Florida’s inter-library loan service ends statewide next month

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library received word from the State Library of Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 27, that Florida's Inter-library Loan (ILL) service will lose support starting Oct. 1, 2025, due to federal funding cuts. What does this mean for library patrons? If they need materials their local library does not have, their library typically obtains them by borrowing the materials from another library in Florida. When the ILL program ends