Library Policies
Collection Agency - Unique Management Services
The Westerville Public Library currently uses a collection agency, Unique Management Services, to collect outstanding overdue items on the library's behalf. Customer accounts are sent to the collection agency when... Read more
The Westerville Public Library provides access to the Internet and other electronic services to further our mission of selecting informational and educational resources of value to our community. These services are offered in conformity with the Library Bill of Rights, the Freedom to Read policy, and the Freedom to View policy. The Internet contains many different kinds of material, some of which may be deemed to be of a controversial or offensive nature. Read more
The library welcomes donations from individuals and groups. The library, however, reserves the right to make a final selection of any materials, which will be added to the collection. The library also reserves the right to withdraw materials from the collection when they are no longer appropriate under the collection policy. Read more
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. Read more
If you need a book that is not in our collection the chances are good that we can borrow that book for you from another library. We participate in a program that allows us to borrow from libraries anywhere in the country. There is no charge for this service. Read more
The Internet is a worldwide network of computers that contains millions of pages of information. Users are cautioned that many of these pages include offensive, sexually explicit, and inappropriate material. In general, it is difficult to avoid at least some contact with this material while using the Internet. Even innocuous search requests may lead to sites with highly offensive content. Read More
All items must be checked out at the front desk. See Loan Rules for loan periods, limits, and overdue fines. Read more
All Media items, except Art Prints, may be returned 24 hours a day in the two outside book drops, or during library hours at the Media Services Desk. Read more
Tax Forms
For patron convenience we have included the following directory of tax agencies... Read more