Information Purchase & Document Delivery

The library facilitates the acquisition of bibliographic materials for the official use of and retention of officers and staff of the MRB by purchase of information materials (book, journals and e-journals, articles, audio-visual materials, etc.) for official purposes only. The library also facilitates interlibrary loan among local libraries for information materials not available in its collection.

Send suggestions to the Chief Librarian, or submit “Requisition forms” which are available in the library. Please take note that book orders may take 3 – 4 months to fulfill (from time of order to processing).

Document delivery and interlibrary borrowing services are available without charge to research officers. However, officers are requested to check the Library catalogue (OPAC) as to whether the information material required is already available (in the MRB Library) before sending in requests.  Requests may be sent by email or the normal requisition forms.

The MRB Library uses the resources of local libraries first before sending the requests to information suppliers overseas. As charges from foreign information suppliers range from £12 (RAPRA or the British Library) to US$33 per article, limits for purchase may be imposed per person.