Teacher Library Card

Check out materials for your classroom for an extended loan period!

Your "Teacher Card" allows WCPL-owned books and other selected library materials that normally have a 3-week loan period to be checked out for six weeks with two renewals of three weeks.

This extended loan period gives your students more time with library materials, and lets you build a temporary classroom library of resource materials for school projects, special teaching units, and other educational support.

To apply for a Teacher Card, bring the following items to the Library:

• Picture ID with current address
• Verification of active teaching status (school ID, pay stub, contract or an Excuse from Compulsory Attendance for homeschoolers).

Teacher Cards expire annually on August 31. At that time, personal identification and reverification of address and teaching status is required.

Teachers assume financial responsibility for materials borrowed. However, up to $40 per year can be waived for lost, damaged, or overdue WCPL-owned materials borrowed for classroom use. Fines and charges will apply for materials borrowed through SearchOhio or OhioLink.

Owners of private schools or preschools may apply for a teacher card for organizational use. The owner will be listed as the guardian of the account and must assume financial responsibility for items checked out on card. Owner may grant consent on account to his/her teachers.

Of course, you may still carry a separate Library card for all of your personal borrowing not related to your classroom. Regular Library card applications may be filled out in person at the library, or online.

Don't forget to take advantage of our other helpful services for teachers and homeschoolers!

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Item	Checkout on Teacher Card?	Loan Period	Fine per Item per Day*	Maximum Fine*	Can Be Renewed? (two times, each for an additional 3 weeks)	Can be Placed on Hold?
Books*	Yes	42 days	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
'Brary Bags	Yes	42 days	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
CD Books, MP3 CD Books, Music CDs, Read Alongs, & Playaways	Yes	42 days	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
Non-Fiction DVDs & Blu-ray	Yes	42 days	N/A	N/A	Yes	Yes
Maker Kits	Yes	14 days	$1 per day	$25 maximum	Yes	Yes
Express Collection - Express Books - Express DVDs - Express Blu-ray	No
Fiction DVDs & Blu-ray	No
Rokus, Hotspots, and Roku/Hotspot Combos	No
Culture Passes	No
Launchpads	No
Magazines	No
Series DVDs	No

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• Children's board books cannot be placed on hold.
• Loan Period = the number of days an item may be checked out to one patron.
• Renewable = an item may be checked out again only if another patron doesn't already have the item on hold. A library card is required for all renewals. Online renewals must be completed by midnight on the day they are due to ensure that fines do not accrue.
• Hold = an item may be held at the library for a patron to pick up.

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