Borrowing items from the library
Your local library is a gateway to a world of books, music CDs, books on tape and CD, DVDs, Playstation Games, language courses, maps and local history material. The best thing is most of its free!
Who can use this service:
This service is available to anyone with a Southampton City library card.
Ways To Apply:
Customers can apply for a library card online or take proof of name and address to any local library.
Contact Details:
Address: Central Library
Southampton Central Library
Civic Centre
Southampton
Postcode: SO14 7LW
Telephone: 023 8083 2664
Minicom: 023 8083 4156
Email: lending.library@southampton.gov.uk
Fax: 023 8033 6305
Details of service:
Your local library is a gateway to a world of books, music CDs, books on tape and CD, DVDs, Playstation Games, language courses, maps and local history material. Most of its is free of charge
Anyone with a Southampton library card can borrow upto 30 items from any of the City's libraries. To make your life even easier, if you borrow something from one library you can return it to any other library in the City. Please note, this does not include books borrowed from Southampton Solent University or University of Southampton.
Books can be borrowed for up to four weeks free of charge.
Charges apply to other library items and include:
| Item to borrow | How long? | Charge |
| Books | 4 weeks | Free |
| Children's books on cassette and CD | 4 weeks | Free |
| Adult books on cassette | 4 weeks | 50p |
| Adult books on CD | 4 weeks | £1.20 |
| Audio described Videos | 4 weeks | £1 |
| To hire | ||
| Music CDs | 1 week | 90p |
| Playstation Games | 1 week | £2 |
| DVDs | 1 week | £2 - £3.50 |
Music, Videos and DVDs found on the library catalogue can be reserved free of charge.
Last updated: 16 May 2008
