Home Library Service & Accessibility

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Home Library Service

The Home Library Service is a free service for residents of the Lane Cove and Hunters Hill Local Government Areas who are unable to visit the library due to age, illness, injury, disability, or caring responsibilities.

We deliver a personalised selection of library items directly to your home, including:

  • Large print and normal print books
  • Fiction and non-fiction
  • Audiobooks (MP3)
  • Magazines
  • DVDs
  • Music CDs
  • Community language materials (on request)

You can request specific titles and/or our library staff can select items for you based on your reading preferences.

Items are delivered and collected on a regular schedule — every two or four weeks.

We can also help you access to our digital collections, including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers, and streaming video services.

 

Who is eligible?

You may be eligible for the Home Library Service if you are:

  • Temporarily or permanently housebound due to illness, injury, or frailty
  • Living with a disability
  • Recovering from surgery
  • A carer who is unable to leave the person you support
  • Living in an aged care facility or retirement village

A letter from your doctor or healthcare provider may be required to confirm eligibility.

How does it work?

Home Library Service staff will tailor selections to suit your interests.

You can also choose your own items using the online catalogue.

Delivery and collection will be arranged with you depending on your needs.

How to apply

To get started choose one of the following options:

  • Download and complete the Home Library Service Application Form (PDF)
  • Visit Lane Cove Library in person
  • Call us on 9911 3634
  • Email: library@lanecove.nsw.gov.au

 

Self-Select Home Delivery

If you are not housebound but find it difficult to carry items home, our Self-Select Home Delivery option is for you.

Visit Lane Cove Library, choose your items, and leave them at the loans desk. Library staff will deliver them to your home and collect any returns on a scheduled delivery day.

 

Accessibility

Lane Cove Library has a range of options that assist residents in accessing resources.

Resources

  • Large Print books
  • Audiobooks
  • Music CDs
  • Children's sensory books
  • Easy to read books for adults
  • High-interest/low vocabulary materials
  • Descriptive and closed captioned DVDs
  • eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines
  • Reference material on disabilities
  • Preserving Memory Collection

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Facilities

  • Hearing loop available in Meeting & Training rooms
  • Induction loop available at Loans & Information Desks
  • Accessible toilets
  • Free Wi-Fi and PCs
  • Standing desk
  • Chairs with sturdy arm rests
  • Shopping trolleys and baskets

Assistive Technology

  • ReadIt Air (for use in the Library) - portable camera that works with the ReadIt software and enables instant access to printed documents converting them to large print and text-to-speech output.
  • Reader Pens for loan - portable scanning pens which reads printed text out loud.
  • ClearView Magnifier with Speech option - a simple to use electronic magnifier. An ideal solution for people with low vision who have difficulty reading or viewing pictures. It easily magnifies text and photos in newspapers, magazines, leaflets or mail. With the press of a button, you can convert text to speech – which can also be saved onto your USB.

 

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Access

  • Wheelchair accessible and all on one level
  • Disabled parking in front of the Library

 

 

 

 

 

 

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