Carroll County Public Library offers a wide variety of materials for checkout, including books, magazines, audiocassettes, CDs, DVDs, feature and instructional videos, large type books and MP3 format.

• Most CCPL material circulates for 21 days.
  
  
• There are several ways to determine when materials are due.
  • Your checkout receipt - The receipt you get at checkout has the date that each item is due.
    
    
  • The CCPL Telephone line - By calling (410.386.4456 or 410.386.4467; in Mt Airy 301.829.5290) and following the prompts, you can hear a list of the items you have on loan and their due dates.
    
    
    
  • The library catalog - Use the library catalog, either in the branch or from home. Select My Account and follow the steps.
    
    
• When using the telephone line or library catalog, please have your library card and PIN number available. If you don’t have a PIN number, ask at any library desk.
  
  
• Rental and free feature videos circulate for 1 week.
  
  
• Most CCPL material may be returned to any CCPL agency. We provide twenty-four hour return boxes for your convenience.
  
  
• Material borrowed on Interlibrary Loan must be returned to a branch of the Carroll County Public Library.
  
  
• Generally, most material checked out from a Maryland public library may be returned to any public library in the state.
  
  

CCPL takes its responsibilities very seriously, and we expect our borrowers to do so as well.

• Our automated telephone notification system will notify you regarding overdue material.
  
  
• Library accounts that remain unresolved after a final billing notice has been sent may be referred to a collection agency for recovery.