Library Cards, Loan Periods, Returns, Overdues

Your Library Card gives you access to over 800,000 different items from 43 public libraries, as well as access to other online resources and databases!

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MIDDLETON LIBRARY CARDS

Cards are available free of charge.
You must provide current and valid photo and address information. (this can be done after applying online)
Parents must sign the application form for children under 14.
You can apply for a Middleton Public Library Card Online
A PDF of the application form may be downloaded, printed, and filled out before bringing it to our circulation desk, however you must sign the application in person.
Download the Application in English | Aplicación en español
Not a resident of Middleton? Anyone in the South Central Library System can apply. If you are outside the system and are a Wisconsin resident, we can probably provide you with a library card. Please ask!
The Middleton Public Library does not issue library cards to out-of-state borrowers.
Your library card is good at any public library in South Central Wisconsin.
Please inform us about any change of address, phone number, or email.
Please report lost cards as soon as possible. Call 827-7401.

Have a card already? The Middleton Public Library accepts scan-able card images stored in smart phones. Click here to learn more, or to have a scan-able image emailed to you.

RENEWALS, LOAN PERIODS, OVERDUES

RENEWALS

Most items may be renewed twice, unless there is a waiting list.
Renew items in person, by telephone, or online via LINKcat.
By phone, call Telecirc 24 hour touch-tone renewal: 242-4700 or
our Circulation Desk at 827-7401. Barcode and PIN are required by telephone or online.

CARD LIMITS

100 items checked out
75 holds (reserves)
$20 max fines/charges (for checkout)

LOAN PERIODS

1 week: Feature DVDs / Blu-Rays
2 weeks: New Adult Fiction & Serendipity, Magazines, CDs, Software, Video Games
4 weeks: Adult fiction / Non-fiction, All Juvenile Material, Non-fiction DVDs / Blu-Rays, All Audiobooks
** Digital content loan periods vary **

OVERDUES & FINES

Middleton does not charge daily fines. For more information, please refer to the library's Circulation Policy.
If items remain overdue after 27 days, a bill is sent for the replacement cost of the item.
EACH LIBRARY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY SYSTEM HAS ITS OWN RULES REGARDING CIRCULATION AND OTHER LIBRARY USE.

RETURNS

A book drop is located on the west (parking lot) side of the library. It may be used 24 hours a day.
All types of materials my be returned at the outside book drop, unless the item's label explicitly says to bring the item to the Circulation Desk.
There is also a return slot for materials in the library lobby.
Materials from any member library of the South Central Library System may be returned to any of the member public libraries and the Dane County Bookmobile.