Library Membership

Getting your Library Card (Full Membership)

Once we return to full operation after COIVD-19 restrictions ease, there will be two ways to become a Full Library Member:

1. Visit a YPRL branch or our Mobile Library to apply, and you will receive a card to use straight away!
2. Apply for a Digital Membership and then take a form of your ID into a library branch to obtain your library card.

Benefits for ALL Library Members:

• Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks
• Download eMagazines
• Unlimited streaming of documentaries and indie films
• Unlimited access to online video tutorials
• Learn languages and technological skills with online resources
• Play educational games
• Use of our website for quick and efficient item searches and to find recommended reading lists
• Use of our internet-connected computers at any library branch
• Use of printing or photocopying services within our branches (for a fee)
• Access to free Wi-Fi at all of our branches
• Attend events such as author talks, technology or craft workshops, and lots more
• Borrow up to 30 items for 3 weeks at a time (including books, audiobooks, magazines, DVDs, CDs, and items in 18 different languages)
• Renew items online, at a library branch, or over the phone. If you forget, our system will automatically renew them on the due date (a maximum of two times)
• There are no late fines accrued on any borrowed items
• You can reserve 10 items at a time for collection at your preferred YPRL branch (we call these holds).

YPRL currently has four different types of memberships available: Full (adult or under 18), Digital, Temporary, and Organisational.