items. If you need a book quickly, you're better off logging in on your personal account and choosing a library where you want to pick up the book.

YOU MUST COMPLETE THE REQUEST PROCESS FOR EACH BOOK YOU WANT (Steps 4-7). It will not work to mark multiple books and then complete the Request Delivery step for one of the books on the list.

Items NOT eligible for Request Delivery are these:  electronic books, books checked out to another user for which there is no other copy in the IU system, materials on reserve, in the Lilly or Kinsey Libraries, in the Core Collection, the RPS Libraries in the residence halls, or in the Reference collection, and journal bound volumes.  Most DVD's may not be requested due to their short loan lengths.  Request DVD's via interlibrary loan.