The State Library of NSW stocks loan items in a variety of languages, accessible by the public through the inter-library loans team at their local library. Clients of the City of Sydney Library requiring materials in languages other than those held in its collection are invited to take advantage of this free service. Staff will retain the boxes and invoice slips, and place the books on the loan shelves, where they remain for two and a half months. At the end of this time all items are recalled and returned to the State Library. Collections are rotated on request.
Requests take approximately two weeks to be processed.