To support your teaching, the State Library of Tasmania offers you a special category of library membership. This membership is in addition to your personal library membership.
With this membership you will be able to access the full range of public library services including TALIS, the on-line information system. You can use TALIS to search the library catalogue, then reserve or renew items. Plus, TALIS will give you access to a range of public information services like Community Organisations and the Tasmanian Index (Newspapers and Journals).
Teacher/Home Educator membership allows you to select and borrow up to 15 items for 21 days. You can place reservations at any library or via TALIS for up to 15 items at a time. When the items are available at the nominated pickup location, we will notify you.
You may borrow from any public library in Tasmania. City libraries have the largest selection of material, and offer professional reader services. Branch libraries house smaller collections, however via TALIS you have on-line access to the entire State Library of Tasmania collection.
To register for teacher/home educator membership, identification must now be proven by the sighting of any three documents from the following: driver’s licence or firearm’s licence / Medicare card / credit card with signature / birth certificate / passport / Teacher’s Registration certificate.
Teachers: You will need to complete a new registration form (available from any public library) and provide a letter of authorisation from your school Principal. The Principal of your school is required to act as guarantor for items lent because the school is accountable for items on loan, including costs incurred for damage or lost items.
Home Educators: You will need to complete a new registration form (available from any public library) and produce a letter of Ministerial recognition of home educator status.
The standard State Library schedule of fees and charges apply to items borrowed on your Teacher / Home Educator librarycard. The late fees schedule is $1 per item per week or part thereof, to a maximum of $5 per item. An additional $1.10 processing fee is added if a Long Overdue account is generated five weeks after the due date of the item.
Your registration will be reviewed at the start of each calendar year. If you transfer to another school mid-year, you will need to complete a new registration for that school.
