Libraries Prices and PINS
Forgotten library PIN?
If you have an email address registered with us, you can reset your PIN here. Otherwise, please contact your local library or email libraries@shropshire.gov.uk with your membership number.
Pay a charge
You can settle all or part of your account by card*, cash or cheque in a Shropshire Libraries branch.
*Card payment NOT available at Albrighton, Bishops Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Ellesmere, or Shifnal.
Check your account balance
To find out if you have an outstanding balance on your account simply log in using your 12 digit library card number and PIN.
Prices
Loans
- Item
Books
- Standard membership fee
Free
- Concessionary membership fee
Free
- Item
Audiobooks
- Standard membership fee
£3.05
- Concessionary membership fee
Free
- Item
Children's audiobooks
- Standard membership fee
Free
- Concessionary membership fee
Free
- Item
Language courses
- Standard membership fee
£3.05
- Concessionary membership fee
Free
- Item
Sets of vocal scores*
- Standard membership fee
£1.25 per score
- Concessionary membership fee
N/A
- Item
Sets of play scripts*
- Standard membership fee
£1.25 per script
- Concessionary membership fee
N/A
- Item
Orchestral sets*
- Standard membership fee
£27.50 per set
- Concessionary membership fee
N/A
Standard loan period is three weeks, or two weeks for mobile libraries.
* These charges apply to music and drama sets obtained from other authorities and are charged in addition to the inter-library loan fee. There's no charge for the loan of sets from Shropshire Libraries stock.
Computer use
Use of the library computers is free for up to two hours a day for members; guest users are charged £1.50 for up to two hours a day.
Overdue charges
Books and maps
- 25p per day for standard members; maximum charge of £5 per book
- No charge to concessionary members
- No charge to children on children's books
Music and drama sets
£25 for any set or part of a set returned to the library overdue. Remember, sets can be issued for an agreed period after the last performance to enable the copies to be collected together.
Other items (audiobooks, language courses)
- Equivalent to subsequent hire charges for the period overdue. Maximum charge of £10 per item
- No charge to concessionary members
- No charge to children for children’s audiobooks
Reservations
- £1.10. Free for fiction in other languages.
Concessions
Free for children, full time students under 19 and concessionary members. Child-minders, home educators, foster carers, volunteer reading helpers, family learning tutors and early years childcare providers may request children’s books free of charge.
Requests (including periodical articles)
If a book or periodical article isn't in stock and either out of print or not suitable to purchase for stock, it will cost £23 to obtain it via the Inter-library loan scheme. Requests for periodical articles are at a discounted rate of £18.
Reading groups
There is a fixed annual fee of £60 for a reading group to reserve and borrow up to 12 sets of books for their group. The sets will be delivered to a library of choice.
Replacement charges
- Lost/damaged item - current cost of item + £1 admin fee
- Replacement library membership card - £1.75