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Extended loans Need to keep your book a little longer this holiday season? Relax and enjoy the Christmas break with our extended loans on books and items including magazines and rental DVDs. If you enjoy borrowing a few extra books, you’ll soon be able to borrow your items for a longer period of time this holiday season. Christmas and New Year opening hours » Auckland Libraries will be closed briefly over Christmas and New Year. Here's a list of our opening times across the festive period. Closed for Christmas Christmas Day, Sunday 25 December: closed. Boxing Day, Monday 26 December: all libraries closed except Botany open 10am - 5pm. Open between Christmas and New Year Tuesday 27 December: Central, New Lynn, Mt Albert, East Coast Bays, Warkworth, Pakuranga, Botany, Manukau libraries open. Wednesday 28 December - Saturday 31 December: Most branches closing 5 or 5.30pm. Please contact your local branch for details. Closed for New Year New Year's Day, Sunday 1 January: closed. Monday 2 January: all libraries closed except Botany open 10am - 5pm. Tuesday 3 January: Central, New Lynn, Mt Albert, East Coast Bays, Warkworth, Pakuranga, Botany, Manukau libraries open. All libraries are back to normal operation from Wednesday 4 January. Please note our mobile libraries are also closed over the holidays, for the following periods: Mobile Library (Central): Saturday 24 December 2011 - Monday 23 January 2012 Mobile Library (West): Friday 23 December 2011 - Monday 16 January 2012 Mobile Library (North): Friday 16 December 2011 - Monday 16 January 2012 Mobile Library (South): Saturday 24 December 2011 - Monday 16 January 2012 Extended loan periods are as follows » From 26 November until 31 December 2011 28-day loans (e.g. books, audio books) will be issued/renewed for 42 days. From 10 December 2011 until 6 January 2012 14-day loans (e.g. magazines, CDs, bestsellers) will be issued/renewed for 28 days. From 17 December 2011 until 20 January 2012 7-day loans will be issued/renewed for 15 days. Auckland Libraries The public libraries of seven former councils in the Auckland region amalgamated and became Auckland Libraries on 1 November 2010. You can use your existing library card at any of the 55 library branches and 4 mobile libraries. Borrow and return items to any library from Wellsford to Waiheke to Waiuku. Joining Auckland Libraries is free for residents and ratepayers of the Auckland Council region. Read more about Auckland Libraries.		Catalogue The Sir Edmund Hillary Library welcomes you to our services and facilities.. To access your library records please click on 'MY INFO' Click HERE to download a copy of the 'My Info' help sheet. Join The Library Papakura Library Services became part of Auckland Libraries on 1 November 2010. Read information about joining Auckland Libraries. Auckland Libraries - make the most of free reminder notices No more fines! Make the most of the biggest public library collection in Australasia without chalking up overdue fines. From 1 November, you will have access to approximately 3.5 million items from 55 libraries stretching from Wellsford to Waiuku – managing up to 35 items on your card can be a breeze with the help of our reminder notice email service. How reminder notices work The notices: Are sent to you via email Are sent three days before the library items are due back Provide you with options to either renew or return items Aim to help you manage your borrowing and hopefully eliminate or reduce overdue fines. If you’re not subscribed to this free service, please update your email address right away and automatically receive reminder notices. You can do this by logging into your My Info account and choosing ‘Modify personal information’. Come 1 November, not only will you have access to a massive combined collection, we’re also offering free requests. This means from 1 November you can reserve, for free, that book or magazine or DVD you’ve been hankering to read or watch. Charges apply on rental collections when you borrow, e.g. $2 for a DVD for a week. To see Auckland Libraries’ full list of new library fees, overdue charges and loan periods, visit the borrowing information page. Pay Online Use our secure online payment facility to pay library charges via your credit card. Go to ‘My Info’, if you have any outstanding charges you can pay online by clicking the ‘Pay fines and charges’ button.