Outreach Services

Stillwater Public Library has two outreach services available to the community of Stillwater--Homebound Delivery and Deposit Collections for Institutions.

Homebound Delivery

The Homebound delivery program serves clients of the Stillwater Medical Center Mobile Meals Program, and residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Services are also extended to homebound individuals who arrange to have someone pick up and return library materials for them.

The Outreach Librarian will select materials for the homebound, maintain circulation records, and prepare materials for pick-up and delivery.

Library materials for the homebound will be selected on the basis of reader profiles, telephone contacts, or by requests and preferences marked on a book list. If homebound individuals prefer, they can arrange for friends or relatives to select books for them. In this instance, photo identification of the friend or relative will be required at time of checkout.

Delivery of library materials to participants in the Mobile Meals Program will be performed by the drivers for Mobile Meals. Delivery of materials to residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be performed by the Outreach Librarian or his/her designee.

A limit of 15 items may be checked out for a period of 30 days. These items cannot be renewed. All regular circulating items, with the exception of netbooks may be checked out on homebound cards.

No fines will be assessed to homebound patrons for overdue items. If an item is not returned to the library for three (3) months, the patron will be assessed the cost of the item. If items are returned to the library damaged, the patron will be assessed the cost of the item. The patron will have thirty (30) days to pay costs incurred to them. Fees for lost and damaged items may be waived in exceptional situations. Exceptional situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis by the Library Director or his/her designee. If a homebound patron wishes to designate a 2nd party who will be responsible for fees incurred on the account, they may do so on the application form.

For more information about the Homebound program, call the Outreach Librarian at 372-3633 x115 or print and fill out the homebound application form and turn in at the Check Out Desk.

Deposit Collections for Institutions

The Deposit Collections program serves institutions of the City of Stillwater who have patrons/clients who cannot travel to the library. Examples of institutions that may use SPL Deposit Collections program are daycare centers and pre-schools, youth shelters, nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Each institution and SPL will sign a letter of agreement at the beginning of each delivery year (September).

The Outreach Librarian will select materials for the institution, maintain circulation records, prepare materials for delivery, and deliver and pick-up materials on a monthly basis from September through April. Materials will be selected on the basis of an institution survey profile, telephone contacts, or on the request sheets attached to the book delivery containers.

Each month SPL will deliver a container(s) with 20 library items to the designated facility. The greatest portion of library materials in each container will be books, but other formats, if desired by the institution, can be included in the deposit collections with the exception of netbooks.

A facility may have up to three (3) deposit collections.

Items will be checked out to institutions for a period of thirty (30) days with no renewals. No fines will be assessed to facilities for overdue items. If an item is not returned to the library in three (3) months, the facility will be assessed the cost of the item. If items are returned to the library damaged, the facility will be assessed the cost of the item. The facility will have thirty (30) days to pay costs incurred to them.

Delivery of library materials to institutions will be performed by the Outreach Librarian or his/her designee.

For more information about the Deposit Collection program, call the Outreach Librarian at 372-3633 x115 or print and fill out the institution application form and turn in at the Check Out Desk.