Suggest for Purchase

New Westminster Public Library welcomes suggestions for additions to our collection.

To suggest an item, please fill out the form on this page.

Before making a suggestion, be sure to check our catalogue to ensure that we do not already offer the item.

Please note that we do not purchase all recommended titles. To learn how we make our purchasing decisions, please see below.

Purchasing Decisions

The library purchases books written by popular and bestselling authors. For example, we will automatically order titles that appear on bestseller lists or are reviewed in the national media. You likely do not need to suggest bestselling titles.

Other titles are chosen based on anticipated interest, availability from our vendors, local relevance, and to ensure subject areas are well-represented. Please feel free to suggest titles you cannot find in our collection.

The library buys a selection of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and television series on DVD across a variety of genres and subjects, with an emphasis on newer titles. We also purchase notable DVD releases from Canadian and world cinema.

The library buys a selection of documentary and informational DVDs and we encourage you to bring these types of titles to our attention.

Please feel free to suggest already-published titles to complete or fill gaps in a series. When deciding whether to purchase a series title, we consider:

  • Whether there is established and ongoing demand for the series
  • Whether the remaining titles of the series are available for purchase

The library typically does not consider suggestions for the following:

  • Forthcoming titles which have not yet been published
  • Titles published more than 3 years ago
  • Out-of-print titles sold by antiquarian or second-hand retailers
  • Textbooks

Older, specialized, or out-of-print items may be available to borrow from another library. Request the item you seek through our Interlibrary Loan service.

Suggest for Purchase

  • Please share the item you would like us to purchase. Click the "+" symbol to add more than one item.
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