Our Collection & Borrowing

Explore our physical collection via our search catalogue.

We have a wide range including fiction & nonfiction, large pirnt, jigsaws, magazines,  audio CDs, graphic novels, and DVDs (no bluray).

Children's Books - age 0 to 12

These items can be identified by the  red  flash on the spine.

• Board books - sturdy storybooks designed for babies and toddlers
• Picture books - highly illustrated stories for toddlers to primary aged children
• Sophisticated picture books - illustrated stories featuring more words or no text at all, with  themes more suitable for older primary to young adult readers
• Early readers - illustrated books of varying difficulty for those beginning to read.
• Chapter books - storybooks without pictures for fluent readers
• Tween - suited for advanced readers or aged 11-12 years (identified with spine label tween)
• Graphic novels - children's comics have a red 'graphic novels' spine label.

Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction - age 13 to 24

These titles are identified by the  yellow  flash on the spine.

• Teen & adult comics have a white 'graphic novels' spine label.

Entertainment at your fingertips with 24/7 online access to free eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers. Check out our Digital Resources for more information.

We're on a mission to ensure our collection stays relevant to our borrowers. If you would like to suggest collection items.

• All physical books & audio books, jigsaws & magazines: 3 week loan period, 2 renewals (if no holds)
• DVDs: 1 to 2 week loan period
• Tech Kits: 2 week loan period,  1 renewal
• Board games: 3 week loan, no  renewal

There are many ways to borrow items:

Self-Service Kiosks

Available at Dannevirke, Woodville & Pahiatua, the self-service kiosks can be used with your membership card, or manually with your membership number.

The kiosk does not tell you if you've had that item before, so if that is important to you, please check out at the desk.

See us at the desk

We still love to see you, so feel free to come to the desk to borrow items if you prefer.

There are many ways you can check your due dates or renew items:

• Through your online account with your membership number and pin - search, place holds, check due dates and renew items
• In the library on a self-check machine - renew items
• Through the catalogue
• Through the library app available from Google Play or Apple Store on any device that supports apps - search, place holds, check due dates, renew items and manage children’s items
• We are also here to help you.

Holds (reserves) are free. Hold items are couriered to the library branch you most frequently use,  and you will be notified when it's ready to collect.

Staff can place holds for you, or you can easily do it yourself online or using our app.

Search for the item in our catalogue. The search result will let you know whether we have it, what format it's in (physical or electronic), and whether it's available.

When you place a hold, we will grab it for you (if it’s available now, or when it’s returned) and keep it aside for you to pick up (within 10 days). We'll let you know by email or phone, and it also shows up in your online account.

Should you change your mind about a hold, you can drop the hold through your online account, in the app, or talk to a staff member.

If we do not have the item you're after, you might like to place an interloan request.

This, and your membership number, are used to login to our app, catalogue, or any of our digital services.

• Passwords/pin are fully encrypted.
• The recommended format is at least 8 characters including upper case, lower case, letters & numbers. Initially, a symbol cannot be used but you can change it.
• To change it, please log into the catalogue site, click login at the top right.
• If you've forgotten it, go to the catalogue site, click login at the top right, then "forgotten your password".  Remember to check your spam for the email with the reset link.  Alternatively, please contact your local library for help. Note that you may be asked to provide identification.
• If you have problems logging in, please contact us for help.
• Unverified? If a digital resource tells you that verification is required, please email (or call) with your name, card number, full address and phone number/s so that staff can do that for you.