Consulate General of the United States Kolkata, India

The library offers three types of memberships : local individual, outstation individual and institutional.

Individual Local Membership

Adult residents of Kolkata can obtain membership by presenting proper photo-identification with address proof (e.g. voter's identity card, driving license, passport, letter of introduction from employer, bank passbook). College students may show their identity cards and current fee book, or a certificate from the college giving name and residential address.

Individual Outstation Membership

American Library offers outstation membership to people in eastern and north eastern India residing outside Kolkata. Books are sent to outstation members at the library’s cost and members  return these books on or before the due date by registered parcel post . Outstation individual and family members can borrow seven and eight books respectively for a period of eight weeks.

Institutional Membership

The American Library offers institutional membership to commercial organizations and educational/research institutions in Eastern India. Interested organizations/institutions may obtain enrollment forms from the American Library and register themselves as institutional members. Please go through the Details Of Our Institutional Membership.

Borrower's Card

A laminated barcoded membership card is issued to members for access to the library and to check-in and check-out books, journals, videocassettes, CDROMs and DVDs. It is not transferable. A member is responsible for all library materials borrowed on his/her card. Change of address should be reported immediately.

The loss of a membership card should be reported immediately to the Circulation Librarian, or else books drawn on the lost card continue to be the responsibility of the borrower to whom the card was issued. On payment of Rs. 25/-, a fresh card is issued against the lost or damaged card, provided no books or videocassette
are due.