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Hours 
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 - 8
Wednesday: 10 - 5
Thursday: 10 - 8
Friday: 10 - 5
Saturday: 10 - 5
Sunday: Closed
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Membership in The Crowley Public Library
 Our staff and volunteers are here to provide you with a productive, enjoyable experience.
If you need help, please do not hesitate to ask. We invite your questions and suggestions, and will respond to each.
If you would like to make a difference and meet new friends, volunteer in the Library and join the Friends of the Crowley Library. We'd love to get to know you better!
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Contact/Address
Crowley Public Library
409 Oak Street
Crowely, TX. 76036
Library: 817-297-6707
Fax (817)297-3216
E-MAIL dir@crowleylibrary.org
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Directions to the Crowley Library
From I 35: Get off at Rendon/Crowley Rd.(1187):
Take a right at the intersection at Crowley road and 1187. Turn left at Main Street, over the railroad tracks, turn left at Beverly. The library is located one half mile on left side.
From Crowley Rd. (731):
Make a right at the traffic light at the intersection of
731 and 1187 (Rendon/Crowley Rd.).
Go over the railroad tracks, turn left at Beverly. The library is located one half mile on left side.
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Getting a Library Card
Adults 18 and over can register for a card by providing proof of address and residency
inside the city limits of Crowley.
Youths ages 0-17 can be registered by a parent or legal guardian with proof of address and residency.
Cards are free to residents of Crowley who live within the city limits or who own property within the city.
Non - resident fee: $10.00 per person per year or 10 hrs volunteer service/year per family.
Replacement card: $1.00 per card
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Checking Out Materials
Most magazines have a circulation period of three weeks.
Materials may be renewed once unless someone is waiting for them.
To renew and item by phone call 817-297-6707.
Extended circulation periods with no renewal are available for travelers or others with special needs.
24-hour drops are available on the south side of the Library.
Overdue fines:
Late videos: $ .25 per day.
Other late materials: $ .25 per day.
Fines are charged seven days a week.
Payment plans are available.
Circulation limits per card are:unlimited books and magazines
Reserves may be placed on items that are checked out.
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Equipment for Patron Use
Internet access, a typewriter, a fax machine, a copier, a microfiche machine, and
two types of magnifiers are available.
Printouts and copies are $ .15 per page.
On-line charges, if applicable, will be set by the Librarian.
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Access to Other Collections
Interlibrary Loan is available for most items not in our collection. Ask at the Circulation Desk for a form. The patron must have a current Crowley Library card.
Most libraries sell cards to non-residents ( who do not pay taxes to support that City's Library). Cost varies widely.
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Lost and Damaged Item Fees
Damages to items: set by Librarian
Lost or withdrawn items: replacement cost
Replacement costs for items no longer available:
Adult fiction books : $20.00
Adult hardback nonfiction books: 30.00
Adult paperback nonfiction books: 20.00
Juvenile hardback books: 20.00
Juvenile paperback fiction: 5.00
Juvenile paperback nonfiction: 10.00
Videos: 20.00
Juvenile audio tapes/book sets: 15.00
Adult audio tapes:
Abridged: 20.00
Unabridged: 80.00
Juvenile audio tapes: 20.00
Fiction paperback books: 10.00
All charges set by Ordinance #00-675
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Tex Share
About:
TexShare is a cooperative program designed to improve service to Texans. Members include public libraries that belong to the regional library systems, academic libraries, and libraries of clinical medicine. TexShare enables libraries to offer a broader range of materials and services than any single library can provide for its constituents.
TexShare maximizes the effectiveness of library expenditures by enabling libraries to:
• Share staff expertise.
• Share library resources in print and electronic formats, including books,
journals, technical reports, and databases.
• Pursue joint purchasing agreements for information services.
• Encourage cooperative development and deployment of information
resources and technologies.
Just a Friendly Reminder...
TexShare renewel is due beginning of October.
• TexShare Link
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Interlibrary Loan Fact Sheet
As a customer of this Library, you have access to a world of information through a service called INTERLIBRARY LOAN. Books, magazines, and journal articles, items on microfilm, and genealogical information not available here may be available at other libraries around the world. Just contact one of our library staff members to begin your search.
More About Interlibrary Loan
Not everything is available. Bestsellers, books published during the past year, reference books, genealogy publications, test study books, videos, compact discs, records, and rare and archival materials are almost always unavailable. Please keep this in mind when requesting an item.
