Get A Library Card
Apply for a Public Library Card Online!
If you have never had a Minuteman library card, please complete the form below to get a 6-month Minuteman library card. Then visit a Minuteman public library convenient to you, within 6 months, to complete the library card application. When you pick up your card you must present a photo ID and proof of address.
Please sign up using a valid email address. Your temporary barcode and username will be emailed to you.
CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A FRANKLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD!
Your temporary number allows you to:
- Login to My Account and establish a password.
- Use state-provided online research databases within Massachusetts only.
- Place up to 5 requests on Books, DVDs, CDs, etc. in the Minuteman Catalog for pickup at a Minuteman library.
- Use our Digital Catalog.
How to complete the registration:
- Pick up your full service library card at a Minuteman public library of your choice within 6 months.
- After 6 months, temporary accounts, including item requests, are deleted.
- Please mention that you have already registered for a temporary card and bring your temporary library number or a copy of the confirmation email.
- When you pick up your card you must present a photo ID and proof of address.
Proof of address requirements:
- Current, valid Massachusetts Driver’s license or Massachusetts State Identification Card with current address...OR…one document from Section 1 AND one document from Section 2 below:
Section 1: Proof of identification –current or expired-- (must include name and photo):
- Passport
- Alien Resident Card
- Government issued cards, such as Military ID
- State issued photo ID including welfare, Medicaid or FID card
- University or school ID
- Senior/T.A.P. ID issued by the MBTA (added by Membership 01/18/2017)
Section 2. Proof of current local address* (must include applicant’s name):
- Utility bill or tax bill (dated within the last 60 days)
- Lease agreement
- Imprinted bank check or deposit slip
- Official school schedule with applicant’s name and address typed on it
- Official letter verifying residency and mailing address dated within last 30 days from a social service provider, temporary employer that provides housing, or a short-term residence
- Postcard mailed to applicant from the library
- eBills
*a Post Office Box or business address is not sufficient – a current residential address is required.