Your Library Card

If you live in Wood-Ridge or own property in Wood-Ridge, you are eligible for a library card. One proof of current Wood-Ridge residency is required as follows:

• NJ Driver’s License with your Wood-Ridge address
• Non-Driver Identification Card issued by the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission
• Property tax bill
• Utility bill (water, electric)
• Telephone bill (landline for residence)
• Lease, if renting

Yes. Children from the ages of 5 to 17 may have a card. A parent/guardian must come to the Library in-person to request a card for his or her child and show proof of residency. Parents/legal guardians are responsible for all materials borrowed by their minor children.

Your card provides borrowing privileges at all  78 member libraries of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS). A total of 50 items may be borrowed on your card; loan periods, overdue fines, and borrowing limits on specific types of items are determined by each member library.

Your library card will grant you access to materials listed in our library catalog, our digital collections, our museum passes, and our subscription research databases.

Your valid library card must be presented to borrow materials. Library cards are not transferable.

Yes, you may request to have items shipped from another BCCLS member library to the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library for your use. Items may be requested in person, by telephone, or online via the BCCLS catalog via the “Place Request” button to the right of the each item. You will be contacted by phone, text or e-mail when your item arrives.
The library card associated with the request must be presented at pick-up by the cardholder.

You may renew items in person, over the telephone, or online with your library card number and password. Items that don’t have a hold on them will be automatically renewed.

Your library card will expire in 3 years. At that time you will need to bring your card to the Library with proof of residency.

There is no fee to get a replacement card- simply bring your proof of ID, and we’ll issue you a new card.

Borrowing Periods

Please refer to the chart below for borrowing periods and renewals.

The Library does not charge fines for Wood-Ridge owned items. We will charge replacement fees if items are not returned. Other libraries may charge fines according to their policies.

You can return items to the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library or to any BCCLS library. The outdoor book drop is open 24/7. Museum passes must be returned to the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library directly, either at the front desk or through the book drop.

You will be charged for the replacement cost of the library items you lose.

The card restricts use to on-site borrowing at the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library for Wood-Ridge materials only; it does not permit access to digital collections or subscription research databases. Moonachie residents must request a library card application letter at the Moonachie Borough Hall. They must specify whether they want a card in Wood-Ridge, Little Ferry or Hackensack. Moonachie requires their residents to pay a portion of the fee charged by the lending library. At this time the resident’s fee for a Wood-Ridge Memorial Library card is $60.

An adult head of household should bring the letter to the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library and one card will be issued for use by all family members for the period of 1 year. At the end of the year, a new application letter must be obtained and brought to the Wood-Ridge Memorial Library with the expired library card. Any fees accrued on the card must be paid before the card is renewed.