SEQUATCHIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Location and Contact Information
| How to reach us 227 Cherry Street Dunlap, Tennessee 37327 Phone 423-949-2357 Fax 423-949-6619 |
Library Hours*
| Monday 8am-5:30pm Tues & Wed 8am-5:00pm Thursday Closed Friday 8am-4:30pm Saturday 8am-12 noon *Please note library computers are not available before 9:00am on weekdays, and they are shut down 15 minutes before closing time. |
Library Cards
Any Sequatchie County resident may apply for a library card. The first card is free. If it is
lost or damaged and must be replaced, the patron must pay a $5 fee to obtain another
card. Applicants must provide proof of address. To obtain your card please bring a piece
of your latest mail canceled by the United States Postal Service with your name and
current address. New residents unable to provide this information will be eligible for a
library guest card entitling them to have no more than one item checked out at any one
time. Guest status will be changed upon proof of address. Children under 12 must be
accompanied by a parent or a guardian to obtain a card. Parents must present their own
identification and agree to pay for any materials damaged or lost. You may check two
items the first time you use your card. After that you may check out up to 20 items with
families borrowing no more than 30 items. The following limits apply to the totals
mentioned:
• only 2 non-fiction books on one subject
• 3 books by the same author or 2 books about one person
• 10 magazines
• 8 videos, VHS or CD
• 10 audio books
lost or damaged and must be replaced, the patron must pay a $5 fee to obtain another
card. Applicants must provide proof of address. To obtain your card please bring a piece
of your latest mail canceled by the United States Postal Service with your name and
current address. New residents unable to provide this information will be eligible for a
library guest card entitling them to have no more than one item checked out at any one
time. Guest status will be changed upon proof of address. Children under 12 must be
accompanied by a parent or a guardian to obtain a card. Parents must present their own
identification and agree to pay for any materials damaged or lost. You may check two
items the first time you use your card. After that you may check out up to 20 items with
families borrowing no more than 30 items. The following limits apply to the totals
mentioned:
• only 2 non-fiction books on one subject
• 3 books by the same author or 2 books about one person
• 10 magazines
• 8 videos, VHS or CD
• 10 audio books
Library Materials & Services
Library materials include: books; large print books; books for the blind; magazines;
video materials, either VHS or DVD; audio materials, either cassettes or CDs; and
genealogy material.
Services include: free computer and Internet access; WiFi; copying and printing;
preschool story hour; and the summer reading program.
If this library does not have what you want in its collection, it may be available through the
state-wide interlibrary loan system, and, if so, you may order it. Any library patron with a
valid library card may request materials on interlibrary loan.
Reference books and other reference materials are available for use at the library,but
they do not circulate.
The loan period for books is two weeks with one renewal unless the book is new
fiction or a best seller. Patrons will be charged a late fee of 10 cents per day, not to
exceed the price of the book, for overdue books. Fines are not charged for days the
library is not open. Audio and video materials may also be checked out for two weeks,
but these materials may not be renewed. A video fine of $1 per day will be charged as a
late fee, and an audio daily fine is .20 cents per day.
Copies may be made on the library’s photocopier for 25 cents per page or on the printer
for 10 cents per page. Please ask at the library's reception desk for fees for sending
and receiving faxes.
video materials, either VHS or DVD; audio materials, either cassettes or CDs; and
genealogy material.
Services include: free computer and Internet access; WiFi; copying and printing;
preschool story hour; and the summer reading program.
If this library does not have what you want in its collection, it may be available through the
state-wide interlibrary loan system, and, if so, you may order it. Any library patron with a
valid library card may request materials on interlibrary loan.
Reference books and other reference materials are available for use at the library,but
they do not circulate.
The loan period for books is two weeks with one renewal unless the book is new
fiction or a best seller. Patrons will be charged a late fee of 10 cents per day, not to
exceed the price of the book, for overdue books. Fines are not charged for days the
library is not open. Audio and video materials may also be checked out for two weeks,
but these materials may not be renewed. A video fine of $1 per day will be charged as a
late fee, and an audio daily fine is .20 cents per day.
Copies may be made on the library’s photocopier for 25 cents per page or on the printer
for 10 cents per page. Please ask at the library's reception desk for fees for sending
and receiving faxes.
Library Computers, WiFi, & Internet Access
WiFi is available at this library. WiFi is a slang term for a high frequency wireless
network. With WiFi you may bring your own properly configured laptop to the library and
access Internet service.
The public may also use seven computers with Internet access located within the
library, and there are other computers without Internet access loaded with children's
application available. Internet access on the library's computers is limited to one one-
hour session per day. The computers with Internet access are also loaded with word
processing applications, and a patron may send pages or files to the library's printer
from them for printing. Printers will not be available via the wireless connection.
Computer time is assigned in one hour blocks with only one hour block permitted per
day. Instruction in computer use and disks or other storage media are not provided.
You may request help, and, if a library staff member or volunteer is free and able to
assist with your particular problem, assistance may be given. If you wish to download
anything, please bring your own storage media to do so, as no way exists for patrons to
save files or other work on the library’s hard drive.
Children 5 years of age or under may not have library Internet access. Children 8 years
of age or under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian before accessing the
Internet on a library computer. No more than two people may use the same computer
at the same time. Users may access personal email accounts, but chat rooms and
instant messaging are not allowed. Also prohibited are accessing or distributing
materials or on-line games considered to be obscene, child pornography or harmful to
minors.
Please review the library's complete computer use policy before coming to the library to
use a computer.
network. With WiFi you may bring your own properly configured laptop to the library and
access Internet service.
The public may also use seven computers with Internet access located within the
library, and there are other computers without Internet access loaded with children's
application available. Internet access on the library's computers is limited to one one-
hour session per day. The computers with Internet access are also loaded with word
processing applications, and a patron may send pages or files to the library's printer
from them for printing. Printers will not be available via the wireless connection.
Computer time is assigned in one hour blocks with only one hour block permitted per
day. Instruction in computer use and disks or other storage media are not provided.
You may request help, and, if a library staff member or volunteer is free and able to
assist with your particular problem, assistance may be given. If you wish to download
anything, please bring your own storage media to do so, as no way exists for patrons to
save files or other work on the library’s hard drive.
Children 5 years of age or under may not have library Internet access. Children 8 years
of age or under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian before accessing the
Internet on a library computer. No more than two people may use the same computer
at the same time. Users may access personal email accounts, but chat rooms and
instant messaging are not allowed. Also prohibited are accessing or distributing
materials or on-line games considered to be obscene, child pornography or harmful to
minors.
Please review the library's complete computer use policy before coming to the library to
use a computer.
| The Library is located in downtown Dunlap, Tennessee. |
| Several computers with high speed Internet are available for public use. |
| Children enjoy using the library's computers too. |
| The library owns 20,855 items. 4,883 people hold Sequatchie County library cards. In 2006-2007 29,328 people visited the library . 33,429 items were circulated . 5,738 people used library computers. 233 Inter-library book requests were filled. 185 children were enrolled in the Summer Reading Program. The Sequatchie County Friends of the Library have over 100 members. |
