In order to log into "My Account" please enter your library card number as well as your Personal Identification Number (PIN) number, this will allow you to:

• Place requests
• Renew items
• Pay fines
• Freeze requests
• Cancel requests
• Modify personal information (i.e. email and reserve pick-up location)
• Sign up for reading history

Library Cards

Any resident of Massachusetts can become a member of the Minuteman Library Network. In order to obtain a library card we require the following:

• Picture identification (i.e. driver’s license, passport, school i.d.)
• Proof of address (i.e. checkbook, car registration, lease, utility bill, driver’s license)

The card you are issued at the Newton Free Library is valid in any member library. Please bring your card when visiting the library.

Children under twelve must have the signature of a parent or guardian. Parents are responsible for fines, lost or damaged materials borrowed by children under eighteen years old.

Please notify the library if there is a change of name, address, phone, e-mail, etc. Please make changes in person with proper identification. You can update your email address through "My Account".

Please notify the circulation desk if you have misplaced your library card. Bring your valid ID with current address to obtain a new card. We will gladly replace it for a charge of $0.50.

Reserves

There are three ways to reserve MLN materials to be sent to your preferred location:

• Online catalog
• At the Reference Desk
• Over the phone: (617) 796-1380

• Speed-read books
• Reference materials
• Magazines before 1996 and the most recent edition

All reserves require a Personal Identification Number (PIN). You can create a PIN at any circulation desk or online through "My Account". If you forget your PIN click on the link "Forgot your PIN" to setup a new one or call the library.

Only Newton residents may reserve new feature films.

You are limited to 20 reserves at any given time.

You will receive an email or letter by mail ($0.45 postage charge) when your reserve is ready for pick-up. Reserves must be picked up within seven days.

Reserved material must be checked out on the library card of the borrower who has placed the reserve. This policy is in accordance with Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 78, Section 7, 1994, reserves cannot be released to any individual other than the cardholder.

Renewals

To renew, please have your library card number ready. You may renew items:

• By phone: (617) 796-1360
• Online (you also need to have your PIN)
• In person

You can renew items up to two times.

You cannot renew:

• Items requested by others
• Speed-read books
• When fines on your account are over $5.00 or item is in billing status (30 days late)
• When library card has expired (contact the circulation desk to reactive the card)

Renewals for ILL materials may be requested through Reference department. Virtual catalogue items are NOT renewable.

Lost or Damaged Items

You are responsible for paying for lost or damaged items. Please pay in person or online.

The replacement fee for a lost or damaged Virtual Catalogue item is $100.00.

The replacement fee for a lost or damaged ILL item varies depending on the lending library’s policies.

Museum Pass Program

Discounted passes are available to Newton residents. After registering in person or over the phone (617) 796-1390, you can book up to two passes per month up to eight weeks in advance.

In case you would like to cancel a reservation, please do so online or call the Audiovisual Department.

Pick up the pass the day before your reservation or the day of. If the library is closed the pass may be picked up two days before.

The library is not responsible for honoring reservations when passes have not been returned by the previous borrower.

Passes must be returned the SAME DAY that it has been used.

Fines

Borrowing Limits