Library membership

General terms and conditions

You are required to:

• Present your library card to borrow items from the libraries
• Take responsibility for all the items borrowed on your card
• Report a lost or stolen library card immediately so that you are not charged for any items that are borrowed by an unauthorised person
• Notify library staff if your contact details change
• Return all borrowed items on or before the due date
• Pay all charges imposed for late return, damage or loss of library items or membership cards.
• As a child’s parent or guardian you must:
  • Be present when they are completing a membership application and countersign the application
  • Take responsibility for all items borrowed on the child’s card
  • Be present at all times with them in any of the City’s libraries.
• Limited services are available in the last ten minutes before closing
• Library members can use public access computers including printing, up to 5 minutes before closing.  At 15 minutes before closing customers will be unable to start into new computer sessions
• Any person visiting the City’s libraries must behave in a responsible and considerate manner in accordance with the Library Board (Registered Public Libraries) Regulations 1985. Anyone behaving in an inappropriate or disorderly manner will be asked to leave the premises and may have their membership suspended
• Temporary or permanent suspension may be applied to any library member who seriously misuses the libraries’ facilities or behaves inappropriately in the library.

• To use the online services, including internet access, you must abide by the WA Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1996. To view a copy, please visit the Western Australian Legislation website
• As a parent or guardian, you must supervise children under twelve years of age if they want to access the internet at any of the City’s libraries
• You must not modify the installed hardware or software on computers at any of the City’s libraries
• Library members can use public access computers including printing, up to 5 minutes before closing.  At 15 minutes before closing customers will be unable to start into new computer sessions.

To use the public access computers, users will need to agree to the full online services Terms and Conditions each time they log on to a computer.