How do I request a rare book?

  • Visit Primo and Sign in
  • Locate the book (How to search for a book?)
  • Go to Find & Request
  • Click Request
  • followed by 
  • If there is more than one copy of the book you can click Specify Issue/copy and select the copy you want Screenshot of Primo showing a dropdown menu saying 'Pickup Location' and a button saying 'Send Request'
  • Select the appropriate pickup location. Rare books are not eligible for Inter-Site request and may only be consulted in the Libraries they are held in. They may not be borrowed.
  • Add any comments
  • Click Send Request

You will receive an email when your book is ready for viewing. Visit the Enquiry desk in the Library where the book is held and you will be taken to the rare book viewing area. You may only take a notebook and pencil into the viewing room. 

Contact for this page:
Information Services, Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Library, Penglais, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DZ
Tel: 01970 62 2400 Email: is@aber.ac.uk