Residents of Bethlehem, Bethlehem Township, Fountain Hill, Freemansburg, Hanover Township (Northampton County), and Lower Saucon Township can obtain library cards at no cost. Others may qualify for an Access card.

As a member of the Bethlehem Area Public Library, you may borrow books, CDs, books on tape and CD, and recent magazines for three weeks and videocassettes and DVDs for one week. There are no limits on the numbers of books or magazines that you can check out. However, there are Audiovisual limits and Special Policies for audiovisual materials.

Materials may be renewed twice by phone, online, or in person, unless they are on reserve for another patron. If something you want has been checked out, you may reserve it. Extra copies of recent best sellers are available as rental books. If the library doesn’t own a book you want, we’ll purchase it or borrow it on interlibrary loan for you.

To return items, you may use the two book drops on the sidewalk near Church Street (open 24 hours) or the one at the South Side Branch (open when the branch is closed). If items are returned late the Library charges overdue fines.

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