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Library reservations and requests

You can reserve library items for up to 7 days.

How to reserve items

Reserving books online

Reservations can be placed on an individual title or on a set of titles.

Simply log in to your library account, and once you have found the book you would like to reserve on the catalogue, press the yellow 'Reserve' button. You will be asked to choose the library you would like to pick up the book from, click 'OK', and then if you look in the 'Holds' section of your account, you will see the title displayed there.

You will be contacted once it becomes available.

Reserving books over the telephone

Please call 020 7641 6200 to reserve items over the phone. Have your library card to hand.

Reserving books in person

You can go into any library branch to reserve a book in person. You will need your library card with you.

Published: 14 December 2020

Last updated: 16 January 2021