A MLS library card is free for customers who live within our service area.

For details click: http://www.metrolibrary.org/library-cards.htm

Go to any Metropolitan Library System library. Find a convenient location by clicking: Library Info (tab). When you go to the library be sure to take along two current forms of identification (for example, driver's license, social security card, military ID, student ID, current credit card). You will need to show proof of address, not just a P.O. Box number. The staff will determine which library card and service you are eligible to receive and will issue you a card then.

For children and teens, up to age 17, a parent or guardian must show identification, sign the application, and co-sign the card.

Primary Service is available for customers who live in or own property in Oklahoma City or Oklahoma County.

Reciprocal Service : is available for customers who live, work, or attend school in Cleveland, McClain or Pottawatomie counties as well as for Blanchard school district students living in Grady County.

A School Card is available for a customer who lives outside Oklahoma City or County or the reciprocal area, but who attends school within this service area. This type of card must be validated annually.

Customers who live outside the primary or reciprocal service area may purchase an Annual Fee Card for $40. This entitles each household member to a card.

Cash Deposit Service : Visitors to the community may enjoy the library and its vast resources by making a cash deposit equal to the price of each item borrowed plus a $10 processing fee per item. The full amount, minus any fees incurred, will be refunded when the borrowed items are returned.

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Each library subscribes to the Oklahoman and keeps back issues for several months. Through the MLS catalog CyberMars search "Magazine" or check with a librarian for actual issues.

You may also search back issues of the Oklahoman through The Oklahoman Archives . This is one of many databases accessible through Catalog & Databases tab at www.metrolibrary.org

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Library fax machines are used for internal business. The machines are not for general use by the public as commercial service is readily available. However, the public might receive a document delivery via home or library fax machine, for which a fee is charged.

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MLS materials may be dropped into the book drop or taken into any of our libraries. It is not necessary to return items to the same location from which they were borrowed.

Please return ILL (Inter-Library Loan) items to the library from which they were borrowed.

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For cataloged books, audiobooks, and CDs, the overdue fine is 10 cents per day to a maximum of $3.00 per item.

For videos and DVDs, the overdue fine is 50 cents per day to a maximum of $6.00 per item.

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Fiction items are divided into interest or age appropriate categories. Each category is then arranged and shelved alphabetically by the author.

• Children's materials are labeled as Easy, Reader, Tween and JFiction.
• Teen materials are labeled YA.
• Adult items are labeled Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction and Western.

Non-fiction materials are labeled and arranged using the Dewey Decimal System

• Factual materials for young children are labeled (Tweens) and are shelved in the children's area.
• Juvenile and adult non-fiction books are shelved together in the adult area. Juvenile materials have a "J" that preceeds the shelf number.

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Library card holders may borrow up to thirty items at a time. However, libraries with smaller collections may set limits on the number of items of a particular type or subject that may be borrowed at one time.

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Books, audiobooks, and CDs have a two-week loan period and may be renewed twice if no one else is on the waiting list. Videos have a seven-day loan period and may be renewed twice if there is no waiting list. Reference items are not available for loan but may be used in the library.

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A librarian will be happy to assist you to find information from an online directory. These directories are often more accurate, complete and current than the printed directories.

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The Library's program and meeting needs take precedence over use requests made by other community groups. When space is not in use, the MLS offers the use of its facilities for rent to profit or non-profit organization or groups. Some of the guidelines for use include:

The groups must not charge admission fees and the events must not disturb regular Library functions. The public spaces may not be rented for the following purposes:

1. Selling any items or services, including sales or marketing presentations/promotions to prospective clients.
2. Fund raising.
3. Purely social functions, such as parties or showers, etc.

Please contact the library of interest for more specific information.

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A librarian can assist you in finding the federal or state tax forms online that you need. Or you may use the links to the federal and state tax sites provided by the MLS by clicking: Tax Forms

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"The Metropolitan Library System loves volunteers! If you are thinking about volunteering, either as a teen or an adult, click here for more information."

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