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Neumarkt 10, 41460 Neuss
Tel: 02131 / 90 - 42 42, Fax: 02131 / 90 - 2471
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www.stadtbibliothek-neuss.de
Tram: Niedertor
Nearest car park: Rheinstrasse 11 (2 min away from the library)

Our Opening Hours

Tuesday to Friday from 10.15 am to 6.30 pm
Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm
The library is closed on Monday.

How to join the Library

To register with Neuss public library please bring a valid identity card or Personalausweis or drivers’ license plus 'Anmeldung'. You may only borrow from the library with a valid membership card. The membership card remains the property of the library and may not be transferred to another person.

Adults pay a fee of 16.00 € for 12 months or 5,00 €  for 90 days, children from the age of 6 and young people under the age of 18 pay 11.00 € for 12 months or 3,50 €  for 90 days. Children under the age of 6 may use the library for free. Please enquire about our special offer for families at a rate of 25.00 €. There is no reduction in fees for students or retired people.
The all-inclusive-card costs 110.00 € per year and allows free loan of all media (including DVDs, audio books, music CDs and ‘Bestseller’-titles).

Registration

You will be asked to sign the membership card. With your signature you accept the lending conditions of the library. Please bring your card with you any time you wish to borrow media.
The following information will be kept on the library database:
Your full name
Your address
Your date of birth
The number of books you have borrowed from the library during the course of one year.
Please inform us of any change of your name or address. In case of loss of your membership card please inform us immediately. A fee of 6.00 € will be charged for a replacement.

How to borrow Books and other Media

Your membership entitles you to borrow books, magazines, audio books, children’s books, cassettes and CD-ROMs free of charge. Books from the Bestseller list cost extra and are charged 2.50 €. Please bring the media you wish to borrow to the loan desk (‚Ausleihe‘) on the ground floor. Any time you borrow items you will be given a receipt listing all items by their media number, their short title plus the return date. You should keep this receipt for 8 weeks. You may reserve a book which is out on loan. There is a fee of 1.50 € for this service. Books marked ‚Reference‘ with a yellow sticker (‚Nicht entleihbar‘) may only be used in the library and may not be taken home. Music-CDs and audio books cost 1.50 € per fortnight; DVDs cost 2.00 € per week. On the day of return (or earlier) please return all media to the desk on the ground floor marked ‚Rückgabe‘ and ask for a receipt.

Charges per Loan Period

There is a weekly charge for borrowing DVDs (2.00 €) and CDs and audio books (1.50 €) or titles from the ”Bestseller“- list (2.50 €).
Books, magazines, children’s books, cassettes and CD-ROMs are free of charge.

Loan Period

Media must be brought back within the following times:
Books: 28 days
Cassettes (audio books) , CDs, magazines and CD-ROMs: 2 weeks
DVDs: one week
You may renew your media if no one else has reserved them. You can renew them a maximum of 3 times. Please remember to return them or to renew them on time either by phone, fax or e-mail or by accessing our homepage and your individual account on the internet. If books are returned late, you have to pay a fine. There is no grace period.

Responsibilities

You are responsible for the books you have borrowed. Please handle them carefully. Do not give them to a third party. Should you lose an item you will be asked to pay the original price.

Reservation

You may reserve all media that are on loan or avaliable on the shelves. Each reservation in person, by telephone, by e-mail or fax will be charged 1.50 €.

Fees and Fines

Reservation of media 1.50 € per item
Print-out from library printer 0.10 € per page

Fines

On books, audio-cassettes and CD-ROMs prior to sending out a reminder

From day 1 to 7 after due back date 1.00 € per item
From day 8 to 14 2.50 € per item
from day 15 and beyond 5.00 € per item

Audio-CDs, audio books and DVDs per item

From day 1 to 3 after due back date 2.00 € per item
From day 4 to 6 after due back date 4.00 € per item
From day 7 to 9 6.00 € per item
From day 10 to 12 8.00 € per item
From day 13 and beyond 10.00 € per item

Books returned damaged or stained equivalent of internal costs.

Interloan

You may order books (non-fiction) from other libraries in Germany through the interloan section of our library.

