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Many libraries will not lend recent imprints. Rather than have our patrons wait until we can find a library to fill these requests, the library is developing a Purchase on Demand program. Valparaiso University’s Purchase on Demand pilot project began September 2008. When patrons request new items published in the current or previous two calendar years, those items will be purchased through Amazon instead of going through normal ILL borrowing, assuming the requests meet the following criteria.
Not Allowed
• textbooks (if in doubt, call you can search the bookstore's website to verify see if a book is required for a class)• dissertations
• test prep materials
• computer manuals
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