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Get A Library Card

Apply for a Public Library Card Online!

If you have never had a Minuteman library card, please complete the form below to get a 6-month Minuteman library card. Then visit a Minuteman public library convenient to you, within 6 months, to complete the library card application. When you pick up your card you must present a photo ID and proof of address.

Please sign up using a valid email address. Your temporary barcode and username will be emailed to you.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FRANKLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD!

Your temporary number allows you to:

  • Login to My Account and establish a password.
  • Use state-provided online research databases within Massachusetts only.
  • Place up to 5 requests on Books, DVDs, CDs, etc. in the Minuteman Catalog for pickup at a Minuteman library.
  • Use our Digital Catalog.

How to complete the registration:

  • Pick up your full service library card at a Minuteman public library of your choice within 6 months.
  • After 6 months, temporary accounts, including item requests, are deleted.
  • Please mention that you have already registered for a temporary card and bring your temporary library number or a copy of the confirmation email.
  • When you pick up your card you must present a photo ID and proof of address.

Proof of address requirements:

  • Current, valid Massachusetts Driver’s license or Massachusetts State Identification Card with current address...OR…one document from Section 1 AND one document from Section 2 below:

Section 1: Proof of identification –current or expired-- (must include name and photo):

  • Passport
  • Alien Resident Card
  • Government issued cards, such as Military ID
  • State issued photo ID including welfare, Medicaid or FID card
  • University or school ID
  • Senior/T.A.P. ID issued by the MBTA (added by Membership 01/18/2017)

Section 2. Proof of current local address*  (must include applicant’s name):  

  • Utility bill or tax bill (dated within the last 60 days)
  • Lease agreement
  • Imprinted bank check or deposit slip
  • Official school schedule with applicant’s name and address typed on it
  • Official letter verifying residency and mailing address dated within last 30 days from a  social service provider, temporary employer that provides housing, or a short-term residence
  • Postcard mailed to applicant from the library
  • eBills

 

*a Post Office Box or business address is not sufficient – a current residential address is required.