Orders are placed through the ‘Digitale Bibliothek’. This service allows you to order from home directly at the chosen library. Please buy TANs (Trans-Action-Numbers) at a rate of 4,00 € per order for this service.

Catalogue

Our catalogue is fully electronic and can be accessed through the PCs located on each floor of the library. The catalogue is also available on the web (from 6 a.m. until midnight every day). The address is www.stadtbibliothek-neuss.de .
You can browse through the catalogue and search for items you want to take out. Additionally you can check your own account and extend the loan period for all media.

Internet

Ten Internet PCs are located on the first floor and a small fee is charged for using them. The charge is 0.20 € for 12 minutes. One hour surfing cost you 1.00 €. The PCs will automatically deduct costs for print-outs at a rate of 0.10 € per page.

Two internet PCs have been installed free of charge for those who just wish to check their e-mail accounts. These PCs run for 10 minutes per customer. No extension is possible.

You can download data by using one of the USB sticks. But under no circumstance may the computer set-up be changed. Please note that a number of chat addresses are not available.

Onleihe Neuss

Neuss public library offers you a new service: you can borrow digital media (E-Books, E-Papers, E-Magazines, E-Musik and E-Videos) very easily.
This service is available 24 hours per day from the Library Homepage. Hardware and software conditions for the use are described there.

Digitale Bibliothek (Digital Libraries) – Project

The Digitale Bibliothek (DigiBib) is an internet portal that provides library services to internet users. It allows you to search and cross-reference a vast amount of information world-wide for free. Catalogues, full-text databases including e-journals and academic information are available via the DigiBIB - PC on the first floor. Also included are multimedia-CD-ROMs and electronic text books. Interloan is also possible either from home or from the DigiBiB-PC on the first floor. You need to buy TANs (4,00 € per order) in order to get access to the system. Please ask our librarians for further information.

Job-Kabinett

The „Job-Kabinett“ on the first floor, our special collection for work-related and education-oriented titles. This section also offers you a PC for typing up your job application. Please ask for white paper at the information desk.

Newspapers and Magazines

You will find a selection of daily and weekly German papers and current magazines on display on the ground floor. We keep popular magazines such as SPIEGEL, focus, STERN Magazin, Süddeutsche Zeitung, test, FinanzTest and ÖkoTest at the information desk on the ground floor. They are for reference only. We stock copies of NEWSWEEK in the journal section on the first floor.

Collection of English Language Books

Neuss public library stocks app. 1.000 fiction titles and 400 DVDs in English. You find the section on the second floor next to the general fiction section.

You can also find a selection of books in other languages, for example in Russian and Turkish.

How to learn German - Deutsch für Anfänger

Interested in learning German? Please check relevant titles on the second floor in group O. The classification code is Ogp. We also stock titles recommended by the local Volkshochschule (evening classes).

Further Rules

You may not smoke, eat or drink in the library outside the marked area on the ground-floor where the coffee-machine is located. Please do not use your mobile phone and avoid any behaviour that may disturb other readers. The authority of the staff of the library must be respected. The library cannot accept responsibility for any articles lost or stolen in the library. Any person who breaks the house rules may be excluded from the library.

Bi-Monthly Programme

If you are interested in receiving the Bi-Monthly Programme regularly (listing readings, book-related exhibitions and events for children) please ask to be put on the mailing list. We will send it to you free of charge by mail or e-mail. You can also pick up a copy from the display shelves on the ground floor.

Readings, exhibitions and events

Regular exhibitions take place in the library foyer.

Readings, Book Presentations and Literary Events

During summer a series of readings called “Literary Summer” is taking place.

Children and Young People

Childrens‘ books in English are part of the children’s library on the ground floor.

Treffpunkt Lesebär – Bilderbuchkino (Storybook Reading)

Twice a month at 3 pm on Thursdays. Lesebär invites the 4 to 7-years-old to join us at our reading-time. We also show pictures from the book on a big screen. Entrance is free. Pick up a leaflet detailing dates and times at one of the information desks.

Bühnenspass mit dem Buchstabenschrat - HOBI Puppenbühne

HOBI, the well-known and loved puppeteer from Neuss plays for kindergarten groups in the Neuss region twice a month at the library. This is a a groups-only event. Please inquire for dates at one of the information desks or pick up a leaflet.

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