• Hours of Operation

• Direction & Maps

• How to get a Library Card

• Rules

• Renewal Policy

Hours of Operation:
Monday through Thursday: - 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Friday:                               -   9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Saturday:                           - 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.*
*Please Note: Library is closed on Saturday during the summer, from when school lets out until it reconvenes. 
Children's Library is closed one hour prior to the close of the Library. 
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Directions:
Via Route 280 East: Route 280 East to exit 16 (immediately over drawbridge). Keep to the right side of the exit ramp. At the second light after the exit, turn left on Harrison Avenue. Go straight until you pass the intersection of Frank E. Rodgers Blvd. Go Straight one block to Fifth Street and make a right. Go one block and make another right. At the end of the street you will be in the Library/Post Office Parking Lot

Directions From The Garden State Parkway: Take Exit 145. Bear right after tolls but do not exit onto Central Avenue. Take Route 280 East and follow above directions to the Library.

Directions From The New Jersey Turnpike: Take Exit 15W. Keep to the right. You will be on Harrison Avenue, going in the direction of Newark. Continue going straight on Harrison Avenue until your reach Fifth Street, (7 lights). Make a left on Fifth Street, (Harrison High School will be on your right), go one block and make a right. At the end of the block, you will be in the Parking Lot.

Maps and Driving Directions: http://maps.yahoo.com
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How to Get a Library Card:
To get a free library card, you must live, work, or go to school in Harrison. Proof of address (in the form of a driver's license, utility bill or bank statement postmarked with your current name and address) and an identification are required. There is a non-resident fee of $20.00 per year for persons who are not Harrison residents. If you work in Harrison there is a fee of $2.00 per year with proof of employment.
Note: Lost card fee is $1.00.
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Rules:
A patron may check out up to three items at a time in any combination, i.e. a book, magazine or video, three books, three videos, etc.
Loan period: Adult Non-fiction - 3 weeks
                      Videos - 2 days for $1:00
                     All other material - 2 weeks
Juveniles must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to borrow a video.
No more than three (3) items may be borrowed within a loan period. No more than two items on the same subject may be taken within a loan period. 
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Renewals:

• Any material may be renewed two (2) times, providing there are no other reservations for the material.
• Materials will not be held in reserve for more than two (2) days.
• Patrons MUST have a library card to borrow library materials, and patrons are responsible for any material borrowed with his or her card. Do not lend your library card to others. If they fail to return the material that they borrowed with your card, you will be responsible for it.
• Please return you library material when it is due, or pay the fines set up by the Library Board of Trustees. The fines for overdue material is $.10 per item per day up to a maximum of $4.00. The cost for an overdue video is $1.00 per day up to a maximum fine of $10.00 per video. Magazines and videos are not renewable.
• The fee for a lost library card is $2.00. If you loose your card, please report it lost as soon as possible. There is usually a one-week waiting period to receive a new card.
• Computers are available for internet access and word-processing.

• Printing is available at $.15 per page.
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