LILAC membership information
The Lesbian Information, Library and Archives Centre, Inc., is a private library. Membership is open to lesbians and queer-identified / women-oriented women (i.e. women who form their primary relationships with women). Membership involves payment of an annual subscription, and agreement to abide by the LILAC rules regarding borrowing of books and other library materials.
Download and print the membership form (pdf 78kb) or come in when LILAC is open and fill in a form there. The form includes the Welcome to LILAC information to check that you are eligible to join! Note that there are no money machines nearby, so you need to bring cash or a cheque to pay your subscription.
Members can also download the renewal form (pdf 72kb).
The annual subscription rates are:
| Income (gross) | Subscription | |
|---|---|---|
| up to $27,000: | $20 | - the cost of a magazine |
| up to $40,000: | $40 | - the cost of a dvd or paperback |
| over $40,000: | $60 | - the cost of a couple of paperbacks |
Couples who join or renew at the same time can get a discount of $5 each on their subscriptions.
Members may borrow at any one time:
| Books: | 5, for 3 weeks |
| Videos, DVDs, CDs, tapes: | 2 #, for 1 week |
| Magazine back-issues: | 2 *, for 3 weeks |
# Only one L Word dvd at a time
* The most recent two issues of a magazine cannot be borrowed.
Books etc. can be reserved. The maximum loan period for books with another reserve waiting will be two weeks.
