Services

Checking an Item’s Due Date

• Refer to your checkout receipt.
• Call the library.
• Check your library account online.

Get a Temporary Card

Get a temporary library card during the Pandemic by clicking the button below and then by clicking “Self Registration” at the bottom of the page.

Overdue Items

• Fines for magazines, books, audiobooks and music are 25 cents a day per item.
• Fines for movies are $1.00 per day per item.

Public Computers and Printing

Each patron is able to use our computers for two one half hour sessions a day. The two sessions are back to back (consecutive) if no other patrons are waiting for computers. If patrons do not have a NWLS library card, the patron may ask at the circulation desk for a visitors pass.

No visitor passes are issued to patrons under 18 without approval by the parent/guardian.

• Computer prints are 20 cents per page.
• Wi-Fi is also available at the library.

Copy Machine

Copies are 20 cents per page per side.

Fax Machine

$1.00 per page when sending or receiving faxes.

When receiving a fax at the library, please have the sender include your name and a contact phone number so we can notify you when the fax is received.

The library’s fax number is 715-634-5257

Placing Holds

Northern Waters Library Service (NWLS) Library patrons may have up to 20 holds at a time on their record. Patrons are notified when items are ready to be picked up by the NWLS automatic notification system.

For Hayward Library patrons: If there is a phone number on record, the system will contact the patron by phone. If there is an email on record, the patron will be contacted by email. If there is neither a phone nor an email on the record, the patron will be contacted by snail mail.

Ready for pick up items are held for 7 days before they automatically clear in the computer system and the items are sent on to the next hold/back to the owning library.

Loan Rules

• All patrons may check out up to 50 items, including 8 DVDs.
• Books, Magazines, etc. are checked out for 3 weeks
• Movies are checked out for 1 week
• Seasonal and high demands items may have shorter loan periods.