BookPage Service: MIT Libraries

About BookPage

Our BookPage service allows members of the MIT and Harvard borrowing communities to request materials for retrieval at any library on campus, including an item’s home library.

• Only materials on four-week loan can be delivered through this service. Most books fall into this category -- most journals do not. See the individual library for details.
• Items available for loan will be delivered in 1 business day if on the premises, within 2 business days if from another campus library.

• Requests are limited to 6 per day.
• Item will remain on hold at the requested library for a period of no more than 7 days.

• You will be notified via email when your request has arrived.

Barton, our catalog, will tell you whether the book you want is:

• In our collection
  If we do not own it, BookPage cannot bring it to you. Use the Interlibrary Borrowing Service instead. Do you think we should purchase a copy? (MIT only)

• On the shelf
  Only materials with a status "in library" can be delivered through this service.

• Missing or Lost
  Instead of BookPage, use the Interlibrary Borrowing Service to request a copy of the item from a non-MIT library.

Requesting an Item Through BookPage

• Locate the item in Barton.
• If the item displays a status of "in library", you will see a link to the right that says "request this item".
• Clicking on this link will bring you to the Your Account log-in page.
• After you have successfully logged in to Your Account, simply fill out the required fields and hit send.
• A notification will appear on screen if your request has been sent successfully.