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Find out about your current Library Catalog upgrade?

Read our Library Aid (libAID) blog to learn more about a new way to search our catalog, to manage your library account, and make your own contributions to our library's catalog. Read more

Get a Library Card and Library Account?

Complete an application online or at any of our branches. You must present proof of identity & residency (at the library branch to finalize your application) before you can checkout any items. Once you have a library card, you also have a library account. More about Library Cards

Find my Library PIN

PINs for First-time Users

Forgot your PIN? You may be able to get an email message that will allow you to reset it.
More about your Library PIN

Your Library Card Number & PIN and our Alternate UserName Option

You now have the option to set up a username. Choosing an easy-to-remember username makes both logging into your account and ordering items from our catalog simpler since you don't have to remember and type in your entire library card number. Read more about
setting up your username

Find My Nearest Branch?

Find your branch on our library branch map, on an alphabetical list, or by finding your community (servicing branch is listed at the top of your community page). If your favorite library is not the branch nearest your home, you can choose any branch as your "Home" library.
Selecting your "Home" Library

Find an Item in the Catalog?

Use the Search Box in our catalog to search by Keyword, Title, Author, or Subject. To save a list of items you've found, try our Book Cart feature. Catalog lists of our newly added DVDs (for Adult/Teen and Children, with Children's Videos, too!), newly added AudioBooks, newly added Large Print books, and other interesting and informative catalog lists.
Searching Catalog, Tips + Helps Special Catalog Features

Sign up for Email / Text Message Notices?

Great for your convenience and helping keep our costs down! After logging into your library account, choose "Modify Personal Information" and then enter your email address. Or, choose notification by Text Message by entering your cell phone number.
More about email Notification More about TM Notification

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Check My Account?

If you have a valid Library Card, you have a Library Account. To access it, Log in with the
My Account link on the left of our pages; click on Enter or on the Library Card image

Next, enter your library card number(Barcode) & PIN (Personal Identification Number).
Entering your entire barcode too hard? Try Creating a UserName (easier to use).
More about your Account

Renew My Items Online?

After you've logged in, go to your "Items currently checked out." You may want to "Sort by Due Date" (button). Choose the item(s) you want to renew, and then choose either the "Renew Selected" or "Renew All" button. You can renew most items up to 20 times (if no waiting list).
More about Renewing

Check on a Returned Item?

Is a book, CD, or DVD still showing up as a checked-out item on your account record after you remember having returned it to the library? Please contact staff at your local branch. They will check on the matter for you. Remember, if you'd returned an item to a library other than one of our 28 local branches, it is going to take longer for it to be returned to one of our libraries and we have no control over how long that will be.

Pay My Fines Online?

After you've logged in, go to "$xx.xx in unpaid fines and bills." Then choose the "Pay Online" button to pay Fines/Fees with your VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or debit card.
More about Paying Fines Online

Request Items Online?

When you find the item you want in our catalog, request it by choosing the "Request" button. Requesting more than one item? Try our Save Items feature. Note: there is a 75 item limit on the number of items you can request on one card. Freezing your Holds option
Tips + Helps about requesting items

Requesting Items from Other Libraries

Request items from libraries whose collections we share using Search Ohio & OhioLINK in our catalog. You can also try Booking certain items.

Support the Library?

Our Library Foundation is the steward of your contributions. We invite you to contribute to the library using our Online Contribution option. Other fund-raisers include our Writers Center Stage and Writers After Hours speakers series. We also welcome your support through our
Library Friends organizations. More about our Library Foundation

Donate Items to the Library?

Read about donations to our Used Book Sales here.

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Find a Library Event (a program at any library branch) or Booksale?

To see what programs are offered at our branches or administration building, try either of these methods; use the first method to also find other special events, online events, or library events at other venues:

To do a Program search, try our Event Finder (use the tab near the top of any page )
- Enter the Branch Location, the Audience, and/or the Type of Event (may also search by Subject)
- Enter the date range of the time period through which you want to search
  - You can view past events by choosing a date range in the past.
- Choose "Show Events"
- or search by Keyword
- When the list of programs is displayed, click on the Program name for more information
  
  NOTE: choose "Administrative Office Building" for systemwide or special events held in our Administration Auditorium or Meeting Room.
For programs at your branch, choose your branch from the Branch List Page, and under its "Events & Classes" section, choose "View All Events."

Find Out About Book Sales?

To find book sales, go to our Event Finder (under Events & Classes at the top of any page on our site). Select a location, select the Type: Book Sale and indicate the dates you want searched. Booksales will display.

Interested in donating items to the library? Please review the DONATION GUIDELINES.

To find book sales at your branch, try the Events section of each branch page.

Some branches offer Friends of the Library Ongoing Used Book Sales daily during library branch operating hours. Pay for the items you select at the check-out desk. These branches have ongoing sales...