Library Cards and Membership

We do not place limits on books, magazines, or audiobooks. All other items have the following borrowing limits:

• DVDs: maximum of five per card
• Online Overdrive service: maximum of 10 checkouts per card
• Hoopla service: maximum of three circulations per month

Renew your borrowed library items online or by calling 807-223-1475.

Books can only be renewed if there are no holds placed on the item by other library customers. Most DVD and Blu-ray material can be renewed if there are no holds, however new release DVD and Blu-Ray items cannot be renewed or placed on hold until they are removed from the "New Materials" list.

Magazines can only be renewed for 7 days. All other books may be renewed for two weeks.

Unfortunately, you cannot renew interlibrary loan items.

Your user ID for the online library system is your library card number (located on the back of your card, beginning with 21475) and your default PIN is "dryden".

Use your online account to:

• Put items on hold
• Renew material
• Check your account

You can follow us on Facebook to stay up-to-date with Library news. We have a monthly program calendar that is posted to our Facebook and print copies are available in the Library.

The Dryden Public Library has free Wi-Fi available, as well as computers for public use.

Public access computers are available.

To use a computer at the Library, you must sign in at the front desk. 

If you have a lost or damaged item, you will be charged the replacement cost (based on the current list price) plus a non-refundable processing fee of $5.

The Library does not accept donations in place of fees for lost or damaged items. In some cases we will accept an exact replacement copy of a lost or damaged item. Library staff must be consulted before a replacement copy will be accepted.

If you return an item that requires repair the following fees may be charged:

• Missing barcode: $1
• Damaged DVD, Blu-ray or audiobook case: $2
• Damaged book cover (all books): $3
• Items requiring extraordinary cleaning: $2

You can pay for lost or damaged items online.

We're happy to accept financial and in-kind donations to support the Dryden Public Library. The Library is a registered charitable organization with the CRA and offers a tax receipt for donations over $20. You can donate in person at the Library or online.

The Dryden Public Library also accepts gifts of gently used books and DVDs. Donated items may be added to the Library collection or sold in the Book Sale. Unfortunately, the Library cannot accept donations of:

• Backlist magazines
• Encyclopedias
• Textbooks
• VHS
• CD-ROMs
• Cassette tapes
• Downloaded or unlicensed copies of audio-visual materials
• Damaged books with broken bindings, missing pages, soiled, musty, moldy, with smoke or water damage, or with excessive writing in the text

Learn more about the Library's Donations and Gifts policy or contact us by email for more information.

You can pay by credit card online.