Media Services offers an extensive collection of DVDs, eBooks and downloadable eBooks, audio books, CDs, and Playaways® for loan. An assortment of media equipment is also available to Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library card holders.
Limits
- Movies- 10 per card
- CDs - 10 per card
- Audio books - 10 per card
- Playaway Audio® - 1 per card
- Playaway View® - 1 per card
Loan Periods
- Audio books, CDs, and CD-ROMs: 21 days
- Feature Movies: 4 days
- Nonfiction movies and TV series: 7 days
- Audiovisual equipment: 1 day
- Playaway Audio® - 21 days
- Playaway View® - 7 days
All materials with the exception of movies may be renewed online. Renew Online Here Movies may be renewed in person by presenting your library card and paying the rental fee.
Fines and Fees
- Audio books and CDs: 15¢ per day
- DVDs: $1.00 per item overnight
(including weekends and holidays)
- AV Equipment: $2.00 overnight
(including weekends and holidays)
- Lost or damaged materials: Library cost of item or damage.
- Movie rental check-out: 75¢ per title
- Playaway Audio® - $1.00 per item overnight
(including weekends and holidays)
- Playaway View® - $1.00 per item overnight
(including weekends and holidays)
Where to Return Materials
Special audio-visual drop boxes are available at each location. To prevent damage to items, return media materials in the audio-visual drop boxes and not in the book drops.
- Downtown Mishawaka Library: At the downtown Mishawaka Library at 209 Lincoln Way East media materials such as videos, DVDs, audio books, CDs, and CD-ROMs may be returned in the audio-visual materials drop boxes located next to the bookdrops in the parking lot and by the main entrance.
- Bittersweet Branch Library: The Bittersweet Branch at 602 Bittersweet Road has an audio-visual drop slot located to the left of the main entrance.
- Harris Branch Library: The Harris Branch at 51446 Elm Road has an audio-visual drop located on the east side of the library.
