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Membership to our libraries allows you to borrow up to 20 items at one time, including a mixture of books, DVDs, magazines, audio materials and online resources. Anyone can join and membership is free!
To become a member, please bring a government-issued photo ID which includes a signature, as well as proof of your residential address, such as a utility bill. To begin the process you can register below and start reserving your items today.
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.
