Who can get a card
Residents of Michigan are eligible for a library card at the Bridgeport Public Library.

How to Get Your Card
A library card may obtained by presenting a valid state issued identification card or driver's license with the individual's current mailing address.  If identification does not show current address, a piece of mail with the current mailing address presented in addition to the identification will be accepted as proof of residency.  Individuals under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian with valid identification present in order to obtain a card.  Children must be able to sign their own name before being eligible for a library card. 

Borrowing Limits
Borrowers may have up to twenty five items out at a time.  Magazines and audiobooks are each limited to ten of each type. Videos are limited to five.

Placing Holds
Holds may be placed either online, in person, or over the phone.  Borrowers may place up to five holds at a time.  Borrowers will be notified when their requests have arrived, and will have one week to pick them up.  After a week, items will be sent back to their home library or released to the next person on the hold list. 

Interlibrary Loans

Borrowers may request material from other libraries if our library does not have the material needed.  These loans may be placed online, in person, or over the phone.  Borrowers will be notified when their requests have arrived, and will have one week to pick them up.  After a week, items will be sent back to their home library or released to the next person on the hold list. 

Downloading Audiobooks and E-Books

Borrowers who are residents of Bridgeport and Spaulding Townships may download audiobooks and E-books onto their own devices.  Borrowers will use the link on our home page or use the Libby App.  The link will take them to Overdrive.  The log-in is the borrowers library card number and the password is the last four digits of their phone number.  Items may be checked out for two weeks.   

Renewing Your Borrowed Items
Renewal is automatic.  Items will be automatically renewed two times unless the item is requested by another patron or the item is borrowed from another library.  Renewals are for an additional three week period.  New items may be renewed if no one is waiting for the item.   

Library Fines
Bridgeport Public Library is a fine free library.  If the items are returned, there is no fine.  However, if an item is kept, the borrower will be charged for the lost item(s).