#  Special Collections Request System (Aeon) now at Ernst Mayr Library 

 





March 28, 2018

 

 

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 The Ernst Mayr Library is pleased to announce a new way to interact with our Special Collections and Archives. In addition to email, phone and in-person inquiries, library users can now request materials in advance through Hollis.

 This system is now in place in several libraries on campus, including the Botany Libraries, Tozzer and Houghton.

 [The Special Collections Request System](https://aeon.hul.harvard.edu) allows patrons to register and place requests for materials online. Upon registering, an individual account is created. With that account a patron can:

 · submit requests through a form or submit requests via links in the catalog record

 · submit requests in advance of a visit to Special Collections or while in the library

 · submit requests for photoreproduction of Special Collections materials

 · track the status of each request

 · access detailed information about past requests

 Hollis users will now see a Request Item link when searching for Ernst Mayr Library rare books and archives.

 ![Request Item link (image)](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/request_item_link.png)

 

 Clicking on the Request Item link leads to the login prompt:

   ![Image of Login Prompt for Special Collections system](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/library/files/special_collections_login_prompt.png?itok=jn8VXFwe) 

 

 Ernst Mayr Library Special Collections materials must be used on site (no change in policy).

 For more information, please contact Robert Young, Special Collections Librarian, <ryoung@oeb.harvard.edu> .



 

 

 



 

 

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