Your material will usually arrive in two weeks, but it could take longer. We will try hard to get your books or photocopies for you on or before the date you need them, so let us know when you need the material you are requesting.
Most items are provided free of charge. however, some lending libraries do require fees. Tell us how much you are willing to spend for the materials you are requesting.
The loan period of and item depends on the length of time allowed by the lending library. If you wish to extend the loan period, you must contact this library at least three days before the item is due back so we can notify the lending library of your request. They will make the final decision on whether or not to grant you an extension.
If you lose or damage something you have borrowed through Interlibrary Loan, the lending library will request that you pay for the damage or loss and will probably add a processing fee.
Please, don't be late returning items. there is probably somebody somewhere else in the world waiting to read what you have just read, and like any library, Interlibrary Loan is dedicated to sharing.
We encourage you to use the Interlibrary Loan Service this library provides. If you can't find it here, maybe we can find your book in a place as far away as Japan, or as close as Oklahoma. It's worth a try, and if we find it for you, it will be worth a whole lot more.
Thank you for your patronage.
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• Interlibrary Loan Link
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We need your Help!
The Crowley Library has moved although there is lots to do. Please let us know if you are interested in vounteering. Support is needed for putting the books on the shelfs, sorting books, the Summer Reading Program and general support.
Please contact the circulation desk at the Crowley library.
817-297-6707
Thank you for supporting your local library.
Volunteering at Library
In order to volunteer for the library you must fill out an application form and submit it to the library. Someone from the library will meet with you and your ready to volunteer!
Some duties will include shelving of books , creating crafts for Storytime, and running the circulation desk.
Many Thanks to our wonderful community, library staff, volunteers and these gracious contributions.
Thank You!
Lonestar
TX Book Festival
Walmart, Kroger, Brookshires and J. Dobie
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Help is always welcome!
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Equipment
 The library is pleased to announce that we have received The Tocker Grant, for $45,000.00. This money has made our computer lab a reality. There are computers for all ages. Educational games aswell as internet access is available. Inappropriate sites are prohibited and monitored by SurfControl.
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Donating to the Library
Giving the Library used Items?
Please bring all donations to the Library at 409 OAK
Needed:
Crowley, Tarrant County materials about companies, maps, family histories, etc: GRE and other test books, videos audio books, wooden puzzles
Most Used:
Books published in the last 5 years; recent best sellers; clean copies of "classic" titles; recent paperback novels in good condition; children's materials, audio books, video tapes, selected magazine titles (call (817)297-6707).
Please Consider this When Donating:
Books in poor condition (yellowed pages, broken bindings, musty smelling); textbooks older than 5 years; Reader's Digest condensed books; dated information (old travel guides; etc.); videos copied at home will be passed to other needy agencys, through the Friends of the Library.
About Tax Statements:
If you would like a receipt for tax purposes, please count the books you are donating. We give signed, dated receipts for the number of items, but cannot assess the value.
Other Helpful Hints:
Large donations should be brought to tht back door located on the west side. Donations of 5 or fewer may be left at the Circulation Desk. Please do not put donations in the book drop although outside of the west door, under the cover is accceptable.
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How to Purchase a Brick:
Fill out the order form, that you can pick up at the Library.
Return the form with your check, or money order to:
The Friends of the Crowley Library
Crowley Public Library
409 Oak Street
Crowely, TX. 76036
Library: 817-297-6707
Fax (817)297-3216
E-MAIL dir@crowleylibrary.org
There are also payment plans available inquire at the Library.
Brick Price: $100.00 per brick.
The price of each brick is tax-deductible as allowed by the law.
Buy a personalized brick and give lasting recognition and honor to individuals, families, organizations, and businesses. Your brick will help form a walkway at the new library and your purchase will provide money to help buy the new furnishings.
  Red Stone
Gray Stone
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Purchase a Caricature
 Purchase a Caricature in your name or as a gift
to someone else.
The caricatures are available in three sizes
small, medium, and large.
The caricatures depict cartoon and
story book characters.
They will be placed on the walls of the children's area
in the new Library.
Price List
Small Caricatures ..................$15.00
Medium Caricatures..............$25.00
Large Caricatures...................$50.00
The purchase of caricatures as with the purchase of the paving bricks is a Tax deductible donation as allowed by law
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On Sale for $8.00 at the Library
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