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By joining the National Library of Scotland you can:

Visit us to get a library card and use the reading rooms
Preorder books online via Library Search in advance of your visit
Access our eResources remotely. (Please note: To access the full range of eResources your main address must be in Scotland.)

Under 16 year olds please see our access procedures for children and school students.

Step 1 (current) - Enter data
Step 2 - Confirm data and agree to Library policies
Step 3 - Equal opportunities monitoring form (optional)

Name and email

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Email:

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Confirm email:

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Contact information

We need your residential address. (If you are planning to visit us to get a library card you will need to bring evidence of your address. Please see Evidence of identity and address for more information.)

The Library will only contact you, if necessary, regarding your use of the Library or your library card.

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Address line 2:

City:

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Personal information that you supply on this form will be held and used by the Library for the purposes of managing your membership. Where necessary for this purpose, some information may be sent to third party providers. For full details about how we will hold and use your information, including your rights in relation to your data, please see our Privacy page, in particular our Registration privacy notice.

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