Waikato District Council libraries offer their members a wide range of services and resources. Many services are free, such as borrowing books and magazines, and internet access. The libraries also have electronic database resources members can use.
You can also search our online catalogue. If you are already a member of our libraries, your pin is the last four digits of your library card membership number. Logging in can provide you with some additional services.
Library services
- Photocopying – (colour photocopying is only available at our Huntly and Raglan branches for the moment)
- Laminating
- Faxing and scanning
- Book covering
- Audio/visual material: music CDs and DVDs
- Inter-library loans (if our library branches don't have the item you require, we can probably loan the item from another library)
- Charges apply for these library services
It’s worth being a library member
We offer:
- Free internet
- Free membership
- Free books
- Free newspapers and magazines
- Free access to comprehensive online databases and electronic resources
- Free educational videos
- Free access to a dedicated geneaology site (ancestry.com) through our internet computers
- Free access to the council reference material
- Videos, CDs, DVDs, and CD-ROMs that accompany books
- Toddler Time at all libraries
- Winter reading programme for primary school children in July
- Provision for customers to type their personal letters, CVs etc
As a member of Waikato District libraries, you’ll get all this and more!
Reserves
If an item held by our libraries is not available (ie it is on loan, on order etc) you can reserve the item for a small charge. If you are searching our catalogue at home you can reserve any item on our catalogue.
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