What is my pin number?
Your pin number is usually the last 4 digits of your phone number. If that isn’t working, please send us an email, and we can look it up/reset it for you.
My library card is expired. What do I do?
You can renew your card in person at the library. You may also be able to renew your card by calling or emailing the library or online. To begin the online renewal process, please fill out this form.
I want to access ebooks/audiobooks, but the system is asking for my card and pin number, and I don’t know what it is.
Your card number is the 14-digit series under your barcode on the back of your card. Type in this number without any spaces. Your pin is the last 4 digits of your phone number.
How do I download ebooks/audiobooks?
You can view read and listen to digital books either on your computer, or you can download them to your tablet or phone. We offer 2 services for digital materials: Libby/OverDrive and Hoopla. Visit our online reading page to get started.
Mount Vernon Library Foundation
The Mount Vernon Library Foundation’s principal mission is to foster community support for the Library, its Board, and its Staff. The Foundation serves to solicit, receive, manage, and disburse corporate and individual gifts and grants for the enhancement of library facilities, materials, services, and programs, including support of the efforts to build a new library building for Mount Vernon and the region. The Foundation believes strongly that a good library is an essential public service.
Friends of the Library
The Friends is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to supporting the library by providing funding, direct service or in-kind support of library projects and events and advocating for the library. Members of the Friends lend their support through membership dues, donations of money or materials, and volunteerism. To find out more about the Friends, feel free to attend a business meeting. These are held the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm at the library.
Volunteer at the Library
We welcome volunteers ages 16 and older. The library provides training appropriate to the task or bring your own skills. For more information, please see our volunteering page.
Donations of Books and Other Materials
The Mount Vernon Library Commons accepts donations of books, DVDs, and other materials in good condition. We can accept one bag or small box of items. Some items may be added to our collection or passed along to the Friends of the Mount Vernon City Library-- a support organization-- and sold in used book sales to generate funds for the library. All materials donations must be arranged in advance.
Please see our donation guidelines for accepted materials and information on how to donate here.