| How to Get a
Library Card
Free library cards will be issued to anyone who lives, works, or goes to school in Maryland and anyone who lives in Delmar, Delaware with a zip code of 19940. Cards are issued at the main library, the Centre Branch, the Pittsville Branch, and the Bookmobile. In addition, library card applications can be made online.
Out-of-state residents must pay an annual $15.00 fee.
When you apply for a library card online, you will be immediately issued an identification number that can be used to sign in to the library’s online databases and to place reserves on library materials. Before you can borrow materials or use the computers in the library, you will have to present your identification and pick up your library card at the library or nearest branch. Please remember to tell library staff that you have already registered online.
Proper identification showing current address is required. A Maryland driver's license or Maryland MVA ID is preferred. Call the Library at 410-749-3612, ext. 31 to inquire about other acceptable forms of identification.
Children under 14 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian when applying for a library card. The parent/guardian must show identification and sign for the child. Youth under age 18 must have signed permission of a parent or guardian in order to borrow videos, dvd’s, or computer games.
Library
Card Privileges
With your Wicomico Public Library card, you may:
- Borrow books, videos, DVDs, music CDs, and more from the Wicomico Public Library, the Centre Branch located in the Centre at Salisbury, Pittsville Branch , and from public libraries in the Lower Shore Library Consortium (Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, and Dorchester Counties).
- Request materials from other libraries using the statewide Marina Interlibrary Loan System.
- Sign in to use public access computers at the library and branches.
- Use databases available through the library from your home computer.
- Use your online library account to see what you have borrowed and when materials are due, renew your materials, and request that materials be held for you.
- Download audio books and other media for free
Loan
Periods
Loan period is 21 DAYS for most materials. Exceptions to this include a seven-day loan for most videos, dvds and computer games, and 14 days for express books.
Notices :
As a reminder, email notices are sent a few days before an item is due to customers with a valid email address on file at the library.
Bills are sent for items that are four weeks overdue.
If items are not returned within eight weeks of the due date, the account may be turned over to a collection agency.
Fine
& Fee Schedule
| Library cards: |
Free for persons who live, work, or go to school in Maryland, and to anyone who lives in Delmar, Delaware with a zip code of 19940
$15 for all others |
| Computer Print-Outs |
20 cents per page |
| Copy Machine |
20 cents per page |
| Inter-Library Loan |
Most are free, but any cost charged by the lending library will be passed on to the customer. |
| Lost Material |
Cost of items + $5 processing fee. $10 for each missing tape or CD + $5 processing fee. A-V cases: $ 5 |
| Reader/Printer |
20 cents per page |
| Meeting Room |
Free for Non-Profit Organizations. For-Profit Organizations: $25/hour (2 hour minimum), $12.50 each additional half hour. |
| Overdue Fines |
15 cents per day |
| Unclaimed Hold Fees |
$1 per item for holds not picked up or cancelled; fee applies only to items remaining on hold shelf past the end of the hold period. |
Renewing Your Card
In order to maintain accurate, up to date information, and to continue to use our online services, card holders must renew their registrations every three years. There is no charge for this. Renewing your card is easy – simply stop at the desk at any branch with your card and identification showing current address.
Organization
Library Card
Wicomico Public Library Organization Library Card -
A Special Service for Organizations, Agencies, Schools
Purpose:
A Wicomico Public Library Organization Card is issued in the name of an organization, agency, or school that is located within Maryland. This service is offered by WPL as a courtesy to the staff and the organization. The Organization Card allows the staff to borrow materials from WPL in order to support the clientele or mission of the organization.
Using the Organization Card allows the individual to protect his/her personal library card from fines and fees which might be due to professional situations out of their control. Some examples of organizations that might be interested in an Organization Card include: staff of nursing
homes who borrow materials for residents; teachers who borrow materials to use with their students; Department of Juvenile Justice staff who borrow materials for their clients; Department of Social Services Foster Care parents. (An organization which does not have a mailing address in Maryland may obtain an Organization Card for an annual fee of $15.)
Limits:
The same borrowing limits and library rules which apply to an individual apply to the users of an Organization Card: i.e., number of items in a particular format or on a particular subject, overdue fees, renewal, loss of borrowing privileges if a certain level of financial debt is incurred, etc.
Responsibility:
The board or individual which has fiscal authority and responsibility for the organization will be held responsible for any fines and fees charged against this card.
Procedure:
The organization must submit a letter, on letterhead, with all the individuals listed, by name, that have the authority to use the organization's card. The letter from the organization must include the following information:
Date
"The following persons have the authority to use our organization's Wicomico Public Library card: (list every authorized person, by name)"
The letter must be signed by the person who has fiscal authority and responsibility for the organization, with his/her title.
The letter should be sent to:
Bernadette Cannady,
Manager of Circulation Services
Wicomico Public Library
122 S. Division St.
Salisbury, MD 21801
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