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Educator Card

The Educator Card, with its special advantages, is designed to help educators who live or work in the Westerville School District make full use of the library's resources.

Eligibility

Any educator who lives or works in the Westerville School District is eligible for an educator card. This includes K-12 classroom teachers in public and private schools, daycare center teachers and home schoolers.

The educator must appear in person at the library to obtain the educator card; it is not possible to apply online at the present time. The educator will need to provide a photo ID (e.g., a driver's license) and proof of current address. Proof can consist of a piece of mail addressed to the applicant, a checkbook or a car insurance card.

Note: Beginning September 1st, 2009, all persons applying for an educator card must also provide proof of educator status in the form of a current paycheck stub from your place of employment or a copy of your current Home Education Notification form.

Advantages

1. Can check out as many items as you want to be financially responsible for.*
2. Pay no overdue fines.**(Payment is required for lost or damaged items, but no processing fee is charged.)
3. Can keep items, except videos and DVDs, for double the loan period.
4. Can renew all items, except for videos and DVDs one time. (Renewal is unavailable if the item is reserved for another customer.)
5. Personal library card and educator card accounts are totally separate.

*Exceptions include OhioLINK & SearchOhio loans, as well as items checked out through the Ohio eBook Project. Loan rules and fines are the same for educators as all other patrons for these items.

**Except for items loaned from SearchOhio or OhioLINK.

Limits

Use of card will be blocked if any item is 40 or more days overdue. If an item becomes 55 or more days overdue, the educator's account will be sent to a collection agency, as would any other customer's, and a $10 collection agency fee will be charged.

An educator card will need to be renewed on a yearly basis. When the card expires, a staff member will verify the educator's account information and edit the expiration date of the card to extend it for another year.

Note: Beginning September 1st, 2009, all persons renewing an educator card must also provide proof of educator status in the form of a current paycheck stub from your place of employment or a copy of your current Home Education Notification form.

Questions?

Contact Customer Services for more information.