You will need to present your membership card in order to borrow items or to use the eLibrary facilities.
You may borrow a total of 20 items on your library card for a period of four weeks. If you hold a temporary library membership the loan limit is five items.
Items can be returned to any of our four libraries, on or before the due date. If you are unable to return your items by the due date, items may be renewed twice (unless they have been requested by another patron). Renewals can be made in person, by phone or via online services.
After-hours returns chutes are available at Rockingham Library and at the Mary Davies Library and Community Centre.
Library items are supplied to the Rockingham community by the State Library of Western Australia, the City of Rockingham and the Department of Education.
Collection for adults and children include:
- books - in ordinary or large print
- audio books
- DVDs
- magazines
- books in languages other than English (LOTE)
- digital resources
- streaming movies
- toys (Rockingham Library)
Requests
Items currently on loan or located at another branch can be requested. You can request items in person, by phone or via online services.
Items not available at the City of Rockingham libraries can be requested through the state-wide Inter-Library Lending Scheme. Requests can be made via Interlibrary loan request form, in person or by calling your local library.
Please note, there are restrictions on the items available for Inter-library loan. We will do our best to obtain items however we cannot guarantee supply.
You will be notified when items are ready for collection.
Notices
A courtesy notice will be sent by email three days before your items are due. Items not returned within seven days of the due date will be subject to an overdue notice and suspension of borrowing rights until the items are either returned or, if lost, have been paid for.
If items are still not returned following the overdue notices, a debt recovery actions may be taken.
Care of items
Please treat the items you have borrowed with care. Damage caused while on loan to you may incur a charge.