Emmaus Public Library: How To Get A Library Card

Press release from the Emmaus Public Library:

September 8, 2021

Getting a library is FREE and easy — and now you can apply online — by simply completing this form to begin the process!

A staff member will reach out via email to obtain any missing information and provide you with your new card number. You’ll be able to start accessing eBooks, eAudiobooks and digital services — sometimes the very same day — then come in to the library with your ID (see below) at your convenience to pick up your card and begin checking out the items from the library.

Your library card also gives you borrowing privileges at 11 other area libraries in the Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative (LCLC), as well as many other libraries in PA through the AccessPA program.

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If you live in Emmaus Borough, Macungie Borough or Upper Milford Township, the Emmaus Public Library is your ‘home’ library and we’ll be happy to issue you — and your family members ages 5 and up* — a library card.

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All you need is …

i.e., current address

OR — if you recently moved and the address on your license is not yet updated, bring —

OR i.e., new address

* Please note: Patrons under 18 applying for a card will need to have a parent or guardian email and/or present their ID in person in order to get their card.

* Patrons under 18 applying for a card will need to have a parent or guardian email and/or present their ID in person in order to get their card.

We can also issue you a card if you live in an area serviced by any of the other LCLC libraries. They are: Catasauqua, Coplay, Dimmick, Lehighton, Lower Macungie, Palmerton, Parkland, Penn-Kidder, Slatington, Southern Lehigh and Whitehall. We all use one common ‘SHARE’ card that’s good at all of these libraries and gives you one account to make keeping track of your library loans easier.

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If your home library is Allentown (or any other ‘AccessPA’ library in the state), you can still sign up for LCLC borrowing privileges as well, so long as you have a current card from your home library and your account there is in good standing. Just bring in the card from that library — along and your photo ID/proof of residency as stated above — and we’ll add our barcode to your card so you can use all of the LCLC libraries too.

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Have questions? Give us a call at 610-965-9284 or stop in today. You can also read more about our policies and circulation on our website.

This press release was produced by the Emmaus Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.