Subscription and charges
Anyone is free to enter the library and consult resources on site free of charge. In order to borrow documents, you must register, online or at a library.
Register online
New subscriptions can be registered through the Lyon library catalog by clicking on « register online ». Your library card can then be picked up at any of the 16 libraries or, if you prefer, be sent by mail (2,58 €) at your address.
Subscription renewals are available from your member’s file in the catalogue one month before the end of your current subscription (and until one year after its end) : click on « renew your subsccription.
How do I register?
1. Choose your subscription, valid for one year starting from and ending on a specific date
Library subscription offers
Connexion | Culture junior | Biblyo | Biblyo 4 mois | Culture |
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18 and over | 17 and under | 26 and over | 18 and over | 18 and over |
valid for 1 year | valid for 1 year | valid for 1 year | valid for 4 months | valid for 1 year |
Services included
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CONNEXION card services +
Youth sections only for the under 11 years old
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CONNEXION card services +
Adult and youth sections |
Same services and access as the BIBLYO card for 4 months |
BIBLYO card services +
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Rates and subscriptions
Free entry or reduced rates upon presentation of a current document proving your circumstances.
Up to 18 years | CULTURE JUNIOR, BIBLYO : Free | |||
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18 - 25 years | Connexion : free |
BIBLYO 4 months : 5 €; |
CULTURE 10 € |
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26 and over | Connexion : free |
BIBLYO : 18€ |
BIBLYO 4 mois : 9 € |
CULTURE 38 € |
Persons with a disability | CONNEXION, CULTURE : free | |||
Job-seekers - RSA - ADA Non-taxable persons |
CONNEXION, CULTURE : Free | Refugees | CONNEXION, CULTURE : free | |
City of Lyon officials | BIBLYO : 10 € | CULTURE : 15 € | ||
Educators | Working with young people: Free – see conditions below 30 documents on loan for 6 weeks: youth sections only (max. 5 CDs), not including CD-ROMs or DVDs |
Working with adults: Free – see conditions below 20 documents on loan for 6 weeks: adult and youth sections apart from CD-ROMs and DVDs |
Downloads
Documents to be filled in by an adult and presented when taking out the subscription with the following supporting documents:
2. Register at one of Lyon’s 16 municipal libraries, or online, with your supporting documents
For all subscriptions
I.D.: for adults, only originals are accepted as proof of identity; photocopies can be used for minors only
- subscription request filled in by the adult wishing to register, or by a legal representative if the person is a minor
- parental permission for minors, to be completed by a legal representative
- document designating a proxy, in the case of registration by a third party, duly filled in
For reduced rates or free subscription
I.D. cards are valid for free subscriptions and age-based reductions.
- under 18s: the minor’s I.D. (photocopies accepted) + subscription request and parental permission
- for those aged 18-25: I.D. + subscription request
- City of Lyon officials: City of Lyon card
- job-seekers: job-seeker proof (France Travail - French office in charge of unemployment benefits) from fewer than 6 months ago
- those receiving RSA, ADA : proof in the last 6 months
- non-taxable persons: most recent tax assessment (showing the amount to be paid, before tax rebates)
- persons with disabilities: any card provided by an MDPH (regional office for disabled persons), a disabled persons transport card (carte mobilité inclusion), or a card provided by the French National Office for Ex-Servicemen and Women (Office National des Anciens Combattants) ; proof of disabled worker
- for educators working with children: provide documentary proof of your profession from the last three months, or a valid professional I.D.
- for educators working with adults: after having worked with a department of the Part-Dieu Library or another library in the network on a project addressing a particular topic, and on presentation of a letter of agreement from the management or the organisation you belong to.
How to register online
All subscriptions (Culture or Biblyo) are now available online !
New subscriptions can be registered through the Lyon library catalog : you just have to click on « register on line »
Subscription renewals are available from my account : a link « renew yout suscription » is available one month before the end of your current subscription
3. What can you do with your membership card?
Take advantage of Library services
- borrow from all municipal libraries in Lyon
- check your members’ file : reserve items and extend loans...
- access remote digital services
- use a computer at the Library for 2 hours/day
Take advantage of cultural activities
The CULTURE card gives you:
Unlimited access, for one year, to temporary and permanent exhibitions at the City of Lyon’s six museums: the Musée des Beaux Arts, Contemporary Art Museum, Musées Gadagne, Print and visual communication museum, CHRD-centre for the History of the Resistance and Deportation, Henri Malartre automobile Museum
concessionary rates for the Biennale of contemporary art, four museums: Confluences, Gallo-romain, Lumière, and Jean Couty, as well as the Comoedia cinemas, Institut Lumière, and Lumière cinemas
benefit from special rates on selected performances at thirteen of Lyon’s great halls: Auditorium-ONL, Biennale de la danse, Célestins, Maison de la Danse, Nuit de Fourvière, Opera, Marché Gare, Périscope, TNG, TNP, Comedie Odeon theatre, Croix-Rousse theatre, Point du Jour theatre and Subsistances
To find out about all the benefits and performances go to: website lyon.fr
Also, all Culture and Culture Junior members receive deals from the cultural partners by email.

