Q. How do I get a book from the Library Service Center?

Sign into your library account (upper right hand). Search the online catalog to find the items. Click on the title to bring up the item record.  Look under Location Items and click on "Request" to request an item from storage. This will activate the retrieval from the Library Service Center and delivery to campus for you. You can choose to deliver these items to Newman Library or one of the Blacksburg campus branch libraries for check out at the Services/Circulation Desk. Faculty or Staff can choose to have items delivered to their offices via Faculty/Staff Campus Delivery. Select this Location option when placing your hold.

We retrieve items each weekday morning, so they should be available for pick up by lunchtime. Retrieval times may differ during summer hours and breaks. 

* Note: Extended Campus Users (faculty, staff, or students living outside the New River Valley counties of Montgomery, Giles, and Pulaski) may request delivery of materials through ILLiad, Virginia Tech's interlibrary loan service. Select the "REQUEST: Extended Campus Users Request via ILLiad" link under "Get VText" when placing your hold.

You can view additional information about this service on the library's Extended User page.