Use the Online
Catalog to search for items in MPL and San Mateo County.
Apply for a Library Card
Fill
out the form
and your local library will notify you by email (or phone, if
no email) when your card is ready to pick up. At that time, you
must show a photo I.D. with proof of California residency, and
might need a parent with you if you are under 18.
Notices by text message
Receive hold and pre-overdue notices, renew items, and even search the library catalog by ISBN -- all through text messaging. You can even receive and manage notices for others' cards. Click here for details, or to sign up.
Notices
by E-mail
Receive library notices by e-mail, rather than telephone or postcard!
Topics include holds and overdues, as well as courtesy pre-overdue
notices. To enter or update your email address on file, click
here, log into your account, and click the "Modify Personal
Info" button. Please provide an address that you'll check
daily.
Access
Your Library Account
- Renew
/ Review items out
- Check
/ cancel holds you've placed
- View and Pay overdues or fines
- 'Opt In' to automatically save a history
of items you've had out
MPL
items check out for 3 weeks and may be renewed twice if no holds
are on the item. Exceptions are:
- videos, DVDs, and New adult books - 1 week, 2 renewals
