Borrowing Music and Scripts
Western Australian individuals and organisations may borrow music scores, play scripts and audio cassettes directly from the music collection. You may register and borrow directly from the ground floor reception desk in the State Library.
Membership to the State Library is free of charge. If you are under the age of 18, you may join the library if your parent or guardian provides suitable identification and countersigns your application form. You may borrow a total of eight items at any one time. Magazines, LP and CD recordings are not available for loan but may be used within the State Library.
- Register as a member
- Loan periods for items
- Renewing loans
- Returning items
- Late returns
- Reserving an item
- Requesting items from stack (storage areas)
- Damaged items
- Borrowing through your public library
- Contact us
Register as a member
To register as member of the State Library you must:
- Live in WA
- Visit any service desk within the State Library
- Show identification and proof of your current residential address
If you live in the eastern states you may borrow from our collections through your local public library. Please see the section below entitled Borrowing music, plays and cassettes from our collections through your local public library for further information.
Loan periods for music and performing arts
- Music scores (sheet music) – 4 weeks
- Orchestral (performing) sets – 3 months
- Music cassettes – 4 weeks
- Play scripts – 4 weeks
- Play script sets – 3 months
Renewing loans
Your loans may be renewed once. You can arrange renewals of your loans via telephone, email, by visiting us with the items you want to renew or by accessing your My Library Card.
- Items must be returned to circulation at ground floor reception
- All items must be returned prior to or on their due date
- Do not return your items to a public library
Late returns
One courtesy notice will be issued to you if you forget to return the items on time. Items not returned will incur an invoice for their replacement cost and a non-refundable $41.97 administrative fee. If you return an item after you have been invoiced you will only have to pay the $41.97 administrative fee.
Reserving an item
If the item you want to borrow is on loan you may ask staff to reserve it for you. As soon as the item is returned you will be contacted and asked to collect the item from the ground floor reception desk within seven days. If you do not collect the item within seven days it will be made available for other clients to borrow.
Requesting items from stack (storage areas)
Requests for these items can be made at any enquiry desk, via telephone or through YES, the online reference service.
Damaged items
Any item that is damaged or destroyed whilst checked out to you will incur an invoice for the replacement cost for the item, and a non-refundable administration fee of $41.97.
Borrowing through your public library
Music scores and plays from our collections are available for interlibrary loan through your public library. Items requested and borrowed from our collections via your public library must be returned to your public library.
Contact details
State Library of Western Australia
Perth Cultural Centre
Francis Street
Perth WA 6000
Loans and renewals: (08) 9427 3243
Enquiries: (08) 9427 3111
Web: www.slwa.wa.gov.au
Page last updated: Thursday 3 May 2012
