Parkwood Vale Library
Parkwood Vale Library serves the valley's southern end, and all library services are available on a smaller scale here. Public computers, a black and white printer, and a photocopier are available.
Parkwood Vale Library serves the valley's southern end, and all library services are available on a smaller scale here. Public computers, a black and white printer, and a photocopier are available.
Anyone living in South Wales Valleys or nearby may join the Parkwood Vale Library for free and borrow items free of charge. An ‘item’ is any kind of book in our collection.
You may join in person (at the Library) or online. When you join you will need to provide two personal identification (ID) documents. One should be photographic such as a driving licence or passport and a second ID should show your current address such as a council tax or utilities bill. If you join online you must show us this ID when you first use our services.
You may borrow books for up to 2 weeks.
Your children are your responsibility at all time You must notify the Library of any change of name, address or other contact details as soon as possible. You will be responsible for any items taken out on your account until you report the loss. If for any reason you want to stop using the Library to borrow items, let us know; you remain responsible for any outstanding items taken out until you have requested cancellation of your membership.
You must renew or return items to the Library by closing time on the date due back (or the earliest prior opening date if that date is a public holiday).
Unless it has been reserved by another borrower, an item may be renewed by telephone or email for 2 further periods of 2 weeks without being produced at the library. If you still require the item after that, you must bring it to the library to be re-issued.
You are responsible for any loss or damage to items that you have borrowed, and may have to pay the replacement cost of the item or for repair of the item.
If you:
The circumstances may also be reported to the Manager who has the authority to cancel the membership of any person habitually keeping items overdue, treating them badly or refusing to pay outstanding charges.
When on Parkwood Vale Library premises you agree to:
Not speaking or behaving in a discriminatory or anti-social way towards others;
Adequately supervise any children you bring to the Library and ensure that no property is damaged;
Treat all people in the Library, especially children, with care and respect.
You also agree that if you do not, in our absolute discretion, we may cancel your membership or any related privilege without further notice.
The information provided on this or any forms or in relation to your membership will be processed in accordance with data protection principles as set out in the GDPR 2018 (see our Privacy and Data Protection Policy on our website).
In summary, data will be processed only to ensure that Parkwood Vale Library has relevant records of its membership and the items borrowed.
The personal information provided will not be used for any other purpose unless legally required. Aggregated statistical data which cannot be traced back to you may be used for analysis and reporting.
These Terms and Conditions can be found at any time on our website parkwoodvale.co.uk