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Family Membership

About Family Membership

  • If members are registered as a family membership, those may borrow books on behalf of the family members.
    • Available Services : Borrow/return/reserve books and request for preserved materials
    • Overdue Penalty : Applies to each individual family member

Process

  • 1. Create an account at the Seoul Metropolitan Library website(Visit digital collections or Online)
    ※ Member who want to register as a family must have an account.
  • 2. Register as a family membership(Digital collections)
  • 3. Consent to delegation(Online)
    ※ Consent is required for each member.
  • Present your own membership card(Each collection room)
  • Borrow books on behalf of the family members(Each collection room)

[Step2]Registration as a Family Membership

  • Location : Digital Collections
  • Qualification : Immediate family(※ such as parents, sons and daughters, spouse)
  • Required Documents : ID(Identification), Household(Resident) Register

[Step2]Registration as a Family Membership

  • Log in to the website > My page > Family member consent
    ※ Members under the age of 14 at the time of registration will be excluded from consent(no consent required)
  • Withdrawal of consent and withdrawal from family membership group can be made at [My page > Change Information]
    • 1) Withdrawal of consent : re-registration is required from Step 3
    • 2) Withdrawal from family membership group : re-registration is required from Step 2
  • Required Documents : ID(Identification), Household(Resident) Register

[Step4-5]Borrowing Books

  • Present your own membership card(The membership card of a person who wants to borrow on behalf of another family member)
  • You can borrow books after employee checks whether you are registered as family members and whether your family member agrees to delegate.
    ※ If you bring your family's membership card without your own membership card, you cannot borrow by proxy
  • Example
    • If Kim presents his own membership card, he can borrow Lee’s book by proxy.
    • However, Kim can’t borrow Park’s because Park didn’t consent to delegation.
    • Facilities-Sort, Area(㎡), Main Facilities
      User Consent Status
      Kim Y
      Park N
      Lee Y