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| How to get a library card | If you live in Phillipsburg or in any of the townships in Warren County,
you may apply for a library card with the Phillipsburg Free Public Library (Allamuchy,
Blairstown, Franklin, Greenwich, Hardwick, Harmony, Hope, Independence, Knowlton, Liberty,
Lopatcong, Mansfield, Oxford, Pahaquarry, Pohatcong, Washington Township, White Township).
The 1990 Federation Agreement between the Town of Phillipsburg and Warren County makes
this borrowing arrangement possible. To register for a library card, please bring in one
of the following forms of identification:
If you live in any other town or borough, you may purchase membership in the library with borrowing privileges for $60 per year per individual ($72 per year per family), payable quarterly or annually. Phillipsburg High School students residing in Alpha or Bloomsbury sending districts are eligible for a free library card with a one-year expiration, renewable annually as long as they present a current-year high school ID along with one of the forms of identification above. |
| Why get a library card? | Your library card allows you to check out books, audio books, and
music CDs for up to three weeks. DVDs and VHS tapes are available for four-day loans. Use your library card from any Internet accessible computer to find and print magazine articles, and use our other online databases at www.pburglib.org |
| Get your own password. | With your password you can access the library's computerized catalog online. You can use your password to place reserves on items, and access your account information. Go to the check-out desk to obtain a password. |