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Join the Biblioteca Pública (library card)

The Biblioteca Pública in the city center issues a general user card to residents, needed for loans, the fonoteca and videoteca.

Why it matters: Cheap access to books, study rooms with long hours, and PCs.
When: You want to borrow books or use the study rooms.
Last checked: 7 Oct 2026

Cost: No fee stated.

What you need

General card: be a Melilla resident, shown with DNI or residence certificate, plus a photo.
Under 14: also a parent’s authorization (form from the children’s room).
Another council page says from age 14 a DNI photocopy and a passport-size photo are needed at the library.

Steps

Go to the library with ID and a photo
Show DNI or residence certificate (the council page says 'certificado de residente') and hand in a photo.
Minors
Under 14s need the parent’s signed authorization; the other page asks the guardian’s DNI copy and 2 photos.

Where

Biblioteca Pública
Plaza de España, nº 4, planta baja (another page says Plaza de España, 1)
952 69 92 81 / 952 69 92 82
Mon-Fri 08:00-22:00; Sat 09:30-13:30 (children’s room, loans, research); Sat, Sun and holidays study rooms 09:00-02:00 (page updated 30 Sep 2026)
https://www.melilla.es/melillaportal/contenedor.jsp?seccion=s_floc_d4_v1.jsp&codbusqueda=207&language=es&codResi=1&codMenuPN=601&codMenuSN=9&codMenu=159&layout=contenedor.jsp

Tips

Foreigners without a DNI: the page names DNI or residence certificate; ask whether a padrón certificate, NIE or passport is accepted.

Official sources

See this in your plan. Your steps in order, for your passport and visa.