{"id":2,"date":"2017-08-08T19:31:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/oak\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:51:41","slug":"requesting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/oak\/requesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Requesting Materials from Oak Street Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the nature of the high-density shelving arrangements at Oak Street Library, users are not able to browse materials at the shelf.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the materials held at Oak Street Library are also available digitally.<\/p>\n<p>All items shelved at the facility have a full bibliographic record in the Library\u2019s online catalog and the location is clearly designated, including a note explaining how to request\u00a0those materials.<\/p>\n<p>If you come to the Oak Street Library\u00a0and ask for an item, it is unlikely that we will be able to retrieve it for you that day. Please see below for how to request materials from Oak Street Library locations. If you need materials more urgently, please call us at 217-265-9476 and we will do our best to assist you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Regularly Circulating Materials<\/h2>\n<p>Roughly 90% of the items at Oak Street Library circulate to patrons normally. You can recognize them by the following locations in the online catalog:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0Vaults Request Online<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0SSHEL Collection Request Online<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0Conservation Request Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please submit requests for these items via the online catalog. You can choose any library as the pick-up location.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Building Use Only<\/h3>\n<p>These items are part of the general collection at Oak Street, but are in bad condition or otherwise vulnerable, so they have to be used in the Oak Street Reading Room.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0 Vaults Building Use Only &#8211; Request Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please submit requests for these items via the online catalog.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Special Oak Street Locations<\/h2>\n<h3>Special Collection Request System<\/h3>\n<p>Items owned by the special collections libraries are requested through Aeon, the Special Collection Request System at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illinois History and Lincoln Collections\u00a0 \u00a0 Oak Street Vaults<\/li>\n<li>Rare Book and Manuscript Library\u00a0 \u00a0Oak Street Vaults<\/li>\n<li>University Archives\u00a0 \u00a0University Archives Reading Room Use Only &#8211; Request Online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These records display a link in the online catalog labeled &#8220;Request for use in &#8230;&#8221; Please click the link and follow the instructions to submit your request.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Requires staff mediation<\/h3>\n<p>Due to the often fragile or special nature of items in the following locations, patron requests for these locations are handled by staff in the appropriate departmental library.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0Architecture and Art Collection \u2013 Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/arx\/\">Ricker Librar<\/a>y Staff to Request<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0BTAA Shared Print Repository &#8211; Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/oak\/\">Oak St Library<\/a> staff for Assistance<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0International and Area Studies Collection \u2013 Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/\">IAS Library<\/a> Staff to Request<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0Map Collection \u2013 Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/max\/\">Map Library<\/a> Staff to Request<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 \u00a0Newspaper Collection \u2013 Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/\">HPNL Library<\/a> Staff to Request<\/li>\n<li>Oak Street Library\u00a0 Scholarly Communication and Publishing Collection \u2013 Contact <a href=\"mailto:scpub@library.illinois.edu\">scpub@library.illinois.edu<\/a> for Assistance<\/li>\n<li>University Archives\u00a0 \u00a0University Archives Reading Room Use Only &#8211; See Finding Aid to Request or Contact <a href=\"mailto:illiarch@illinois.edu\">illiarch@illinois.edu<\/a> for Assistance<\/li>\n<li>University Archives\u00a0 Oak Street Vaults &#8211; Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/\">Sousa Archives<\/a> Staff to Request<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the nature of the high-density shelving arrangements at Oak Street Library, users are not able to browse materials at the shelf. 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