Membership Info

We are passionate about keeping our membership fees affordable for all residents and non profit (NFP) organisations in our community.   A one month trial Membership is only $20 but you can only take this out once, and you can only borrow a maximimum of 5 items. 

Standard Household Memberships come in two forms – if you have capacity and interest to be an Active Member and volunteer aproximately 2 hours a fortnight you can select the $1 per week membership.  If you can’t, no worries, you need to take out the $2 per week option.  Both have a minimum initial cost of $26 and allow you to borrow lots of stuff (we haven’t set a limit but some logical restrictions apply like you can’t book all our tents during school holidays or all our gazebo’s during peak event season).

Household Memberships are for exactly that – for you to use at your home or for the benefit of the people who normally reside in your home or visitors.  Please don’t suggest to your friends that it’s ok for them to use your membership cause it’s not.   Avoid putting our volunteer librarians in an uncomfortable position when they assume it’s you picking up or dropping back stuff.  Circumstances out of your control will of course be forgiven but otherwise it’s important you collect and return borrowed items in person.

We don’t allow household membership holders to borrow our stuff to support events or commercial activity other than a situation where they may wish to try holding a market stall to see if the endevour is worth pursuing regularly or for the occassional garage sale.  If you are assisting with an event then please speak to us about our the best way for the Library assets to help reduce the need for the event to buy stuff they only need to use once.  If the event is not for profit we are happy to sponsor if there is no budget or its a fundraiser.

Please do not view us as a cheap alternative to local hire companies.  

They are our allies in offering alternatives to buying items infrequently required by our community.

If you love what we are working so hard to develop and have the capacity to donate additional funds please consider making a donation – tax deductible receipts can be provided via our partner and auspicor, Mullum SEED Incorporated.  See our donation page for more information.

In order to allow all items to be able to be booked back to back (really important for our most popular items) we require all returns to arrive in the FIRST HOUR of a session.  This allows for another member who has booked returning items to rely on them being ready to collect in the SECOND HOUR.

We have staggered our open times to try to suit more lifestyles.  As our capacity grows we hope to open more days.

It’s easy to imagine arriving to collect an item you have booked and the disappointment you would feel if the previous lender hadn’t returned it.  This could seriously impact your plans to go camping, do some DIY or organise the stuff you need to put on a party or fundraising event.  If you borrow items or book them then can’t for whatever reason return or collect the items as expected the system allows you to renew items or to cancel or change your reservation.  If any of the items are booked by another member the system will stop you from renewing them.  If you have trouble updating your reservation or extending a loan you MUST call or text the Library’s mobile so our volunteer team can assist you and notify other members if need be. Please add our mobile number to the contacts in your phone under the Library of Stuff – avoid emailing us as that creates additional work for our team.

0431 005 755

As a member you accept that borrowing instead of buying means you are making a sacrifice of convenience. 

We know from surveying our members that this effort is something they are pleased to make AS LONG AS the service is RELIABLE.

We rely on our members and our members rely on each other.

Once you are a paid up member you will see the Reserve button on each item you view in the inventory.  Once you have chosen the items to reserve in, you must go to the cart and submit it in a similiar fashion to an online shopping experience where you ‘go to the cart’ to complete your purchase.

We strongly recommend you view this  MyTurn cart instructional video on how to navigate this (thanks to our mates up in TOOLO in the Blue Mountains for sharing). Your reservation is only complete when you have received an email from My Turn, the software system we use to manage the Library’s operations. 

 We will contact you to discuss how you would like to Actively support the Library within weeks of joining.  If you don’t want to wait you can always call or text our mobile to get the ball rolling – 0490 957 899.  First please complete our Active Member Info & Agreement form here.

1. Please attend personally the first time you borrow stuff as we require sighting your photo ID and proof of address.  Once this has been done you are welcome to have other people pick up and return items on your behalf.  Please don’t ask a friend to drop an item back that is in poorer condition than when you borrowed it as that makes for the awkward situation where we ask that the person return it to you until you can attend to discuss the problem.
2. In order to book items our system requires that you record a payment method on your account.  Handling cash creates a significant administrative burden to our team so we prefer memberships are processed online.  You can make a direct transfer to our bank account and stipulate no payments are made on your card but having the card details on file is required.
3. When you join you will be required to sign our Liability Waiver and Term and Conditions.  Basically the use of Library items is at your own risk.  We ensure all electrical items are tested and tagged every three months and endevour to ensure all items are in a safe working condition.  It is up to you to know how to use the items.  If you are unfamiliar with power tools you wish to borrow we strongly recommend you do a half day Upskill course at Shedding Community Workshop.  We reserve the right to refuse to lend any items that we believe pose a risk to you or the item itself based on your knowledge of how to use and care for it. 
4. If items are damaged or lost by you (general wear and tear excepted) you are expected to rectify the loss.  Please always advise the Library team immediately you become aware there is damage or loss.  Do not wait until the day the item is due back as another member may have booked it and be expecting it to be in good working order for them.  Call the Library mobile on 0431 005 755.

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