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Home library service

Our home library service offers free delivery of library material to people unable to visit their local library.

Home library service delivering books to older woman

The home library service provides a full range of library services, including answers to requests for information and delivery of specifically requested titles in a variety of formats: 

  • fiction and non-fiction books
  • large print books
  • audio books in CD format
  • magazines
  • music CDs
  • DVDs
  • materials in languages other than English. 

Our home library staff will talk to you about what your interests are and what sort of material you want, including any specific titles you wish to receive. We will set up a day to visit you every four weeks.

Who is eligible for the service? 

You can receive this service if: 

  • you can’t physically visit the library yourself because of illness, frailty or disability, and have no one in your household to visit the library for you
  • you are temporarily housebound.

You must have a genuine need for the service. 

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Contact us

Home library service

East Melbourne Library
122 George Street East Melbourne VIC 3002

Phone

1800 695 427

 

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