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Welcome to Veldhoven Library!

Visit the library and discover our extensive collection of books and other materials.
Would you like to borrow materials? You can register as a member at the library.
We only need a valid identification card (passport or driving licence).

Here you find an overview of the costs of membership per year.

From the following materials you can borrow a maximum of eight items:

Novels (Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish)
Informative books
Comic books
Magazines
Audiobooks (CD/MP3)
eBook discs
Daisy-roms
Sheet music
CDs*, CD-roms, DVDs*, Blu-rays*
Games*
Courses
Veldhoven Collection
Walking and cycling routes
E-readers
Daisy players
Memory boxes*

*Lending fee due.

Loan period
The loan period for all materials is three weeks.
By renewing your items before the due date, you may avoid fines and extend your borrowing time on selected items. There are several possibilities:

• Log in at Mijn Bibliotheek and choose "Mijn gegevens en verlengen" (My data and extend)
• At the library with your library card
• By phone: 040-2532901 (€ 0,75 per card)

When you extend the loan period for materials subject to a lending fee, you will have to pay the lending fee  again. We charge fines on overdue materials to encourage patrons to return items on time.
If you do not return the material you will receive a reminder after six weeks and if you still fail to return any items a replacement cost will be levied.

Download "de Bibliotheek" (the Library) app
Members with a smartphone can download this free application. You can download it from the iTunes App Store and the Android Market. With this app you can easily reserve and renew materials. Also, you get a message when you have to return the materials.

Magazines and newspapers
The newspapers and the most recent magazines are available for every visitor. You can find them at the read- and study department located on the first floor. You are free to sit down there and to take yourself a cup of tea or coffee while reading the papers.
You are not permitted borrow the newspapers. However, you can borrow magazines. You will find them in the blue cassettes downstairs.

Computers, Internet and WiFi
Bibliotheek Veldhoven offers free wireless internet (WiFi) at all areas. You will also find computers that offer access to the Internet, electronic databases, library catalogues and Microsoft Office. The cost for using a computer at the study-department on the first floor is € 0,75 for a quarter of an hour and € 2,50 for one hour.

Tourist information
In the library you will also find the Tourist Information (VVV). Here you can buy presents, maps, biking and walking routes and a selection of gift vouchers: dinner-cheques, theatre-cheques, cinema-cheques for example. But our main goal is that we can inform you about the touristic topics in our region.

Public catalogue
All resources in the library are catalogued onto a computer database. This catalogue can be searched through a lot of terminals for the public. It is really easy for you to look up what you want (searching on title, author or subject).

There is much more to discover...
Please visit our library and ask for an introductory tour!