Morse Institute Library: Services: Circulation

Circulation Services

A Minuteman Library Network card allows you to borrow materials from over 40 libraries in the MetroWest area.

Library Cards

Library cards are available to any Massachusetts resident (for children, please see below). To protect you and the member libraries of this network, we must have acceptable identification and verification of your current address to issue a library card.

For identification purposes, we need to see a photo ID, such as a driver’s license, passport, school ID, work ID, State ID, Sam’s Club or BJs card, etc. An out-of-state driver’s license may be used for identification purposes only.

If your current address is not on your photo ID, for address verification the following are acceptable: checkbook with current address; utility bill; lease or mortgage documents; mail forwarded by the Post Office (with their yellow forwarding label); an address verification postcard, etc.

We are sorry, but we cannot accept hand-addressed personal mail for address verification.

Checking Out Material

Please bring your library card.
You will need to have your Minuteman Library card or a valid photo ID in order to check out library material.

Returning Items

24-hour book and media (audiovisual materials) drops are located on Clarendon Street. If the street-side drops are full, mailbox type slots are located on the ramp near the front entrance for both books and audiovisual materials.

Renewals

Most materials, except for Speed-Reads and DVDs, may be renewed once, unless another Library user has requested the item.

You may renew materials:

in person at the Circulation Desk
by phone (please have your library card number handy). Because we have such a busy desk we can only renew 4 items over the phone
over the Internet with a Personal Identification Number (PIN) available at the Circulation desk

Loan Periods

Most items circulate for 3 weeks and may be renewed. The loan period for Speed-Read titles is one week. New fiction titles circulate for two weeks.

New: The loan period for DVDs is now two weeks. DVDs may not be renewed.

Self-Checkout Station for the Library

The Friends of the Library purchased a self-checkout station for Library patrons. This station is located to the left of the Circulation Desk (near the fish tank). There are handy signs available to guide you step by step as you check out your books. It will alert you to any fines owed or if a requested item is waiting for pickup.

The Library is accessible to all. If you require special accommodations, please contact us.