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Get a Library Card
Library Card
An application for a new library card may be made at the customer service desk. If you own property, live, or work on Orcas Island, you are eligible for a library card. Renewals are made every 2 years to verify current information.
If you're visiting the island and want to check out items from the Library there are two options. A nonresident card is available for an annual fee of $75.00 and carries the same user privileges as a resident card. A visitor's card is only $10 for 30 days and you may check out up to five items concurrently.
Library card holders with the Lopez Island and San Juan Island libraries have reciprocal borrowing privileges and may also use the Orcas Library.
Borrowing Library Materials
Books — Books, including books on CDs and books on tapes, can be borrowed for 3 weeks. Reference books are for Library use only.
DVDs and videos — can be borrowed for 1 week. Limit of 5 DVDs checked out at a time.
Music CDs — can be borrowed for 3 weeks.
Periodicals — Current issues of magazines and newspapers are for in-library use. Back issues may be borrowed for 3 weeks.