Everyone can use the library and most of our services are
free - you can join as a member, borrow books, reserve items
from our stock, search the Internet or find information, all
without charge. For more details see the sections below.
How to join - How
many items can I borrow?
Renewing your loans - Charges
- Reservations
No-one is too young or old to use the library, and there is no cost.
Just visit your nearest Reading Borough Library with two
official proofs of
identity. We will need to see one of the
following items showing your current address:
Driving licence, Medical card, Bank statement*, Building
Society book, Family Allowance book, Pension
book, Rent book, Council tax book, Tenancy agreement,
Gas bill*, Electricity bill*, Telephone bill*, Water
bill*, Credit card bill*, TV licence. (Items marked
with * must be no more than two months old)
and also one of the following items showing your
signature:
Credit card, Bank card, Store card, Passport.
If you are a student or other temporary
resident please ask staff for details.
If you live within Reading Borough, you will be
able to join as a Your Reading Passport member, which
gives you access to other facilities such as leisure
centres, and gives discounts on hire of audio-visual
items with Reading Libraries and offers in some
Reading shops. Please ask for more details.
Adults can borrow up to 20 books, ten videos or DVDs, and ten cassettes / CDs /
talking books.
Under 18s can borrow up to 20 books and 10
cassettes or CDs.
Most books, CDs and cassettes can be borrowed for 3 weeks at a time.
Videos and DVDs can be borrowed for a week at a time.
Avoid any overdue charges by making sure you renew
items before they are late back. You can do this in 3
ways:
Visit your local library
Bring your items to renew to any of our libraries
and ask a member of staff to renew them for you. You
can also renew items twice without bringing them in -
just show your library card to staff who will do this
for you. We will need to see the items if you wish to
renew them a third time.
Ring the library
Call us on 0118 901 5950, with details of your
library card and what you wish to renew. You can ring
us twice to do this. We will need to see the items if
you wish to renew them a third time.
Renew online
Go to the library catalogue and click on Renew
Items. You will need to know your library barcode
and 4 digit PIN number for this. Please ask staff if
you do not know your PIN number. You can login twice
to do this. We will need to see the items if you wish
to renew them a third time. You will not be able to
renew stock online if it is overdue or if you owe more
than £5 in charges. Unfortunately, only books can be
renewed online. For all audio-visual items (e.g.
videos) please either telephone us or come into one of
our libraries to renew.
Stock cannot be renewed by any of these ways if
another customer has requested it.
A full list of current charges is here
Books
All books are free to borrow. Overdue charges are 15p per book per day.
Spoken Word Cassettes
All branches have spoken word cassettes. People registered as blind or
partially sighted can borrow these free of charge. Charges otherwise are:
Sets with 1-2 tapes...... 60p for 3 weeks
Sets with 3-6 tapes...... 90p for 3 weeks
Sets with 7 plus tapes.. £1.80 for 3 weeks
Overdue charges are:
25p per day late (maximum of £12 per item)
Spoken Word CDs
Reading Central Library also has a collection of audiobooks on CD. Charges
to borrow these are:
Books with 1 CD........... £1.00 for 3 weeks
Books with 2-6 CDs...... £2.00 for 3 weeks
Books with 7 plus CDs.. £2.50 for 3 weeks
Overdue charges are:
40p per day (maximum of £15.00)
Videos
All branches have video collections, mostly feature films and children's
videos. Some TV, drama and general interest videos are also available.
Central Library also has a collection of music videos.
The hire charge for videos is £1.60 per week each. If they are late
back the overdue charge is 75p per day (maximum £15 per item)
DVDs
All branches also have DVD collections.
The loan charge is £2.60 per DVD for a one-week loan. Overdue items
are charged at 75p per day per DVD (maximum £15 per item).
Music CDs
Music CDs can be borrowed from Reading Central, Caversham and
Tilehurst Libraries.
The loan charge for CDs with one disc is £1.00 each for 3 weeks.
Boxed sets containing 2 or more CDs have a charge of £2.00 for 3 weeks.
Performance Sets
Performance sets of up to 60 copies held in Reading Libraries can be borrowed for free by
groups within Reading Borough.
For those living outside the area there is a charge of
£2.50 per vocal set (up to 20 copies) per set per
calendar month, or £5 per play set for 12 weeks.
If we do not stock the title we can request it via interlibrary loan.
There is an additional charge of £2.50 per set (up to
20 copies).
If you can't find the book you need, please ask for help. For a small
non-refundable charge of £2.50 books which we do not stock can be
requested from other libraries via interlibrary loan. Reservations for
items in stock in our libraries are FREE.
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