loan period

(Automatic renewals for all items except for those on hold)
Books: 3 weeks with 2 renewals
Audios/Playaways: 3 weeks with 1 renewal
Magazines: 3 weeks with 1 renewal
Music CDs: 2 weeks with 1 renewal
Videos/DVDS: 1 week with 1 renewal (Limit 10)
Video Games: 1 week with 1 renewal (Limit 5)

overdue fees

$.25 per day, per item
$10 maximum per item

getting a library card

Individuals able to prove their residence within or payment of property taxes on property located within the library’s service area are eligible to register for a library card, free of charge.
(The full requirements for obtaining a library card may be found in Evergreen Indiana's Circulation Policy guide.)
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The cost to replace your library card is $2.00
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As a Library cardholder, you are responsible for all items checked out on your card.

replacing lost or damaged items

If a library item is lost or damaged, the patron is responsible for REPLACEMENT COSTS.
​When an item must be replaced due to damage or loss, a $10 per item processing fee is assessed, in addition to the original purchase price of the item, as stated in our fee schedule.

Library Policies and Procedures

Fees & Fines

• Fee Schedule (updated 02/2025)
• Debit/Credit Card Fee Policy (adopted 03/2017)
• Fees and Forgiveness (adopted 08/2012) 
• Insufficient Funds (adopted 08/2013) ​
• Refund (adopted 09/2013) ​
• ​​​Resolution Authorizing Electronic Funds Transfer (adopted 03/10/21)
• Fine Amnesty (adopted 10/2012)
• Credit Card Resolution (revised & adopted 12/2011)(new and adopted 03/2022)
• Public Library Access Card (PLAC) Fee (adopted 12/2016 by Indiana State Library)

Library administration

• ​​By-Laws of the Library Board of Trustees (revised & adopted 10/2011, adopted again 12/09/2020, adopted 1/11/2023)
• Succession of Board Members (adopted 10/14/2020)
• Succession of Director (adopted 04/08/2020)
• Collection Development Policy (revised & adopted 12/2012)
• Computer Disaster Recovery Plan (revised & adopted 02/2012)
• Confidentiality of Library Records (adopted 07/2000)
• Statewide Reciprocal Borrowing Libraries List (as of 09/2016) 
• Strategic Plan & Technology Plan 2020-2023 (adopted 01/31/2020)
• ​Minor Budget Items (adopted 06/2012; revised 03/2015) 
• Purchasing Policy (adopted 11/2023) 
• Small Purchase Policy Resolution (adopted 12/2011)
• Friends of the Library (as of 05/2017)
• Inclement Weather Policy (adopted 12/2014)
• Internal Controls (adopted 01/11/2023)
• Investment Policy (pending) 
• Out of District Patrons (adopted 02/2012; revised & adopted 12/2016) 
• Social Media (adopted 11/2013)
• Temporary Library Card (adopted 12/2012)
• PLAC Rules and Guidelines (as of 01/2017) 
• ​Electronic Meeting Policy (adopted 02/09/2022)

Services

• Meeting Room Reservation & Use Policy (adopted 01/2025)
• ​Fax Machine (adopted 04/2000) 
• Interlibrary Loan (revised & adopted 02/2012) 
• Internet and Computer Use (revised & adopted 03/2013; revised 09/2014) ​​

Circulation of materials

• Evergreen Indiana Circulation Policy (updated by Evergreen Indiana 10/2016) 
• Evergreen Indiana Circulation Procedures (updated by Evergreen Indiana 10/2016) 
• Video Checkout for Minors (adopted 09/2013) 
• Theme Kit (revised & adopted 02/2012) ​
• ​​Library of Things (adopted 4/2022)

Building, grounds, & safty

• Camera Surveillance Policy (adopted 03/2015)
• Children in the Library (Revised & adopted 07/2014; revised & adopted 06/2017) ​
• ​Parking Policy (adopted 09/12/2018)
• Reading Room Display Policy (adopted 08/2014) 
• Safe Place Instructions (as of 05/2017) ​
• ​​Unacceptable Patron Behavior (revised & adopted 10/2013) ​
• Teen Room (adopted 09/2012)
• Signs/Posters in the Library (adopted 11/2014)

Patron Forms and Rights

• Meeting Room Reservation Agreement (01/2025)
• ​Comment on Library Materials
• Photo Release Form
• Freedom to Read Statement (adopted by ALA 06/2004)
• Library Bill of Rights (reaffirmed & adopted by ALA 01/1996)

2024-2028 Strategic Plan and Technology Plan

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