Orwell Free Library is now a member of the HomeCard library system, a cooperative lending program of 27 libraries in and beyond Chittenden County. All residents of Orwell are eligible to receive Homecard borrowing privileges.
With a library card issued from your home community, you can check out materials from libraries in Chittenden, Grand Isle, Franklin, Addison, and Lamoille counties.
This cooperative system provides users with expanded library hours and a vast collection of books, magazines, videos, music, and audiobooks available for check-out.
How to participate:
- Visit OFL to update your account and get a new library card. All users must be Orwell residents and be in good standing for 3 or more months.
- Visit a library in the Homecard system. Sign up for an account with that library using your Orwell Free Library card..
By participating, patron agrees to:
- Abide by the lending libraries’ policies
- Return items to the lending libraries
- Pay any fines for damaged or lost items
Overdue policies:
- Titles become overdue at the discretion of the “lending library.” Patrons are responsible for visiting or calling the library from which they borrowed an item to find out if it can be renewed.
- Orwell Free Library is responsible for sending overdue notices to Orwell library patrons.
- If patrons do not return the items they borrowed from another library they will be suspended and lose library privileges at the Orwell Free Library and all homecard libraries.
- Patrons are reinstated when the item is returned or when the patron pays for the lost item.
Patrons with ten or more overdues from homecard libraries will be immediately suspended.
The success of the HomeCard system depends on patrons using it responsibly. We urge you to return your materials on time. Thank you.
HomeCard Libraries:
Bristol- LAWRENCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 40 North St. 05443 PHONE: 453-2336 lawrencelibrary.net
HOURS: Mon 10-5, Tues & Thurs 10-8, Fri 1-5, Sat 9-1
Cambridge – VARNUM MEMORIAL LIBRARY Box 198, Jeffersonville, 05464 PHONE: 644-2117 thevarnum.org
HOURS: Mon & Tues 12-7,Wed 3-7, Thurs 9-7, Fri 2-5, & Sat 10-3
Charlotte – THE CHARLOTTE LIBRARY 115 Ferry Road 05445 PHONE: 425-3864 www.charlottepubliclibrary.org
HOURS: Mon, Wed 10-7, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10-5 & Sat 9-2
Colchester – BURNHAM MEMORIAL LIBRARY 898 Main Street 05446 PHONE: 879-7576 www.colchestervt.gov/Library/
HOURS: Mon & Wed 10-8, Tues & Thurs 10-6, Fri 12-5, Sat 9-3
Essex – ESSEX FREE LIBRARY 1 Browns River Rd. Essex Jct. 05452 PHONE: 879-0313 www.essex.org
HOURS: Mon, Wed & Fri 9-5, Tues & Thurs 9-8, Sat 9-2 (closed on Saturday in July & August)
Essex Junction – BROWNELL LIBRARY 6 Lincoln Street 05452 PHONE: 878-6955 www.brownelllibrary.org
HOURS: Mon, Wed & Fri 9-9, Tues, Thurs & Sat 9-5 (closed Sat July and Aug.)
Fairfax – FAIRFAX COMMUNITY LIBRARY 75 Hunt Street 05454 PHONE: 849-242 www.fairfaxvtlibrary.org
HOURS: Mon & Wed 8-5:30, Tues & Thurs 8-8, Fri 8-3:15, Sat 9-1; Summer: Mon Wed & Fri 10-5:30, Tues & Thurs 9-8, Sat 9-1
Georgia- GEORGIA PUBLIC LIBRARY 1697Ethan Allen Highway Fairfax, 05454 PHONE: 524-4643 www.georgia.lib.vt.us
HOURS: Mon & Wed 9-8, Tues & Thurs 3-8, Fri 9-5, Sat 9-1
Grand Isle – GRAND ISLE FREE LIBRARY 10 Hyde Road 05458 PHONE: 372-4797 www.grandislefreelibraryvt.wordpress.com
HOURS: Tues 1-8, Wed 9-12, Thurs 4-8, Sat 9-3
Hinesburg – CARPENTER CARSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Box 127 05461 PHONE: 482-2878 www.carpentercarse.org
HOURS: Mon 10-1, Tues & Thurs 10-8, Wed & Fri 4-9, Sat (Summer 10-2)
Huntington – HUNTINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Box 98 05462 PHONE: 434-4583 www.huntingtonpubliclibrary.org
HOURS: Mon 10-6, Tues & Thurs 12-5, Fri 10-5, & Sun 12-5.
