Owner's Manual

Your guide to the Dodgeville Public Library

How to get a library card

The Southwest Wisconsin Library System member public libraries in Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, and Richland Counties have agreed to use this system-wide card. It is also accepted by almost all other Wisconsin public libraries as a result of reciprocal borrowing agreements.

You may apply for a library card at the Dodgeville Public Library, or at any SWLS Member Library.
Download this form, fill it out and stop by the Dodgeville Public Library with the completed form, picture identification and proof of current address. Library staff will process your card in about 5-10 minutes and you may check out materials that same day.
If you prefer, the Library will be happy to mail your card to you. The first time you use your library card, you will need to show Library staff a picture identification before you check out any materials.
Questions?? Comments?? Please contact the Library at 608-935-3728 or email the library director.
There is a $1.50 fee for replacement of lost or stolen library cards. Please be sure to let us know if the card is lost or stolen.

Checking out materials

You will need to present your library card in order to check out library materials. You may use a family member's card only if you have the card with you. You are responsible for any materials checked out on your library card.

There is no limit on the number of items you may check out with the exception of videos and DVDs. There is a limit of 8 videos and 5 DVDs that may be checked out per card at any time. Popular items such as videos, DVDs, and new bestselling adult fiction are checked out for 7 days.
Materials may be returned inside the library during our regularly scheduled open hours. The outside book drop is provided for your convenience, and can be used anytime.
The book drop is located on the northwest corner of the building, to the left of the library entrance.
Materials returned in the book drop after we close on the day they were due will not be counted as overdue.
We prefer that Dodgeville Public Library materials be returned to us. However, materials may be returned to other libraries within the Southwest Wisconsin Library System and neighboring library systems.
Please be aware that you are still responsible for the items until they reach us and that you may receive overdue notices. To avoid fines, please ask the returning library to indicate the day you returned our materials to them.

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Fines, charges, and replacement costs

Video and DVD fines are (50) fifty cents per day. All other fines are (15) fifteen cents per day.
Yes, there is a (6) six day grace period for all materials EXCEPT videos and DVDs which have a (1) one day grace period. No fines accumulate during the grace period.
You will be charged for any damage that occurs to the material while it is checked out to you. Lost items will be billed at the replacement cost of the item plus a cataloging fee.
Yes, the library charges (15) fifteen cents per page for photocopies and black and white printouts. Color printouts are (20) twenty cents per page.

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Renewal

Most material can be renewed twice, as long as no one else has requested it.
Yes, as long as no one else has requested it. The item does not need to be present to renew it. You will need to provide your card number at the time of renewal whether you wish to renew an item by telephone or by email.
Yes, and please remember that you will need to provide your library card barcode number at the time of renewal whether you wish to renew an item by telephone or by email.
Be sure to have your library card handy when you call to renew by telephone.
Be sure to include your library card barcode number in the body of the email message when you send a renewal request.
If you come to the library to renew an item in person, you do not need to have the item with you, but again, you will need to provide your library card barcode number.
Materials obtained through Interlibrary Loan may not be renewed.

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Holds, reserves, and requests

You may ask that currently unavailable material belonging to the Dodgeville Public Library be placed on hold for you. When the item is returned, you will be notified by phone. You will be have (7) seven days to pick up the material.
We can also borrow materials from other libraries on interlibrary loan. Interlibrary loan materials will be sent back if not picked up by the end of the (7) day notice for pick up.
Please notify us if you no longer want or need an item that you have requested be reserved for you.

We provide services to our community!

We offer homebound delivery of library materials to those Dodgeville city residents with medical conditions or physical disabilities that prevent them from leaving their home. Library staff selects materials and a volunteer delivers them twice a month.
Access to the Internet is provided free of charge. At this time, the Internet is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Printouts from the Internet are (15) fifteen cents per page for black and white and (20) cents per page for color.
Written parental permission needed for juvenile internet access
Children under the age of 16 must have a signed parental permission slip on file in order to use the Internet. The parent or guardian must come to the library to sign the form. The Parental Internet Permission slip will not be sent home with the child.

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Special Programs

For children ages 3 through 5. Pre-registration is required.
Mondays at 10:15 a.m. No registration is necessary.
The Summer Library Program is open to kids ages 3 to 13. Stay tuned in for entertainers performing, crafts to participate in, games to play, and fun for everyone!

Holiday Closures

The Dodgeville Public Library will be closed on the following holidays in 2007:

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