HOW TO GET A LIBRARY CARD

Requirements, applications ...

LENDING GUIDELINES

Loan period, fees ...

LIBRARY SERVICES

Genealogy, meeting rooms ...

BACKGROUND

History, board of trustees ...

Mission Statement

The mission of the Wilmington Public Library of Clinton County is to be the best small town public library in the state of Ohio.

Types of cards

The library offers three types of library cards: adult, juvenile and professional teacher.

• See card application requirements.

Open the PDF application below according to the type of card you would like. Review the requirements and bring the completed application along with applicable identification to the checkout desk at your next visit.

Type	Patrons who are	Borrowing level	Application form
Adult	Age 18 and older	Full borrowing privileges	Adult
Juvenile	Age 17 or younger	Restricted borrowing privileges at parent/guardian option	Juvenile
Professional	Teachers (including home school) and daycare workers	Extended checkout periods with restricted borrowing privileges (no video/DVD)	Professional

Revised June 22, 2005

• Books on tape.
• Children's library.
• County histories.
• Genealogy records; Research sites.
• Interlibrary loans.
• Internet computers (Internet Access Policy).
• Large print books.
• LearningExpress Library - Providing online, interactive practice tests, career building tools, and writing aides
• List of area service groups. (620K).
• Meeting rooms.

• Microfilm local newspapers.
• M.O.R.E. - Self-serve interlibrary lending.
• Ohio Web Library - Centralizing Ohio's public libraries, public schools, and colleges.
• Online public access catalog (OPAC).
• Outreach services.
• Programs.
• Teacher services -  Classroom collections, visits, tours.
• Viewer for the sight-impaired.
• Wireless access.
• Word processing computers.

Videocassettes & DVDs:

7-day loan.

One renew if no other requests.

Limit five per patron (adult patron or minor with adult approval).

All other items:

21-day loan.

Two renews if no other requests.

CD's limit five.

Overdues:

10 cents per day per overdue item ($10 maximum per item).

Videos or DVDs $1 per day per overdue item ($10 maximum per item).

Borrowing privileges suspended if unpaid fines and fees equal or exceed $3.

Lost items billed at cost plus $5 processing fee.

Code of conduct

Photocopying, printing:

20 cents per side 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

30 cents per side 11 x 17 inches (size available in photocopier only).

Laminations:

50 cents for card size.

$1 for 8 1/2 x 11 inches.

Faxing:

$1 per page sent/received.

Members of the George Clinton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, founded the Wilmington Library Association in 1899 and opened the "Wilmington Library" that summer with 500 books in two rooms on Main Street in a building owned by the First National Bank of Wilmington.

By their efforts and a $1,000 a year support levy from Wilmington village council, the library association secured a $12,500 grant from Andrew Carnegie, and in June 1904 the Wilmington Public Library opened on the site it occupies today.

In September 2004, the library opened a branch, co-located in the Clinton-Massie Media Center, Clinton-Massie High School. State funding reductions resulted in the closing of the branch five years later.

The library is governed by a board of trustees who are responsible for developing library policy.

Nancy Ehas, director

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