Yes, your children can get a library card with the parent or guardian present with ID and documentation. Parent/guardian signature is required.

If your Corpus Christi Public Library Resident Card has expired, simply visit any branch for a free renewal. We will update your contact information, so please bring photo identification and verification of residency.

It's the patron's responsibility to report lost or stolen cards. You can do this at any branch. We can issue a new card with a different number once you provide photo identification and verify your current residency. Replacement cards are provided for a fee of $2.00.

Borrowing books is just one of the things you can do with a library card. You can download the CloudLibrary app or view it from your computer, where you can access our eBooks, audiobooks, and digital magazine collections. (Ask us about our Texas CloudLink Partnership.) You can also access the TexShare Databases, an invaluable collection of research tools. Your library card number also allows you access to our public computers with internet access and Microsoft applications.

We have the following limits on items:

• Unlimited books, DVDs, Blu-rays, Books on CD
• Unlimied digital: books, audiobooks, and magazines
• 25 New Books
• 25 CD's
• 5 Print magazines (current issues excluded)
• 5 New DVDs and/or Blu-rays/New Books on CD

Simply take the items you wish to borrow to the circulation desk or Self-Checkout Station and provide your library card. You will receive a receipt with the due date for your records. You can also set your notifications to receive a due date receipt by email or by phone. 

Log into your library account through our Online Catalog and request items to be held. You can also request a specific pickup location and the item will be transferred for you. Items are held for 7 days before being returned to the shelves.

Corpus Christi Public Libraries offers InterLibrary Loan Service  and can request items from libraries across the nation. The timeframes and chances of success in borrowing an item from another library system depend on the number of copies available, the location of the libraries, and the discretion of the lending system. There is a $2.75 fee for this service as well as any additional fees requested from the lending library.

Items on your account will automatically renew on their due dates up to a maximum of four (4), 14-day periods. Exceptions: Items on Hold, Interlibrary Loans, and Flour Bluff books will not be renewed. To check due dates, you may access your account at https://corpustx.bywatersolutions.com/, or call any of our six locations. 

You can return an item in person or via the book drop located outside each branch library. An item can be returned to any library, and an item returned in the book drop after hours will be considered returned that day when processed the next morning. (Book drops are maintained as a convenience for the patron and the patron remains liable for all materials deposited in book drops until such items are checked in by library staff. The library cannot guarantee the security of items deposited in book drops and will not waive charges on items claimed to have been stolen from book drops.)