Jericho/Underhill – DEBORAH RAWSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY 8 River Road 05465 PHONE: 899-4962 www.drml.org
HOURS: Tues & Thurs. 12-8, Wed & Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2, Sun 1-4 (Sept. to May)
Jericho – JERICHO TOWN LIBRARY POB 1055 05465 PHONE: 899-4686 www.jerichotownlibraryvt.org
HOURS: Mon , Tues, Thurs & Fri 2-5, Wed 10-12, 2-7, Sat 10-12
Middlebury – ISLEY PUB. LIBRARY 75 Main St. 05753 PHONE: 388-4095 www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org
Hours: Mon – Thurs 9-4, Fri 9-5, Sat 9-4, Sun 10-1 (Oct – Apr)
Milton – MILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 39 Bombardier Road 05468 PHONE: 893-4644 www.miltonlibraryvt.org
HOURS: Mon – Thurs 9-8, Fri 9-5, Sat 9-1
Monkton – RUSSELL MEM. LIBRARY 4333 States Prison Hollow Rd 05469 PHONE: 453-4471 russelllibraryvt.wordpress.com
Hours: Tues & Thurs 3-7, Fri & Sat 9-1
New Haven – NEW HAVEN COMM. LIBRARY 78 North St. 05472 PHONE:453-4015 www.nhcl.org
Hours: Tues 10-5, Wed & Thurs 1-8, Sat 10-1
Richmond – RICHMOND FREE LIBRARY P. O. Box 997 05477 PHONE: 434-3036 www.richmondfreelibraryvt.org
HOURS: Mon & Wed 10-8, Tues & Thurs 1-6, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2
Shelburne – PIERSON LIBRARY 5376 Shelburne Road 05482 PHONE: 985-5124 www.piersonlibrary.org
HOURS: Mon, Wed & Fri 10-5:30, Tues & Thurs 10-8, Sat 10-3
South Burlington – SO. BURLINGTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY 540 Dorset Street 05403 PHONE: 652-7080 www.sburlcomlib.com
HOURS: Mon, Wed & Thurs 9-8:30 (3rd Thurs. 10:10-8:30), Tues & Fri 9-5, Sat 9-4
South Hero – SOUTH HERO COMMUNITY LIBRARY 75 South Street 05486 PHONE: 372-6209 www.southherolibrary.org
HOURS: Tues 9-4, Wed 11-8, Thurs & Fri 9-4, Sat 9-2
Vergennes – BIXBY MEM. FREE LIBRARY 258 Main St. 05491 PHONE: 877-2211 bixbylibrary.org
Hours: Mon 12:30-7, Tues & Fri 12:30-5, Wed 10-5, Thurs 10-7, Sat 9-2
Westford – WESTFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY Route 128 05494 PHONE: 878-5639 www.westford.lib.vt.us
HOURS: Wed 1-7, Thurs 10-7, Fri. 1-7 & Sat 10-2
Williston – DOROTHY ALLING MEMORIAL LIBRARY 21 Library Lane 05495 PHONE: 878-4918 www.williston.lib.vt.us
HOURS: Mon & Wed 10-8, Tues, Thurs & Fri 10-6, Sat 10-3 (July & Aug, 10-1)
Winooski – WINOOSKI MEMORIAL LIBRARY 32D Malletts Bay Ave. 05404 PHONE: 655-6424 www.winooskilibrary.wordpress.com
HOURS: Tues 10-7, Wed 3-7, Thurs 10-6, Fri 10-6, Sat 9-5