With East Riding Libraries, you get much more than books. Join today, and get all this for free at all 23 libraries and at our mobile libraries:
Go to the catalogue to log in with your library card number and pin to find, reserve, renew and review your favourite books.
Visit the catalogueDid you know you can manage your library books with our nifty East Riding Libraries app? Download using the links below:
Anybody can join the library. Simply pop into any East Riding Library and ask a member of staff. All you need is some ID with name, address and signature. Remember to ask for a PIN to set up your online account later.
Children 15 years or younger can sign up for a junior membership and will need a parent carer to sign a guarantor consent form. Children's cards can be linked to a parent's online account for a single login.
Find a libraryJoining and using most library services is free, but there are fees for overdue books, lost and damaged items, printing and copying services and using personal camera equipment in the local studies libraries.
East Riding Libraries is much more than books! We're a community - your community - so come and join us for events, social groups, a safe place to sit and have a coffee, meet friends, print, use computers, learn new skills, and so much more. Visit more than books.
You can borrow up to 12 books, 6 eBooks, 8 audio books, 4 eAudiobooks, 8 DVDs and 8 CDs at any one time. You can read an unlimited number of eMagazines. All branch libraries has a self-service machines where you can scan the barcode on your membership card and borrow or renew books on your account.
Most items can be borrowed for three weeks at a time (unless otherwise stated when borrowed). When you borrow items from the library, you can choose to get a receipt printed from our self-serve machines showing the return date. If you do not print the receipt or you lose it, you can see the return date when you log in to your online account on library catalogue, under 'my loans'.
You can return library books to any branch or mobile library.
Yes, you can renew physical items for a further three weeks for a maximum of three times. You cannot renew eBooks and eAudiobooks, but you can borrow them again. To renew, log in to your online account, go to My Loans and click renew next to your item. Or visit a branch and use our self-serve machines. You do not need to bring the book, just your library card. Renew options can be found under My Account.
Please let us know as soon as possible. Staff will be able to advise on what to do and how much replacement fees will be. You can ask staff to renew the item once if you require more time to search for it.
You create a pin when you sign up to library membership online, or if you join at a branch it will be randomly generated. Ask one of our staff to print it out for you.
If you forget your pin, you can reset it online by clicking 'Forgot PIN' under the log in box or ask one of our staff to print it off for you. We cannot do anything about your pin over the telephone.
Log in to your online account. In profile, click on 'registered accounts'. From there you can change your pin.
If you forget your pin, you can reset it online by clicking 'Forgot PIN' under the log in box or ask one of our staff to print it off for you. We cannot do anything about your pin over the telephone.
Our library members can make purchase suggestions for books we do not have in our collection. This request goes to our stock officer and they decide if we should buy it. You will be informed of the decision, and if we buy it, the book will be added to your reservations. Make a purchase suggestion using your online account.
You can change your library membership contact details by logging in to your online account. You will need to show a member of staff new ID if you change your address.
Junior members (under 18 years old) and senior members (over 65 years old) do not get charged late fees for overdue books. Junior and Senior membership is automatic based on age.
