Courier

If you need an item urgently or prefer to have your reserved items delivered to you at home or at work, you can use the courier service.

Who: Anyone can request the courier service.
  • If you want an item from Wellington City Libraries' collection, you will have to become a member. Check our joining page for details.
  • If you want an item that will not have to be returned to the library, for example a photocopy of a magazine article, you do not need to join the library.
  • ProSearch customers can request courier delivery of search results.
What:
  • Any item in Wellington City Libraries' collection which is available for loan. Check our catalogue here.
  • Any item which Wellington City Libraries can source, for example items interloaned from a library outside Wellington.
  • Research results. See the ProSearch page for details.
How: You can ask for courier delivery when -

Arrival Time:
  • 24 hours (weekdays) if item is available.
  • If item is on loan or must be sourced from another site, 24 hours (weekdays) from when it reaches the library.
  • For urgent delivery, contact the ProSearch team. Email, phone +64 04 801 4059 or fax +64 04 801 4088.
Loan Period:
  • Books, cassettes, kits: 4 weeks loan period.
  • Magazines, cds, dvds, videos, cd-roms, best-seller books: 1 week loan period.
  • Check our Borrowing page for more details.
  • The loan period begins when the item is issued at the library, before it is couriered to you.
Return of Items:
  • The return of library items is the responsibility of the borrower.
  • Items will come with an issue slip giving the date due and issuing branch.
  • Normal overdue charges apply.
  • A $1 charge per item is incurred when items are returned to a branch they were not issued at.
  • If you want to return couriered items to a specific branch, please specify which one when placing the reserve.
Charges:
  • $5 Delivery within the Wellington region (the pink areas in this map).
  • $10 Per courier bag rest of New Zealand.
  • Extra charges as applicable ($2 reservation fee, $2 extra per item if you are a rental borrower, $1 per item interlibrary return fee, 20c per A4 page photocopying, ProSearch charges).
  • Please contact the ProSearch team for International charges.
Payment:
  • WCL members in the library: please pay when the courier service is requested.
  • WCL members via phone, email, fax: a charge is placed on your library card.
  • Non-members: payment in advance.

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