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 General information
Membership
Responsibilities
Borrowing
Returning
Renewing
Materials available for loan
Service and facilities
Special Collections
Special Services
Fees and charges
Drug info @ the library
Wyong
Shire libraries
Wyong Shire has five branch libraries (Tuggerah, Lake
Haven, Bay Village, Toukley,
The Entrance) and a deposit station at Gwandalan,
which is run by volunteers.
See also branch
locations and services and facilities.
The Shire's library service was established in 1959
with 10,000 items in stock. The Collection has grown
to over 176,000 items in 2007. This includes books,
magazines, music CDs, videos, DVDs and CD-ROMs, as
well as books recorded on cassettes/CDs and books in
large print.
A free Internet and multimedia service is available at all branches, however bookings are necessary.
Online access to the Library Catalogue is available. Library Members are able to check their loans, reservations, renew items on loan and view reading history from home.
There is a large reference library at Tuggerah, where homework help and other information queries can be answered.
Membership
- Free to all ratepayers, permanent residents and those who work, shop or attend an educational institution in the Shire.
- Identification showing name and current address is required at the time of application.
Top Responsibilities
- Borrowers are responsible for all material borrowed on their card
- The Library must be notified immediately of lost or stolen membership cards (a fee is charged for a replacement card)
- The Library must be reimbursed for items which have been lost, stolen or damaged while on loan to the cardholder.
- Parents of children under 18 years must assume responsibility for their children's use of the Internet while at the library. View the Council's "Conditions for Public Access to the Internet".
Borrowing
- Library card must be produced each time items are borrowed or renewed
- All items are borrowed for 2 weeks with the option to renew if not reserved for
another reader.
- DVDs may be borrowed for 2 weeks with no renewals.
- 15 items per borrower's card with the exception of:
- Research topics - 3 only per family
- Multimedia CD-ROM - 6 only (adult card)
- DVDs - 3 only
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Returning
- Items may be returned to any branch of the Wyong Shire Library service.
- After hours return chutes are available at : Tuggerah,
Lake Haven , The Entrance, Toukley and Bay Village
branches
Renewing
- Avoid overdue notices by extending your loans on or before the due date.
- Items may be renewed if they have not been reserved by another borrower.
- Renewals may be made by telephone, in person or via NetOPAC.
- Items may not be renewed if they are more than 4 weeks overdue
- Overdue items cannot be renewed via the NetOPAC
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Materials available for loan
- Fiction/Paperbacks
- Non Fiction
- Junior Books
- Young Adult Books
- Large Print Books
- Talking Books (Cassette + CD)
- Magazines
- Music CDs
- DVDs
- Videos
- Jigsaws
- Foreign Language books can be acquired through
inter-library loan.
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Services
and facilities
- Family history - Bookings essential
- Inter-Library-Loans - limit of 4 requests per card
- Photocopying
- Information Services
- Internet training
- Library visits
- Reference enquiries
- Online database services
- Youth & Children's Services
- Council Services provided at Tuggerah, Lake Haven
& The Entrance Libraries
- Rates Payments
- Dog registrations
- General Council requests for action or information
Special Collections
At all locations
- Books in languages other than English may be acquired
on Inter Library Loan- contact your Branch Library.
- Drug info @the library
- Legal Toolkit
At Tuggerah Library only
- Family History
- Local Studies
- Law Books @ your library
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Special Services
The Home Library Service caters to about 120 housebound people and to geographically isolated groups and schools. Material selected by library staff
is delivered to these people by the Home Library Service Co-ordinator once a fortnight. Bulk deliveries are also made to nursing homes, hostels and retirement villages.
Fees and
Charges
| Reservations |
$1.25
$1.25 for all NetOPAC Reservations |
| Inter
Library Loan |
$2.65 (Public Library
System Only) Additional $13.20 for non Public Library
System |
| Lost
card |
$5.85 |
| Library
Bags |
$5.85 |
| Lost
items |
(value of the item
plus GST plus service charge of $9.90) |
| Printing (B&W) |
$0.30 |
| Printing (Colour) |
$1.15 |
| Photocopying |
$0.20 A4 Black + White only |
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Page last updated: 03/01/2008 |
