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to rent at rates ranging from $20-$50 per hour for nonprofits; the private rate is $50-$150 per hour depending on capacity. The rooms have capacities of between 10 and 150 people and come equipped with audiovisual equipment. (Some equipment requires an additional fee.) Food is permitted in rental rooms.

Hold Pickup

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DR. JOHN COTTON is a retired Princeton pediatrician who practiced at The Pediatric Group for 36 years. He is the former chair of the Pediatrics Department at University Medical Center at Princeton and has served on numerous state and local organizations to promote the health and well-being of children. He said he never tires of being recognized by former patients and their parents in the library.

Cardholders have the convenience of placing a hold on items in the online catalog, whether they are currently being borrowed or are on the shelf. Hold pickup avoids a situation where someone sees an item is available and after traveling to the library discovers it has been borrowed by another customer. Those placing a hold receive an email notification when the item is placed on the hold-pickup sheves and have four days to pick up the item. About 20% of library materials checked out are items colleced from the hold-pickup shelves on the first floor.

Interlibrary Loan

HANA KAHN has been a library cardholder for 40 years. She is an assistant professor at Temple University in the Spanish and Portuguese Department. She is a regular borrower of materials from other libraries through the Interlibrary Loan Program. “This library is perfect in every way,” she said. “The service is always efficient and the people are always friendly. (The library) becomes a part of your life.”

When the library doesn’t have the item a customer is looking for in its collection, the customer can request that the library borrow it from a partner library in the national collection-sharing program known as Interlibrary Loan (ILL), which includes public, university and specialty libraries throughout the nation. Customers are charged a $3 processing fee for ILL borrowing — the fee could be higher depending on policies at a partner institution — and may have up to five active requests. (Customers are notified of ILL fees and can cancel the transaction prior to the item being ordered.) Average turnaround time is two to three weeks.