JerseyCat is New Jersey's statewide virtual catalog and interlibrary loan system. It is provided to all libraries within the State of New Jersey by the New Jersey State Library and the Regional Library Coopertives. There is no charge to the local library for the service. It provides all New Jersey residents and library staff with real-time searching capabilities for New Jersey's Z39.50 compliant library catalogs. It also includes a union catalog of holdings from the small to medium libraries that are under 100,00 volumes. Periodical titles can be searched for in the NJ Union List of Serials. It also provides New Jersey residents and library staff with an interlibrary loan system that they can use from their home, school, or office via the World Wide Web.

New Jersey Interlibrary Loan Code

JerseyCat Milestones

New Jersey libraries began to use JerseyCat on July 1, 2002. Since that date: Over 700 libraries have signed participating agreements. Over 4 million library holdings are part of the union catalog. In addition to the union catalog holdings, more than 50 Z39.50 catalogs are available for searching. More than 100,000 items were requested during 2004. Over 1,300 interlibrary loan staff members have attended basic training sessions.