Loan Procedures
Borrowing materials from Troy-Miami County Public Library is free for all Ohio residents! Just be sure to return your items on time and in good condition.
Checking Out
When you’re ready to check out materials, please have your library card or a photo ID with you. You can also check out items if you know your library card number and PIN. If you’re an adult patron without identification, you may verbally verify your personal information to check out library materials.
As a library cardholder, you are responsible for:
- Keeping your information up to date. Please let us know if your name, address, or phone number changes.
- Taking care of items borrowed on your card. You are financially responsible for materials checked out with your library card.
- Helping your children make good choices. Parents and caregivers are responsible for monitoring the materials their children select and check out.
- Returning materials on time and in good condition. You are responsible for any charges related to late, lost, or damaged materials borrowed with your card.
- Reporting a lost or stolen card right away. Please let library staff know as soon as possible if your card is lost or stolen.
Loan Periods
3 Week Loan (21 days)
- Audiobooks
- Books
- Magazines
- Music CDs and DVDs
- Hotspots
1 Week Loan (7 days)
- Fast Reads Books (limit 10)
- Museum passes
- Library of Things items (21 days with classroom card)
Borrowing Limits
- You may check out up to 99 items on all library cards, except Provisional cards.
- Fees must be below $10 to check out and items may not be more than 14 days overdue.
- If you are a teacher or educator, you may apply for a special Classroom Card with an extended borrowing period for use with instructional library materials. Please apply for a classroom card at any location.
Curbside Service
The Troy-Miami County Public Library offers convenient Curbside Service at the Troy Main Branch and Oakes-Beitman Memorial Library in Pleasant Hill. No appointment is needed—simply park in a designated curbside spot, call the listed number, and your holds will be brought out to you.
Curbside Service is for holds pickup only. Please return items using the exterior book returns.
Please note: Curbside Service may be temporarily unavailable during inclement weather. Contact either branch for more information.
Returning Items
- Library materials may be returned to any Troy-Miami County Public Library location.
- Use our 24-hour return boxes, located in Troy and Pleasant Hill. If your item is too large to fit into the book return, please bring it up to the circulation desk when the library is open.
- Please do not return school library books or materials from other libraries to TMCPL. We cannot guarantee they will be returned to the lending library.
- Items that are more than 14 days overdue will be billed.