Using the Library

Opening hours

Main Library, Hongkou Centre :

Monday through Saturday: 10:00 am to 6:30 pm
Late nights on Tuesday and Wednesday: open till 8:30 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

The Little Prince library, Changning Centre:

Monday through Thursday: 10 am to 8:30 pm
Friday: 10am to 4:30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 4 pm.

The Songjiang Centre library:

Monday through Friday: 11 am to 6 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 6 pm

The Year of the Tiger is coming close…
During Chinese New Year vacation, please note that the libraries will have reduced opening hours. Documents can be prolonged (upon request).

Both the Little Prince Library of Changning centre and the Main library of Hongkou centre:
Closed from Thursday, February 4th through Wednesday, February 24th included.

Special opening hours (intersessions): open from 10:00 am until 5 pm
Monday, February 1st through Wednesday, February 3rd
Thursday, February 25th through Sunday, February 28th

We will be happy to welcome you at the AFS libraries at our regular opening hours, starting Monday March 1st!

Registration

Access to the library is free and open to all. Registration is required in order to check out documents from the library.

Registration is free for all students of the Alliance. A 300 RMB deposit is required from students who wish to borrow documents.

If you are not a student or staff member of the Alliance, the following materials are required to register:

* Registration fees: 200 RMB for an annual subscription or 100 RMB for a 6-month subscription (cash only please)

Discounts are available for students, senior citizens and teachers of French as a foreign language. Please ask our librarians for details.

* 300 RMB deposit (cash only please), for borrowing documents and using computers and TV sets on site.

* A passport-sized photo

* Registration form

Borrowing and Renewing

Don’t forget your library card! It is required to borrow any document from the library.

Borrowing allowances (per card):

At the Main Library, Hongkou Centre:
3 printed documents (books, comic books, magazines)
+ 3 multimedia documents (CD, CD-Rom, DVD), 1 DVD maximum

At The Little Prince Library, Changning Centre

and at the Library, Songjiang Center:
3 documents : (books, comic books or magazines, CD, DVD) among which 1 CD or 1 DVD maximum)

Due dates:

All documents, except DVDs, can be borrowed from the library for a period of 3 weeks. DVDs can be borrowed for 1 week only. Documents which you would like to borrow but have already been checked out by another user can be reserved.

Each document can be renewed once for a period of three weeks, by phone e-mail or directly at the library. When renewing by phone or by e-mail, please mention your library card number (the number underneath the bar code of your card, starting with E00…)

Reserved documents and DVDs cannot be renewed.

Check our full catalogue or your account information.

Warning!
There is a 1 RMB per day and per document late fee!