It is free to apply for a reading card. If it is reissued, the fee will be charged: 10 yuan/card. Holders can read documents in all service areas of the library (except the children's library, the book lending room for the visually impaired and the lending service area on the second floor).

Objects and conditions for accreditation: China citizens and foreigners who have reached the age of 16 can apply for Nanjing Library reader's cards (Chinese and foreign language borrowing cards, Chinese borrowing cards and reading cards) with their original valid certificates (ID cards and passports). Children readers aged 6 ~ 15 can apply for children's cards (children's borrowing cards and children's reading cards) of Nanjing Library with the original household registration book. You can also apply for a reader's card with a foreign ID card.

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Readers' borrowing regulations

1. When borrowing documents in various service areas of the library, readers must show their readers' cards with corresponding functions and cooperate with verification. Unlicensed readers refused to enter the open-shelf service area.

2. The borrowing period of documents is 30 days (the borrowing period of Braille books and periodicals is 60 days). You can renew the fee once and the renewal period is 30 days.

3. Keep the reader's card properly. If it is accidentally lost, it should be reported in time; The loss caused before reporting the loss shall be borne by the reader himself.

4. Readers must go through the corresponding procedures to copy the collected documents and materials, and make copies at the designated place in the museum.

5. Accidentally lost or defaced readers (e.g. damp, graffiti, damage, etc.). If you want to buy the same books and periodicals in the library, you have to pay compensation, plus the binding fee: 3 yuan, newspaper binding 10 yuan. Unable to buy similar books and periodicals, depending on the collection nature and publication year of the books and periodicals, compensation fees will be charged at 2-5 times the price of the books and periodicals (readers will be compensated at 20%-30% of the book price if they lose CDs and floppy disks attached to the books).

6. Anyone who tears or digs pages or steals books and periodicals, once verified, shall be compensated at 5 times the price of books and periodicals. If the circumstances are serious and the attitude is bad, I will cancel my reader card (the deposit will be deducted from the compensation fee) and hand it over to the public security department for handling or solving it through legal channels.

Nanjing Library-Frequently Asked Questions

Nanjing Library-Instructions for Registration