Use the Library

First Time to Rockingham County Public Library?

• Request a Library Card Online to Get Started
• Allow 24-48 hours for processing.  Come Meet One of Our Friendly Librarians to Pick Up Your Card.

Circulation of Library Materials

• Books and Audiobooks check out for 3 weeks.  (They can be renewed twice if the library has owned the material for at least 3 months and the item is not on hold for another patron.)
• Movies, Magazines, Videogames, and Playaway Views check out for one week.  (Magazines can be renewed twice and movies can be renewed once as long as they have not been placed on hold by another patron.)
• Our library is part of a consortium of libraries called the NC Cardinal Consortium.  If Rockingham County Public Library does not have the material you desire you can place a hold on materials from outside of Rockingham County.  Holds placed on items from outside of Rockingham County will take longer to arrive but will be shipped to our library free of charge.   You may also return materials to ANY NC Cardinal location.

Library Computers

• Computers with Internet access and Microsoft Office 2013 are available for checkout with the use of a library card. 
• Library patrons who do not have their library card with them can ask to have their records retrieved by name if they show a picture id.   
• Guests without a library card can be issued a 30 day temporary pass to use library computers if they show a picture id and sign the library's Computer Use Agreement.