Suggestion to buy

Suggest a title for us to buy

If there is something you would love to read but can't find it on our catalogue, tell us about it! We welcome suggestions from our members to buy an item that is not currently in our collection or on order.

Before you fill out the suggestion to buy form below, please note the following:

• Check our catalogue to make sure we don't have item already.
• Generally we only consider suggestions for titles which are current (eg. book titles published within the last few years). Please note that it is not a requirement of the Selwyn Libraries content development policy to keep complete series holdings.
• Popular new titles are usually ordered automatically.
• You may request up to five titles per month.

If we decide to buy the item:

The requested item will be added as a hold to your library card (note: We are unable to place holds on eBooks and eAudiobooks).

If we decide not to buy the item:

If we decide not to buy the item you will receive notification if you have supplied an email address.

Suggestions to buy requests can be declined for one or more of the following reasons:

• Current collection priorities and budget do not allow for the purchase of the item, or the topic is already sufficiently covered in our collection.
• The title is out of print, not yet published, or otherwise unavailable.
• It is unable to be sourced through our contractual suppliers.
• It is an unsuitable format for inclusion in a public library.
• It is too specialised/academic for a public library collection - we need to consider the relevance for our whole community.
• We may have already removed the item from our collection because it was not being used.
• We may already hold the item in another format, such as Large Print, eBook or eAudiobook.
• In some collection areas we focus our purchasing on current/popular titles.

Note: If the item is unsuitable or unavailable to be added to our collection, you may be able to borrow it from another library through our interlibrary loan service.