• Valid NJ driver's license with current Hoboken address
• Lease
• Recent utility bill
• Bank Statement
• Recent Credit Card bill
• Medicare/Medicaid ID (with address)
• Letter from school, confirming address (if under 18)

A P.O. Box is not acceptable as proof of Hoboken Residency

Patrons who work in Hoboken and live
OUTSIDE of the BCCLS system.

Applicants who work in Hoboken must show Photo ID, proof of address and one of the following:

• Pay stub with business name/address
• Work ID Letter from employer (on business letterhead)
   confirming employment
• Letter from Bursar’s or Principal’s office confirming enrollment
• Latest report card (if in high school)

Patrons living in Hudson County outside of the BCCLS system and not working in Hoboken may apply for a courtesy account.

Patrons must present a valid library card from their home library and be in good standing.
They must show Photo ID and Valid Proof of Residency such as:

• Valid NJ driver's license with current address
• Lease
• Recent utility bill
• Bank Statement
• Recent Credit Card bill
• Medicare/Medicaid ID (with address)
• Letter from school, confirming address (if under 18)

Juvenile Library Cards

Hoboken Library Cards are issued to Hoboken resident children, under 13 years of age, who are able to print their full name legibly in the space provided on the application. Proof of residency must be presented with the application. These cards expire in three years, after which proof of residency must be resubmitted. It is not necessary to submit another application.

Hoboken Courtesy Cards are issued to children under 13 years of age who live outside the BCCLS system but attend school in Hoboken. In addition to signing their name and providing proof of residence, a letter from the school stating they attend must be presented with the application. These cards expire in one year, after which proof of residency and a Hoboken School letter must be resubmitted. It is not necessary to submit another application.

Children under 13 years of age, living in HUDSON COUNTY, outside the BCCLS system and not schooled in Hoboken, may be issued a HOBOKEN COURTESY BARCODE on their hometown library card, providing they can sign their name and provide proof of Hudson County residence. These barcodes expire in one year, after which proof of residency must be resubmitted. It is not necessary to submit another application.

ALL OF THE ABOVE REQUIRE PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION TO BE FILLED OUT ON THE BACK OF THE APPLICATION. CARDS WILL NOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION.

LOST CARDS may be replaced by providing proper identification along with a $3.00 fee. It is not necessary to submit another application.

YOUR LIBRARY CARD allows you to review items you currently have checked out, outstanding fines, pending requests, and to renew items before they become overdue.

Loan periods and fines
Material Type Loan Period Limits Renewals Overdues / Fines *
Books 28 days
50 item general limit

1 $ .10 per item per day; $5.00 maximum for books
New Books / Bestsellers 14 days no limit 1, if there is no reserve list $ .10 per item per day. Magazines 14 days 5 per title 1 $ .10 per item per day, $5.00 maximum

Audiobooks Books on CD
14 days 10 1 $ .10 per item per day; maximum fine $5.00; $1.00 fine if returned in book drop.
Compact Discs 14 days 10 1 $ .25 per item per day; maximum fine $6.00; $1.00 fine if returned in book drop.

Videocassettes & DVDs
7 days. 5 of each (5 DVDs and 5 Videos)

1 $2.00 per item per day; $20.00 maximum; $.50 rewind fee; $1.00 if returned without plastic case; $5.00 if returned in the book drop.
CD-Roms 14 days 1 1 $2.00 per item per day (up to cost of product); $10.00 fine if returned in book drop.
* Fines are not charged for days the library is closed.

Interlibrary Loans
The Hoboken Public Library will obtain books and magazine articles from other BCCLS member libraries for our patrons. For items outside of the BCCLS network, patrons are welcome to place requests through Jersey Cat.

BCCLS Interlibrary Loan Rules
1. Library patrons may request up to 5 loan items at a time. Once requested items have been received or the patron has been notified that they are en-route, additional loans can be requested. New requests, together with materials still en-route, may not exceed our five item limit.

2. Library patrons can ask to be notified when a particular item owned by the Hoboken Public Library is returned. Unfortunately, we cannot request items we own from another library. Also, items which are marked
Hi Demand or Rental cannot be requested from other libraries.

3. The policies of other BCCLS libraries vary as to how soon they circulate new items. For that reason, we cannot request a book from another library that has been in the system for less than one month nor DVDS and videos that have been in the system under three months.

4. Non-resident patrons who work or go to school in Hoboken are entitled to a Hoboken courtesy card. This card allows patrons full borrowing privileges including the ability to request interlibrary loans. On rare occasions an item may not be available to courtesy card holders if it is only owned by libraries that do not honor those cards. Jersey City or other Hudson County residents are entitled to a courtesy card that allows patrons to borrow materials from The Hoboken Public Library.