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Borrowing Materials
Hours: Mon. - Fri.: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sat.: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m., Sun.: closed.
Closed Sundays, State Holidays,
and Saturdays when a holiday observance is on a Friday or Monday.
Circulation/Interlibrary Loan
Information Services Division, Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: 860-757-6530, Fax: 860-757-6559
Circulation
Items that circulate are loaned directly to state employees and Connecticut
residents, and are available for Interlibrary Loan to others.
These include, but are not limited to:
- Federal documents published 1956 and later
- Connecticut documents published 1956 and later, copy 2 -
- Public policy and administration
- Most Newspaper microfilm reels, and copy 2 microfilm reels of the Connecticut
Archives.
These circulate only to another library through Interlibrary Loan, and must be used at the requesting library. Patrons can request them through the Interlibrary Loan procedure at their local library. They do not circulate directly to patrons and therefore are marked as "Library Use Only" in the catalog. - Study guides circulate for just one week, and only to patrons who visit the library.
A maximum of 10 items at one time can be loaned to residents of Connecticut and Connecticut state employees.
The majority of the Library's collections do not circulate, and are
noted as 'Library Use Only' in the online CSL catalog,
CONSULS.
These include the following collection subgroups:
- Books and documents published prior to 1956
- Family genealogies and local histories, first or only copies; second and subsequent copies circulate if noted 'Available' in the catalog.
- Hard copy newspapers. Newspapers on microfilm are loaned through Interlibrary Loan.
- Law materials
- Microfilms of vital records, land records, probate records, church records, census records
- CT Archives microfilms. Second copies are loaned through Interlibrary Loan.
- Periodicals
- Reference materials
- Special Collections materials
- Archival, manuscript, and Museum materials
- Materials of any type that are in fragile condition
Overdues
Fines will not be charged.
If an item is not returned within 4 weeks of due date, the greater of $25 or
the actual replacement cost will be charged.
If a borrower accrues $100 in charged replacement costs or has more than 2 items
overdue, borrowing privileges will be suspended until overdues are returned,
replaced, or paid for.
Interlibrary loan requests for materials owned by other libraries are only placed for state employees. Interlibrary Loans are made to other libraries. See Connecticut State Library Interlibrary Loan (ILL) for details and procedures. Other patrons should consult their local public library to place interlibrary loan requests.