Holds are not filled in a purely numeric order. They are filled in a way that ensures that customers of a library system get first access to items owned by that library system.  

For example, you may be the seventh person in the queue, but if you are the only RPL customer waiting, and a copy owned by RPL is checked in, you will receive it next. Because of this it is virtually impossible to create an accurate record of where any particular customer is in the queue.

We’ll send an automatic email to let you know we’ve received your suggestion. If items are approved for purchase or sent to interlibrary loan, a hold will be placed for you and you will receive a notification when it is available. Our staff are unable to track the status of your suggestion so please don’t inquire after your submission. 

Because of the high volume of requests we receive, you will not be notified if we are unable to fill your request.

• Items already available in the province-wide library catalogue
• Current popular titles from best-selling authors. We order these anyway. Check the library catalogue periodically to see if it’s there
• Textbooks
• Titles that are not yet available (in pre-publication or currently in theatres)
• Titles older than seven years from date of production, or those that are no longer available (out of print). For older items, we will try to find a copy for you using interlibrary loan.

• RPL will consider purchasing suggested materials that fit into our Collections Policy.
• Authors, titles, or subjects of interest to you that would also be of interest to others; and/or
• Items of local interest, relating to the geographic area of Regina or Saskatchewan.

Requests that do not meet these criteria will automatically be rejected. 

You can submit up to 10 purchase and/or interlibrary loan requests per month. If you are requesting a series, please note that each title in the series will be considered a separate request and will count towards the 10 item limit. 

You’ll need a Regina Public Library card and a PIN (personal identification number) to request a title through interlibrary loan or suggest a title for purchase. Your library account must be in good standing (owing less than $25).

The information you submit to us is all we need to make an informed selection, so please don't deliver or send us a review copy of the material. It won't be added to our collection, and it won't improve the chances of your suggestion being selected.

All unsolicited books, CDs and other items we receive are treated as donated materials: they may be included in the library's book sale, donated to charities, or recycled, in accordance with RPL's Collections Policy.

The library is not obligated to inform donors about the disposition of their donations.

The information you submit will be used to determine if your author submission will be added to our collection.

While we'd love to reply to each request individually, we aren't able to because of the high volume and variety of requests we receive. If you are interested in seeing what we have added to our Collection, please check out our online catalogue!

Below is the list of browsers that are either not supported or not used for the Regina Public Library website testing so we don’t recommend the use of these browsers as it can compromise the website performance and user experience.

Desktop

• Internet Explorer
• Firefox Version 48 (or older)
• Google Chrome Version 43 (or older)
• Safari Version 9.1.2 (or older)
• Opera
• Brave
• Puffin
• UR Browser

Mobile

Regina Public Library website is not tested against the following mobile browsers. You may face usability issues while using these browsers.

• UC Browser
• CM Browser
• Dolphin
• Samsung Internet
• Opera Mini
• DuckDuckGo
• Amazon Silk