Borrower Registration

Effective Date: April 18, 2016; Revised 4/18/22; 3/18/24

Persons who reside, own property, work, or attend school in Ohio are eligible, with proper identification, to register for a Wayne County Public Library card.

To receive a full access library card with borrowing privileges, the patron must present an acceptable form of ID and verification of current address. A card with limited borrowing privileges may be issued without verification of current address (see Temporary Card Policy.)

Acceptable forms of proof include:

  • Driver’s license

  • State or Federal ID

  • Passport

  • Work ID

  • Student ID

  • Credit Card with photo

  • US Military ID

• Personal checkbook, in lieu of a photo ID, for those in the community with a sincerely held religious belief prohibiting the taking of a photograph.

If address verification is needed, the following may be used:

  • Personal checkbook

  • Current year car registration

  • U.S. mail postmarked within the last 14 days

  • Current month’s utility bill

  • Lease or bank documents dated within the past 3 months

For eCards:

• Valid email address

Temporary residents of the Wayne County Public Library district are eligible to obtain a full access library card with an expiration date based on length of stay. 

The following information is required:

  1. Valid identification such as a driver’s license, student ID (see list above)

  2. Written proof of temporary Ohio address: lease, current college identification, etc.

  3. Permanent address and phone number