11/4/08 -- Faster Mail Delivery

As Northern Seminary is expanding its classes to multiple campuses, the library is expanding its services to get materials to our students more quickly.

Any student who wishes to receive books by mail instead of picking them up in the library may request to have them mailed. In the past, we have relied on media rate mail as a less expensive option for mailing books. Unfortunately, it is also an unreliable option for quickly delivering books, sometimes taking several days, but sometimes taking over two weeks.

The library will now mail all books to students by first class mail in an effort to ensure reliable delivery.

Remember, you have several options for receiving your library materials from the Brimson Grow Library:

1) You can always pick up your materials from our library in Lombard. For students taking classes in Rockford or Lawndale, you can also make use of the reserve and reference materials stored in the library cabinets at those sites.

2) You can request to have materials mailed to you. Just call the front desk at (630)620-2104 or email us at library@seminary.edu to let us know you want your materials mailed. We will also email or fax journal articles for $0.15 per page.

3) If you use the I-Share system, you can request to have books from other I-Share libraries delivered either to the Brimson Grow Library in Lombard or to any other I-Share library. You can view a 4-minute tutorial on how to place I-Share requests.

We hope these options will continue to ensure convenient access to library materials for all of our students.