In brief, if you are a member of the Anglican or Methodist Church – minister, student or parishioner, you are welcome to register as a library member. Others who do not fit the above categories may be granted membership on payment of a fee.
Members are entitled to borrow books and to access our electronic databases and full-text periodicals.
Anyone is welcome to visit the library and to read material while there. Please come to the desk and sign the visitors’ book if you are not a library member.
Register to Become a Library Member
It’s simple to become a Kinder Library Member.
- Fill out a Registration Form
- Send it to us
- We’ll be in touch if we need any more information
- You’re in!
Please choose an option to view our Registration form:
When you have completed the registration form, please send it to library@kinderlibrary.ac.nz.
Please click here for our Library Regulations.
Borrowing policy
The loan period is five weeks. Books may be renewed for a further five weeks via the online catalogue. After this, books must be brought back into the library for any further renewal. If a book is requested by another borrower, you will be contacted and asked to return the book within three days. Likewise, if you request a book and someone has it borrowed, please allow that time for it to be returned.
Books not available for loan
Books from the following collections are for use in the library only, and are not able to be borrowed:
- Reference collection
- New Zealand and Pacific Church Collection
- Baumber Collection
- Periodicals
- Rare books
- Theses and dissertations
- Books on the new books display (these may be borrowed after the one week display period)
Short loan collection
Books are placed on short loan for St John’s College Anglican Studies Programme, Trinity Methodist College courses, and the Department of Theology at the University of Otago. These books cannot be taken out of the library. Your library card is held while you use this material.
Short loan books can be borrowed on overnight and weekend loans, and may be collected 15 minutes prior to the library closing. Such items must be returned as soon as the library opens the following morning.
Reference and photocopying service
Articles from periodicals and small sections of a book can be photocopied or scanned for you at 10 cents per page. If the article is available via one of the Library’s online e-journal collections, you will be directed to that source rather than the library sending a photocopy.
Email library staff at library@kinderlibrary.ac.nz if you need assistance in finding what you need.
Interlibrary loans
If you are a registered library member, and require books and articles not held by this library, please ask library staff if it can be obtained from another library or provider. Please note that charges may be incurred for this service.
If you’re a Distance Borrower, the Library staff can assist distance users with reference enquiries by:
- Identifying relevant print and electronic resources which can be made available by post or email.
- Helping users to find relevant books on our online catalogue ANGLICAT.
Users can also conduct their own searches by:
- Searching for books on ANGLICAT. For instructions click here.
- Searching for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles in our e-journals collection.
- Exploring our extensive collection of links on the John Kinder Theological Library Topic Guides.
Guidelines for postal borrowers
Some required reading for courses is held on desk copy in the Library and is not available for borrowing.
If you are a postal borrower and you are sent books by the Kinder Library, you will need to purchase your own postal bags to return them. You can find them at your local post shop.
Books returned to the Library by post must be securely wrapped and addressed to:
John Kinder Theological Library
Private Bag 28 907
Remuera,
Auckland 1541
For your convenience, there will be an address sticker inside the post bag when we send you your books. Simply peel off the address and place it onto the postal bag. Otherwise, you can write the address above on the postal bag.
You will be sent reminder emails when your books are overdue. Always ensure the library has your up-to-date email address. If you are not receiving overdue notices via your email please check with us and your internet provider.
Newsletter
Each month we endeavour to send out a newsletter to keep you up to date with what’s happening around the John Kinder Theological Library, some new books that have been added to the catalogue, what we’ve posted on the blog and more. Sign up to receive the newsletter here.