Loans service

The loans service is free

A Bibliotecas de Barcelona library card will let you borrow as many as thirty items for thirty days from any of the city's libraries. 

To ensure the smooth running of the service you will need to keep to the deadlines for returning these items. You will receive an email five days beforehand to remind you of the deadline.

You can always renew your loans provided the items have not been reserved by someone else. That can be done in person, by phone, by email or by using the activity screen you can consult from the catalogue.

If you are late in returning any items, you will be penalised with a point per item and day of delay. The IT system will block any users with 50 or more penalty points for 15 days, during which time they will be unable to use the service.

If you lose any item you will have to buy another copy. If it is no longer available, the library will state which item on the same subject you will have to buy or pay the library for.

Any friend or family member can return items you loan, as no library card is required to do that. If you wish to return a document from another library, you can do so through the inter-library loans service.