
Membership
- Membership is free and there are no age limits
- Everyone who lives, works or studies in the Borough, or who lives in a neighbouring authority, can register
- Simply fill in a form and present official documents that confirm your name, signature and current address and have your photo taken by a member of staff
- If you are under 16 years, a parent, grandparent or legal guardian will need to sign the form
- Membership enables you to use any library in the Borough
If you already have an e+ Bracknell Forest Smartcard, your membership will be added to it. If you don't have a card and would like one, please visit our How do I get an e+ card? page.
Residents who are registered blind or partially sighted can borrow spoken word cassettes and CDs free of charge. Please ask staff for details of concessions.
Borrowing
Please remember to bring your e+ card with you.
Everyone may borrow up to a maximum of:
- 20 Books
- 6 Spoken Word
- 6 DVDs (Subject to classification)
- 6 CD-Roms (Subject to classification)
- 6 PlayStation® games (Subject to classification)
- 6 Videos (Subject to classification)
- 6 Compact Discs
- Our standard loan period is 3 weeks
- Videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, PlayStation® games and short loan collections are loaned for 1 week
Requests, Returns and Renewals
- Items may be renewed or returned at any library in the Borough
- We can usually renew your loans if nobody else has requested them. Loans may be renewed only twice by telephone or post.
- Items can also be renewed using our Online Customer Services section. You will require a PIN number from your local library to use this facility.
- Items on loan, or not in stock in the authority, can be requested at any library in the Borough