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Library Cards

Library cards are issued free to anyone who lives, works, pays taxes or attends school, K-12, in Westfield.

To get a card please bring in a current ID with your address, or an ID with a bill that has your address on it. If you work in town bring your ID and your latest pay check.

Patrons under eighteen may get a library card with a parent or legal guardian present.

Our policy maintains that you must have your library card to check out a book. Lost cards are $2.00 to replace.

M.U.R.A.L. Program

The Westfield Memorial Library participates in a reciprocal borrowing arrangement called M.U.R.A.L. (Middlesex Union Reciprocal Agreement Libraries). M.U.R.A.L. permits any Westfield card holder in good standing to use his or her library card at nearly any other library in Union or Middlesex. M.U.R.A.L. is a fantastic program that greatly expands the collections and library programs available to you.

To see where a particular book is available, please check JerseyCat. (the same website you would use for an ILL request). Each library has its own rules for what sorts of materials can be borrowed. We recommend that you call the library to be visited to make sure that the item is available for you and that you can borrow it.

If you do not reside in Westfield but you do live in a M.U.R.A.L. town, you can get a Westfield M.U.R.A.L. card if you present a valid library card from your home library and photo ID. M.U.R.A.L. patrons can use many services here at the WML, but there are a few restrictions. A full service Westfield card can be purchased for $90 a year.

Loan Periods

Bestsellers	14 days
CD-ROMs	14 days
Music CDs	28 days
Magazines	14 days
Free Videos/DVDs	7 days
Playaway Views	14 days
Bestseller Videos/DVDs	$1.00 per day
Most other materials	28 days

Renewals

All 28-day materials may be renewed twice for an additional 14 days from the day the item is renewed. You can renew items online by logging into your account with your library barcode, by calling the circ desk (908-789-4090 ext 0), or in person. Items on reserve cannot be renewed. Library Elf (see below) can let you know when books are due back, but it cannot use it to renew anything.

Library Elf

Library Elf is being discontinued on July 1st, 2013. We have a new service that has the same ability to notify you of the availability of items you put on hold and impending due dates for items you have out.

For more information, click here.

Netbook Borrowing

Netbook computers can be borrowed for two-hour increments from the reference desk. Additional time can be granted if computers are available and it is not closing time. Users must turn in a library card or ID to borrow a computer.

Holds

You can place twelve free holds per year on a card. On the thirteenth hold and above there is a $0.40 fee.

Library Fines

	Per Day	Maximum
Magazines	$.25	$2.00
Hard Cover Books	$.25	$10.00
Paperbacks	$.25	$5.00
Free Videos/DVDs	$1.00	$10.00
Most other materials	$.25	$5.00
Playaway Views	$.15	$10.00
Leap Frog (other fines may apply)	$.25	$5.00

There is a $5.00 replacement fee for a lost book, in addition to the fine and the cost of the book.

There is a $3.00 fee to replace a lost library card.

There is a $100 fee to replace a Playaway View, plus services.

MURAL customers are charged $1.00 a day to borrow Blue Label DVDs.