Use this form to suggest a book or other item you would like us to buy.
Tono mai kia hokona e mātou Ask us to buy it
Before you fill out the form
- Check if we already hold the item by searching our catalogue
- Show your interest in eBooks and eAudiobooks that aren’t in our collections using the ‘Notify Me’ tag in Libby. Go to Libby Help
- Popular new titles are ordered automatically, so you don’t need to ask us to buy them.
- We do not consider suggestions with a publication date more than six months ahead.
- We mainly purchase material published within the past two years. For older material that is not in our collection, we recommend our Interloan Service. Go to Interloan Service page
- You can send up to two requests per week.
- We do not accept suggestions for music CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and large print books.
- If you are the author or publisher of a book that you would like Auckland Libraries to consider purchasing, see our information page for publishers and self-published authors
- Our collection development policy guides how we select and purchase items for the library collections. Go to Auckland Libraries collection development policy