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Membership and borrowing

Membership

Staff at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are eligible to join the library.

Staff at other local NHS Trusts, students and trainees on placement within the local health economy may be entitled to discretionary membership – contact the library for further information.

To become a member of the Library simply complete a membership form either online or printable.

Printable application form available HERE.


Borrowing

10 items can be borrowed for a period of 4 weeks.

Items can be renewed by phone, email or in person.

Items can also be renewed via the Internet on the library catalogue at https://kss.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.  To make use of this service you will need to know your PIN. Ask if you are not sure how to do this.

 

Please note:

  • The final decision on whether requests for loans from external libraries are accepted rests entirely with the staff of the library at Darent Valley Hospital. At the library staff’s discretion, such a request may be turned down, for example, because it is being submitted too close to the requestor’s leaving date, or there have been previous problems with the return of loans by the requestor.
  • The external library supplying an item for loan may set its own restrictions that the DVH Library is obliged to apply.

Library access out of hours

It may be possible for library members to gain access out of hours – for further information please ask in the library. 

The library has an external out of hours returns box located on the main street by the library entrance that can be used to return your library books out of hours.

Library membership and OpenAthens registration online form

I wish to apply for membership of the Library and agree to abide by the Library's Conditions of Use and Membership (copy available from the Library).  I agree to notify you of any changes to my details.

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I wish to apply to electronic information resources via the OpenAthens Access Management System.  I agree to abide by the OpenAthens User Account Terms and Conditions (copy available from the Library)

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KnowledgeShare

Would you like targeted updates on your professional interests?

List your interests below to sign up to receive KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates by email.

You will initially receive a wide range of publication types. Once you start receiving updates let us know if you would like to focus on a particluar type of publication or evidence level.

You may change these settings at any time at https://www.knowledgeshare.nhs.uk/ (using your NHS OpenAthens account).

*Membership to KnowledgeShare is restricted to staff and students eligible for an NHS OpenAthens account.

Privacy Notice & Membership declaration:    The information you have provided about yourself will be used by the Library to provide you with library and information services and to ensure their efficient administration.  The Library may contact you directly in providing these services - examples may include notifying you that an item is available for collection, or that you have items overdue.  The Library may hold your information itself or it may be held by third parties exclusively for the purposes of providing services on behalf of the Library. For further information on how we keep your information secure read our full Privacy Policy (copy available from the library)

Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust provides its service to you, subject to the following terms and conditions for use, which may be updated by the Trust from time to time without notice to you. By using this site you agree to the terms and conditions. Any information submitted through forms on this website  in accordance with data protection legislation. 

Page last reviewed: 25 February 2025