General Info

Please ensure that your machine is identified at the beginning of the call so that our staff may transfer you to our TTY machine. Thank you. Circulation Services The Columbia Public Library offers full library service to all residents of the city. The Library facilities are available during regular Library hours, for use by any person who conducts himself/herself courteously and treats with respect and care the Library materials and equipment. Items to be loaned from the library are available to the holder of a valid borrowing card. Materials not found in the library will be borrowed for patrons through interlibrary loans. Computers and a typewriter are available for patron use. A large meeting room and a smaller meeting room is available for use during library hours, and must be booked in advance. - Holiday Closings: New Year's Day ; Lincoln's Birthday, ( or President's Day ) Good Friday, Veterans Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve ( 4 hours ) ; Christmas and New Year's Eve ( 4 hours ). In order to offer library services and facilities on days that offer the greatest convenience to library patrons, holiday closings are subjected to substitution. ( Example: President's Day could be substituted for Lincoln's Birthday. ) Any member of the Library Board may propose a substitution day. Approval of the substitution requires a majority vote of the Board members present. p- Patron cards are issued to any applicant who is a resident of the City of Columbia. The card may be used at any Illinois library. Children must be entering kindergarten to obtain their first card.