Library Services

Area residents wishing to get a library number in our system need to come in and fill out a brief form.

We now require two forms of identification with matching addresses. 

• The applicant will need a current Driver’s License and another form of identification with a matching address. 
• This identification can be a letter or another piece of mail that provides proof of an established address.
• Persons not in possession of a Driver’s License will need to provide some other form of identification which includes a photo and address. 
• A library number will be issued in our system for the patron.
• The number will be valid for two years, at which time it can be renewed.
• Parents may fill out a form for children to have their own number issued.
• Parents or guardians of children under the age of 18 are responsible for items checked out to their minor children.
• “Summer” residents will be issued library numbers with proof of their local summer address. Their winter address will also be requested for our records.
• We do have a checkout limit for new patrons. This is due to problems we have in recent years with patrons moving out of town without returning library items.
• These checkout limits were established by the Library Board.
• New Family accounts have a limit of six items per checkout. New patrons with individual accounts may checkout two items per visit.
• Increased checkouts are at the discretion of the library staff and based on a patron’s return history.

Our loan periods for library items are as follows:

Books……………………..Three weeks
Audiobooks…… ………Three weeks
CD’s………………………..Three weeks
Magazines………………One week
DVD’s……………………..One week
NSP Meters…………….One Week
Puppet Kits…………….One Week

New items (those in the library two months or less) are not eligible for renewal.

Items may be renewed once  as long as there is no waiting list for that item.

Patrons with items on reserve will be called when the item comes in. They have three days to stop and pick up the reserved item. If they do not come in by the end of the three day period. The item will be given to the next person on the reserve list.

Copy Services

Fax

• The library will send and receive faxed documents for patrons and area residents.
• The fax fee is $1.00 for the first five pages, and an additional dollar for pages five through ten, and so on.
• An international fax will cost $5 per page.
• Our fax number is 715-239-3704.

The Cornell Public Library carries some of the basic tax forms for the
current year. These are available for the public to stop in and pick up
each January through mid-April.

We suggest that people know which tax forms they personally need before they come in to pick them up.

Forms are also available online:

http://www.irs.gov/formspubs

http://www.revenue.wi.gov

Minnesota State Tax Forms

The Cornell Public Library is happy to provide the Interlibrary Loan system for our patrons.  If there is an item we don’t own, we are always happy to try to borrow it from another library for our patron upon request.

Library patrons with a request:

• Can call in their request to library staff 715-239-3709
• Send an email to: publiclibrary@cornellpl.org
• Or make the request in person at the library.  Library staff will then put the request into WISCAT.

Patrons are notified by telephone when the item has been received at our library.

Patrons are asked to remember that newer items are usually not available for several months. The availablity of the item will depend on the age, demand, and the number of holdings throughout the state.

There is no charge for our patrons to use this service.

The only cost that could occur, would be for items lost or damaged by the patron.

The Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL) is part of the Talking Book Program of the Library of Congress.  They provide Braille and recorded books and playback equipment through the postal service for those Wisconsin residents who for any physical reason cannot read normal print. These services are free to the print-handicapped.

Those eligible for free delivery must have been certified by a competen authority to have a visual handicap, legal   blindness, physical handicap or  reading disablilty.

 For more information contact the WTBBL at:

 http://www.talkingbooks.wi.gov

 Toll-free  telephone number in WI: (800) 242-8822

Wireless Internet Access

• The Cornell Public Library offers wireless Internet access to our patrons and visitors.
• This is a free, unfiltered wireless Intenet access.
• The wireless connection can be found as “publiclibrary” under network connections on your laptop computer.
• Patrons are cautioned that security for personal data and wireless devices rests solely with the owner of the wireless device.
• The library assumes no responsiblity for the safety of the patron’s equipment or for any damage that might occur to a patron’s computer configurations or data resulting from connection to the library’s wireless access.
• Library staff can only offer basic assistance in getting started with the wireless network. Staff members are not trained to assist in troubleshooting problems with patron’s personal devices.
• Library power outlets may not always be available.
• The library does not guarantee that patrons will always be able to make a wireless connection.
• Violation of policies and regulations that govern the use of the library’s Internet resources may result in the suspension or loss of privileges to use these resources.
• Any illegal activity involving the library’s Internet resources will be subject to prosecution by the appropriate authorites.