Self-service library

Service description

Self-service hours at the National Library

• Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri 9–10 am and 5–6 pm
• Wed 9–10 am

There is no customer service during self-service hours, and the Special Collections Reading Room is not open.

(Customer service is open Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri 10 am – 5 pm, Wed 10 am – 8 pm. See Opening hours.)

During self-service hours you can

• use the self-service machines to return and borrow materials
• pick up your reservations
• read your reading room loans
• use electronic materials and databases through library terminals
• print documents using the Print in City service
• read

During self-service hours you can’t for example

• get a new library card
• pay overdue fines at the service point (you can also pay online, when you log into the National Library’s search service)
• pick up interlibrary loans subject to a fee
• use the Special Collections Reading Room