Homepage < english pages < joining the library

Joining the library

Registration

You can register as a member of the "Städtische Bibliotheken Dresden" (Dresden Public Libraries) at the registration desk of any network library.
Adults are required to show either their identity card or another officially acknowledged document (with photograph) in combination with a letter of confirmation issued by the registration office.
Young adults aged 14 and 15 have to produce a copy of one of their parents' identity card.
The registration of children under the age of 14 requires the signature of one parent.

Membership fees of the "Städtische Bibliotheken" (Dresden Public Library):

for a year:

 

Family (also in annual subscription)

20,00 Euro

Adults

12,00 Euro

Adults (annual subscription)

10,00 Euro

Young adults aged 14 to 17

5,00 Euro

 

 

for half a year:

 

Adults

7,00 Euro

Young adults aged 14 to 17

3,00 Euro

Children under the age of 14 and holders of the "Dresden Pass" are not required to pay a membership fee.

 

Lending

Loan periods for various media items:

books, maps, combined media items (book and CD/CD-ROM/DVD), language courses, games, sheet music

four weeks

newspapers, magazines, CDs, tapes, audiobooks, courses on video/DVD, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs

two weeks

DVDs, videos

one week

 

Issue slip

You will receive an issue slip containing a list of the borrowed items and the date when they are due to be returned when you borrow your items.

 

Renewal of loan period

You are given the opportunity to renew the loan period of your borrowed item(s) once, provided that the item(s) has/have not been reserved and you have not been sent an overdue notice.
You can either renew your loan in person or by phone in all libraries of the network. Furthermore, you are able to renew your items via your user account, which you can access via the catalogue of the "Städtische Bibliotheken" (Dresden Public Library).

 

Returning your items

You can return the borrowed items to any library of our network. If you return the borrowed items in any other than the holding library, you will be charged a fee of 0,10 Euro (per item) for the return transport.

 

Overdue fees

In case you miss the due date of return, you are required to pay overdue fees based upon a fixed charge per day.

For books, maps, combined media items, language courses, games, sheet music, newspapers, magazines, CDs, tapes, LPs, audiobooks, courses on DVD, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs

Adults, young adults aged between 14 and 17

0,20 Euro (per item and day)

Children under the age of 14

0,10 Euro (per item and day)

 

 

For DVDs, videos

Adults, young adults aged between 14 and 17

1,50 Euro (per item and day)

Children under the age of 14

0,75 Euro (per item and day)

You are able to find the exact due date of return on your issue slip, which you receive for every borrowed item.

In order to remind you of the date of return, we send you an overdue notice after the loan period is over.

The fees for that are as follows:

Adults and young adults aged between 14 and 17

 

recall notice

1,25 Euro

follow-up notice

2,50 Euro

 

 

Children under the age of 14

 

recall notice

0,65 Euro

follow-up notice

1,25 Euro


| back | top of the page |

____________________________________________________________________________
Städtische Bibliotheken Dresden +++ http://www.bibo-dresden.de/ +++ optimized for 800 x 600
Email: mail@bibo-dresden.de
URL: http://www.bibo-dresden.de/english/joining.html

last updated: 25.01.2011