{"id":668,"date":"2012-05-23T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennyan.stls.org\/?page_id=668"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:32:07","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/?page_id=668","title":{"rendered":"Using the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/General-Policy-Revised-sections-1-15-2026.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/General-Policy-Revised-sections-1-15-2026.pdf\">Penn Yan Public Library General Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Penn-Yan-Public-Library-Pandemic-Operations-Plan-Spring-2022-update.pdf\">PYPL Pandemic Operations Plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Patron Registration Requirements (Patron Account)<\/b><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special First Library Cards (ages 0-5) require the signature of a parent or guardian and an ID which may be the parent\u2019s to prove address.&nbsp; These cards may only be used to check out children\u2019s materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children&#8217;s cards (age 6-15) require the signature of a parent or guardian and an ID which may be the parent\u2019s to prove address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adult cards (16 or older) require ID with name and current mailing address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Library materials may be checked out on PYPL cards or a card from any other library in the Southern Tier Library System.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A fee of $1 will be required for the replacement of a lost or damaged Library card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Renewals&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two renewals of loan periods per item are granted dependent upon: material type and the presence of a request for the material by another patron (a hold).&nbsp; More renewals may be granted upon staff discretion. Items will renew automatically as long as they have not been requested by another patron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Yan Public Library General Policy PYPL Pandemic Operations Plan Patron Registration Requirements (Patron Account)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Renewals&nbsp; Two renewals of loan periods per item are granted dependent upon: material type and the presence of a request for the material by another<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3773545,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/668\/revisions\/3773545"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pypl.stls.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}