City libraries launch new online reservation service

23/07/08

A new service has been launched which will enable users of Aberdeen City Council’s library service to make reservations for items online using the library catalogue.

The new service will allow borrowers to request books, cds and dvds via the internet without having to visit or phone their local library making the council run service accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

To find out more information on this new service please contact Alasdair MacInnes, automated systems librarian, Aberdeen City Libraries, Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GW, tel (01224) 652500 or visit
www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/libraries

Please note the following charges apply to online reservations.
Adult borrower – 50p per item
Concession – 20p per item
Children’s items – Free (Please note that adult charges apply to over 12s borrowing adult items)

Library members can also use their laptops to gain free, fast broadband connections to the internet at Aberdeen Central Library and Aberdeen Art Gallery. Aberdeen Central Library’s Media Centre now offers free Wi-Fi connection, to all visitors over the age of 16.

This means that you could access the internet, in the Library’s friendly internet café environment. If you are looking for an alternative place to study, the WiFi service is also available at Aberdeen Art Gallery’s McBey Reference Library.

For more information on this new service please contact the Media Centre, Central Library, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GW, tel (01224) 652505, email centrallibrary@aberdeencity.gov.uk or visit http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/ACCI/web/site/Libraries/NS/lib_wifi.asp

If you have any queries regarding this, or any other news story, please contact Aberdeen City Council on: 01224 522000.