Book Club Kits are now on the shelves!

Book Club Kits are now available on the shelves at all the ECRL branch libraries for checkout.

Book Club Kits make it easier for book clubs to find good titles to enjoy with enough copies for everyone.  East Central Regional Library has a variety of Book Club Kits available for checkout.
Each Kit contains 12 paperback copies plus discussion guides for popular book club reads in a plastic tote box. Check out a kit and share the copies with your club!
You can search for and place holds for Book Club Kits in the ECRL catalog, just like any other item format! See the list of Book Club Kits available or use the search term “book club kit” in the ECRL catalog.  Book Club Kits can be checked out for 6 weeks.
Instructions for placing and managing holds in My Account
Book Club Kit Pro Tip: If you wish to schedule your book club titles throughout the year:

• Place holds on the desired titles in the ECRL catalog.
• Suspend the holds in My Account.
• Set the activation date for each Book Club Kit approximately 1- week prior to when you wish to pick it up at your branch library.

Enrich your Book Club reading experience! Browse the shelves for a Book Club Kit today.

This change will simplify the request procedure and allow you to manage your own requests. Effective June 18^th, 2017 we will no longer taking paper request forms, but will honor all requests submitted through June 18^th via the old Book Club Kit request procedure.

Please note:  we cannot guarantee your requested kit will be available when you want it.  We recommend that you check your holds approximately 1-week prior to your needed date to ensure a kit is on the way.  This will allow you time to select an alternate kit if needed.