MUNICIPAL LIBRARY

Location: Carrer Sequeret nº 2 d’Alcalalí

Contact: biblioteca@alcalali.es / 96.648.20.24

Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 16:30 to 19:30 (Closed july and august)

INSTALLATIONS

The Municipal Library of Alcalalí is accessible, and consists of the following spaces:

• Consultation and reading room: where you can access and consult the library’s collection.

• Study room: where you can study or do your homework quietly and isolated from the traffic of users in the reading room.

• Children’s room: with knowledge and imagination books for children in Spanish and Valencian.

• We Help with Homework!

During its opening hours, the Library will assist users with any doubts they may have about school or institute homework, as far as possible.

• Storytelling Sessions

Periodically, we will hold storytelling sessions for audiences aged 3 to 99 years old.

• Craft Workshops

We will periodically hold thematic craft workshops for children aged 3 and up.

To know the dates of the activities, you can check the website of the Alcalalí Town Hall and their social networks, where we will inform about the schedule of these activities and news.

The Municipal Public Library of Alcalalí establishes the book borrowing service in the manner and with the limitations provided in this Regulation. The service is attached to the Department of Culture.

Article 2.- Readers.

The borrowing of books will be granted to all people who, domiciled in the town, offer recognized solvency, either personal or by guarantee, to respond to the obligations contracted by the service user.

The solvency requirements will be understood as the following, without prejudice to those that could be incorporated:

• Being registered in the municipality.
• Being of legal age or having authorization from a parent or guardian.

Article 3.- Cost of service.

The book borrowing service is free of charge.

Article 4.- User rights.

The beneficiaries of the service will have the right to borrow books from the Library, except for those listed in Article 9.

Article 5.- User card.

The Library will provide users with a card (in duplicate) whose issuance will be made according to the requirements stated in the second article and will serve to accredit in each case the right to borrow books.

The card application will be made through a specific form from the Town Hall.

Article 6.- Validity of the cards.

These cards will be valid for two years and will be numbered consecutively, in accordance with a register kept by the Library, with the following data:

• Number
• Date of issue
• Name and address of the user and the parent/guardian if applicable.

Article 7.- Obligations of the Reader

The reader who obtains the loan is obliged to take diligent care of the book and not to lend it to another person. They will be responsible for its full value in case of damage or loss.

Article 8.- Return deadlines for Library books

The maximum loan period will be thirty calendar days from the date of withdrawal, and failure to return the book within the specified period will result in a financial penalty of two euros for each day of delay, which will be enforced against a receipt issued by the Town Hall. Refusal to pay by the reader will result in the loss of the right to use the service for a period of five years, with the parent/guardian being jointly liable if applicable. In case of non-return, the Town Hall will initiate the necessary legal actions to ensure the book’s return.

Article 9.- Exclusions.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries, general reference books such as bibliographic treatises, catalogs, and large-format works, magazines, newspapers, and books with rich bindings and numerous illustrations are excluded from the loan. These can only be consulted at the Town Hall within the established hours.