BORROWER SERVICES
Any resident of the state of California may apply for an Oxnard Public Library card. The library card allows the borrower to check out materials as well as access the Internet through the library's public computers. The applicant must be present at the time the library card is issued. The first card is issued free of charge.
Applicants 13 years of age and older must present one valid photo identification that shows the current residential address. If the photo identification does not show the current residential address, another form of identification with the residential address is required (e.g. current utility bill, mail, or checkbook). For applicants under the age of 18 who may not have a photo identification with proof of residential address, the parent/legal guardian may provide proof.
All applicants under the age of 18 must have their form signed by a parent/legal guardian. The age at which a child may receive a library card is left to the discretion of the parent/legal guardian.
Applicants age 65 years and older receive a senior citizen's status and are not charged overdue fines.
Applicants receiving a library card for the first time are issued a library card with a "new patron" status. Privileges/limitations for new patrons for the first 60 days are as follows:
A limit of five items may be checked out at a time. Items must be returned before checking out additional material. The items must be returned to a staff member at the Circulation Desk for check in. When returning items and not checking out additional material, the items may be returned in the bookdrops.
After 60 days, contingent upon having paid all fines and returned all items, new patron limitations no longer apply.
Applicants (with a current mailing address) but without proof of current residential address may be issued a library card with limited checkout privileges.
After 60 days, visit the Circulation Desk to renew your card. At that time, contingent upon having paid all fines and fees and returned all items due, your status will be changed from that of a New Patron to either an Adult, Senior, Juvenile or Juvenile Restricted Patron. You will then be able to renew material by telephone or on-line and reserve up to 10 items. Lending privileges associated with each classification are as follows:
ADULT PATRONS (18-64 years of age) and SENIOR PATRONS (65 years and over) may check out up to 50 items*, and JUVENILE PATRONS (0 to 17 years of age) may check out up to 25 items* subject to the following limitations:
Material Limitations Loan Period 4-Week Renewal
(1 time only)Late Fees** New Adult Fiction 2 weeks No $0.20/day New Adult Nonfiction 4 weeks Yes $0.20/day Adult Fiction & Nonfiction 4 weeks Yes $0.20/day Adult Large Print Books 4 weeks Yes $0.20/day Books on Cassette 4 weeks Yes $0.20/day Books on CD 5 4 weeks Yes $0.20/day Paperbacks (w/ "PB" on spine) 4 weeks — — Test Review Books 1 2 weeks No $0.20/day Braille Books No Limit No Limit — — Adult Magazines 10 2 weeks No $0.20/day LPs, CDs, Music Cassettes 10 4 weeks Yes $0.20/day Videos/DVDs 5 7 days No $0.50/day CD ROMs 2 2 weeks No $2.00/day Children's Books & Audio Books 4 weeks Yes $0.10/day Children's Cassettes 3 4 weeks Yes $0.10/day Children's Magazines & Comics 10 2 weeks No $0.10/day JUVENILE RESTRICTED PATRONS (0 to 17 years of age) may check out up to 25 items* from the Children's Section only, subject to the applicable limitations above.
* Limit of 5 items per same subject/Dewey Decimal Number.
** Not assessed to Senior Patrons
"Out of State" Residents:
Adult applicants (18 years of age and older) who are not residents of the state of California may be issued a library card for Internet privileges only (no library materials may be checked out). The card expires after 60 days.
For further information regarding borrower services, please contact staff at the Circulation Desk at (805) 385-7507
