Library Card & Borrowing Materials

Each patron may borrow 15 items at a time; there is a limit of 7 DVDs, including up to 2 new items, per household. The following items also have limits:

Video Games – 2 per person

Board Games – 2 per person

Discovery Kits – 2 per person

Museum Passes – 1 per household

Ukuleles – 1 per household, adult borrowers only, with signed borrower agreement

Wi-Fi hotspots – 1 per household, adult borrowers only, with signed borrower agreement

You may borrow items for the following timeframes; certain items can be renewed.

• Books: 14 days, 3 renewals
• CDs: 14 days, 3 renewals
• DVDs: 7 days, 1 renewal
• Cake Pans: 7 days
• Video Games: 7 days
• Inter-library Loan Materials: 30 days past arrival date
• Museum Passes: 7 days
• Wi-Fi Hotspots: 7 days
• Board Games: 7 days
• Ukuleles: 14 days

Did you just hear about that great book everyone is reading? Or, maybe that DVD that seems to be checked out all the time? Go ahead and put it on hold from the comfort of your home!

Reserving Materials:

1. Go to My Library Account
2. Enter your Library Card Number.
   This is the 14-digit number located at the bottom of your library card.
3. Enter your Password.
   This is the last four digits of the telephone number you have on file.
4. Click the “Log In” button.
5. Enter the name of the book or the author in the Search box.
6. Click the “Search” button.
   A list of books will be displayed.
7. Ensure you found the book’s desired format (e.g., book, large print book, audio CD, etc.)
8. Click the “Place Hold” icon.
   The Place Hold detail screen will be displayed.
9. Select how you would like to be notified when the book has come in for you.
10. Click the “Submit” button.
    A screen showing that your hold was successfully placed will be displayed.

Patrons may also call or tell a library worker in person to reserve an item for them.

Not sure when your books are due? Log in to your account and check the due dates! Or, do you already know that date is looming faster than you can finish your book?

The Library offers auto-renewals. When your books (or other materials) are due, the Library will automatically renew them for you. If the materials cannot be renewed for any reason, you will receive an email notification asking you to return them.

Most items can be renewed as long as no one else has the item on reserve. There is a limit to 3 renewals per book, and 1 renewal per DVD.

You can also renew books from your home computer, or call the library (610-759-4932).

Steps to Renewing Materials on your Computer:

1. Go to My Library Account
2. Enter your Library Card Number.
   This is the 14-digit number located at the bottom of your library card.
3. Enter your Password.
   This is the last four digits of the telephone number you have on file.
4. Click the “Log In” button.
5. Click “Items Checked Out.”
6. Click the check box next to the item(s) you’d like to renew.
   Or, click the check box next “Title” to select all items.
7. Click the “Go” button.
8. Click “OK” when prompted to renew selected items.
   Your new due dates will be listed!

Items become overdue the day after their due date, 30 minutes prior to the library opening. The outdoor book drop is open 24/7, and is located a few paces before the main building entrance. Board games, discovery kits, hot spots, and certain video items may not be returned in the book drop, and must be returned inside the building during open hours.

MLNV participates in resource sharing via the Multi-District Lehigh Valley Pocono consortium, meaning items from most libraries in Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton, and Monroe counties can be checked out and returned to our library, with the same check-out and return rules as our own items. Here’s how it works:

1. Go to our catalog and type in what you want to search for.
2. In the search menu, under “Library” select the option for Multi District Lehigh Valley Pocono.”
3. Click “Search”
4. This will bring up a list of all items available to you from the 22 libraries in our consortium!
5. Place a hold on the item you want as you normally would. See above for instructions on placing a hold.
6. The item will be sent to MLNV within 2 business days, and you will be notified when it is in. Check it out as normal!
7. Return it to us when you’re finished, but if you return it to another library in our system, there’s no problem!

Participating libraries in our consortium include: Allentown Public Library, Easton Area Public Library, Bethlehem Area Public Library, Bangor Public Library, all libraries in the Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative, and all Monroe County libraries.

The Library does not currently collect fines on overdue books.

If you have overdue materials, please consider leaving a small donation. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

The library will collect fines for overdue hotspots and ukuleles, and will charge a fee if cake pans are returned dirty.

Patrons who lose or damage an item they have borrowed will be charged the full price of the item. Refer to our Circulation Policy for details.

Circulation Policy

A registered patron is financially responsible for any lost or damaged item under his/her account, in addition to any incurred late fees.

• If an item is damaged, please contact the library immediately. Most items can be repaired in house for no charge. Items assessed as irreparable may incur a charge at the library’s discretion.
• If you think you may have lost an item, you can renew it up to 3 times to avoid an overdue account block while you look for it.
• If you are certain the item has been lost, please contact the library. Patrons with items marked lost on their account will be charged for the full price of the item. Patrons with unpaid lost item charges will be blocked from borrowing privileges unless they: pay the full price of the item; purchase their own replacement copy for the library; or locate and return the original item.

Please see the Circulation Policy for more details.

Circulation Policy

Interlibrary loan is a service whereby a patron of one library can borrow books and media items that are owned by another library.

If Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity or Easton Area Public Library doesn’t have an item you’d like, you can inquire at the main circulation desk to fill out the request form in person, or you can complete it online below.

Please note that Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity participates in resource sharing with Easton Area Public Library. If an item is in the collection of EAPL, it will be placed on hold there and can be picked up at MLNV when available as if it were an item from the MLNV collection. Patrons can place holds on Easton items via the same method as placing holds on our items. To learn how to do so, please scroll up and click “Reserving Materials.”

Processing time varies and depends on: the availability of the item from another library, the availability of the item to ship via a postal service, and the length of time it takes for item to be processed at our library. You will be notified when the item has come in for you, average time to receive your item is two weeks to one month from request date.

The Library specifically recognizes the confidentiality of records related to circulation of Library materials that contain the names or other personally identifying details regarding the users of the in accordance with Pennsylvania law, which states:

Records related to the circulation of library materials which contain the names or other personally identifying details regarding the users of the State Library or any local library which is established or maintained under any law of the Commonwealth of the library of any university, college or education institution chartered by the Commonwealth or the library of any public school or branch reading room, deposit station or agency operated in connection therewith, shall be confidential and shall not be made available to anyone except by a court order in a criminal proceeding.

To read the full details of the Privacy Policy, please see the Circulation Policy

Circulation Policy