Join the Library

Anyone who lives, works or is studying in Powys can join the library, it’s completely free

Library members can:

  • Borrow Books, including Audiobooks on CD

  • Use the catalogue to reserve and renew items online

  • Download eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer.

Anyone can visit our libraries to:

  • Use computers and Wi-Fi, completely free (a parent or guardian will need to give permission for under-16s, who will also need to be members of the library. No restrictions if you are 16 or over)

  • Find your family history - you can search Ancestry for free from library computers or by connecting your own device to our free Wifi service

  • Use Access2Research on library computers

Joining Instructions

Join Online to join the library now

You will receive a temporary membership number which you can use to borrow and download eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines straightaway.

We’ll send you an email with your new library number. (Please check your Junk mail folder if this doesn’t arrive).

Call into any library with some form of ID (eg bank card or drivers licence) to upgrade to full membership, so you can borrow books and audiobooks on CD from any of our branch libraries.

Or, call into any library and we can join you or your child straight away

A parent or guardian needs to apply on behalf of anyone under the age of 14.

We'll usually need to see some form of ID for full membership - eg bank card or drivers licence - but please get in touch if that's a problem for you.

Privacy Notice for Libraries

In order to provide Library Services to you, we collect and hold some personal information about you. This will include: