Linyi Municipal Library’s Instruction for Reader Card Application
1. Eligibility
Chinese citizens and foreigners, with a minimum age of six years old.
2.Applying for membership
Please take your valid ID ( 2nd gen Identification Card, Passport, Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau, or Taiwan Compatriot Permit) to the library counter on the second floor, fill out Linyi Municipal Library Reader Card Application Form, sign the reader service agreement, and receive Linyi municipal library reader card for free with a precondition of 200 yuan cash deposit. You are entitled to borrow 1-3 books in Chinese or foreign languages (the accumulative price of the loaned books should not excess the cash deposit amount).
3. Features of the reader card
(1) Reading: You can have access to periodicals, newspapers, books in Chinese and foreign languages, etc.
(2) Lending: You can borrow and return books at the service desks in each lending and reading room, you are entitled to borrow 1-3 books in Chinese or foreign languages (the accumulative price of the loaned books should not excess the cash deposit amount), the loan period is 30 days, you may renew it once if needed, for each book overdue, you will be imposed for a fine of 0.1 yuan per day. Please take good care of the books. Before borrowing, you should inspect the book carefully to make sure it is not stained or damaged, and declare to the staff if you find such flaws. Please restrain from behaviors such as tearing, staining, cutting, scribbling or switching the book. If you have committed an act of misconduct, a penalty will be imposed according to Linyi Municipal Library’s Book Compensation Standard.
（3）Access of electronic and digital resources: You can access the computers on the seventh floor for free using reader card and a valid ID. You can use the internet for no more than 2 hours each day. By accessing the computing facilities, you can browse electronic periodicals, electronic books, access the library database, obtain electronic resources, and access online reference and consultation services, etc.
4. Opening hours
9 AM to 5 PM (Closed on every Monday for organizing, repairing and adding new titles, the opening hours during official holidays will be notified otherwise).
5. Reception location
Consultation and Card-issuing Counter, second floor, Linyi Municipal Library
6. Report of loss, Application for replacement and Termination of Membership
(1) Report of loss and application for replacement: if the reader lost their reader card unexpectedly, he or she should visit the card issuing counter on the second floor of the library and get a new card, at the same time a replacement fee of 10 yuan will be charged.
(2) Termination of Membership: if the reader needs to cancel the reader card, he or she needs to return all loaned books and documents and pay off the overdue fees or any other payable fees. Reader should submit reader card, receipt for the cash deposit and a photocopy of their valid ID, in order for the library to return the corresponding amount of the cash deposit.
7. Ways for card renewal
(1) Readers holding an old card wishing to change for a new one should return all loaned books, pay off the overdue fees or any other payable fees, and submit the old card, receipt for the cash deposit and a photocopy of their valid ID to the card-issuing counter. The card renewal fee will be 5 yuan.
(2) The cash deposit for the old card can be transferred into the new card and continue to be valid.