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Library card

Residents of Clark, Skamania, Klickitat Counties, and the City of Woodland and Yale Precinct in Cowlitz County are eligible for library cards. Additionally, the library offers reciprocity to those who live in a city or county that supports public library service. If you live in an area that does not support public library service, you may purchase a non-resident card. Call any library for more information.

How can I get a card?

If you have questions about identification, getting a card, or are unable to visit a branch to pick up your card, please call your local library.

Patrons are responsible for the accuracy of the information in their account.

Parents and guardians are responsible for the selection choices of their own minor children.

Using your library card

• Check out books, magazines, audio cassettes and CDs, DVDs and videos (you can have a total of up to 50 items checked out at any time)
• Find information in the library's licensed electronic databases
• Access the library catalog from home or work
• Review your account online including renewing your materials (printable "My Account" Catalog guide)
• Place holds (you can have a total of up to 50 holds at any time) on library materials not currently available (printable "Placing Holds" Catalog guide)
• Use the Camas Public Library or the Southwest Washington Medical Center Library
• If you are a resident of the district, you may access the resources of more than 50 libraries that participate in the Portland-area Metropolitan Interlibrary Exchange

FVRL maintains a cost-effective NO FINES system based on respect for our borrowers, with the following conditions:

Borrowing period is three weeks on most items. Items checked out must be returned or renewed by the due date.

• To renew books
  

  Have your library card number handy and visit or call your local branch (see locations list). You can also renew using the "My Account" option in the library catalog, which can be reached on library computers or remotely via www.fvrl.org. Items may be renewed up to five times without presenting them (a total loan period of 15 weeks), provided no one else has requested them. The next renewal must be made by bringing the items to the library.

• Overdue notices
  

  Notice will be sent via email (preferred if available), automated phone reminder or U.S. mail, two weeks after the due date. Bills for replacement charges will be mailed if necessary.

Borrowing privileges will be suspended if a patron has any of the following:
· Five or more overdue items
· $40.00 or more owed for items billed as lost, or damaged beyond repair (this also results in loss of Internet privileges)
· One lost item not paid for that was borrowed from a library outside the district, that is, an Inter-Library Loan (this also results in loss of Internet privileges)

Privileges will be restored when the patron has returned or paid for sufficient materials to fall below the above limits. Patrons who intentionally damage or retain library materials will lose their borrowing privileges. The damaged or retained items may not be purchased from the library.

Accounts with unpaid bills older than 30 days may be referred to a commercial collection agency and assessed an additional $10 fee.