5 February 2021
Delivering the library to you!
Libraries are for everyone and the Southern Downs Libraries experience can be delivered free and directly to your door.
While COVID-19 restrictions have temporarily suspended the regular mobile service, the Southern Downs Libraries appreciate that some residents may not be able to easily access one of the region’s three facilities and offer a convenient and direct home delivery service.
A Council spokesperson said that the libraries were committed to ensuring everyone had equal access to their resources.
“The Southern Downs Libraries experience is so much more than visiting one of our fantastic facilities,” the spokesperson said.
“Through our home delivery library service, residents can book items online or over the phone and our staff will deliver them directly to your door.
“Residents can search the library’s online catalogue under the ‘Living Here’ tab on Council’s website at www.sdrc.qld.gov.au.
“Whether it’s borrowing a book, magazine, puzzle or DVD, no one should miss out on what our libraries have to offer.”
The home service is available across the region and makes regular deliveries to regional areas previously serviced by the mobile library including Yangan, Swan Creek, Emu Vale, Junabee, Maryvale, Freestone, Gladfield, Leyburn, Wheatvale, Pratten, Karara, Dalveen and Killarney. Deliveries are also available in the Warwick, Stanthorpe and Allora townships and surrounds. Any member of the Southern Downs Libraries is welcome to call and enquire about the possibility of a delivery.
The regular homerun service is still offered fortnightly for deliveries to housebound residents who are unable to access the library because of illness or disability.
The Southern Downs Libraries also offer an incredible digital library of movies, eMagazines, eComics, eBooks, eLearning and so much more. You need to have a library card to access these services and members without cards can phone library staff to facilitate an over-the-phone sign-up for access to online services.