Borrowing FAQ

These cards are free for Teton County, WY residents or Teton County and Town of Jackson employees and allow you complete access to all physical and digital materials from our libraries in Jackson and Alta, WY. You can also use your card for limited check outs at all public libraries in Wyoming.

Library cards need to be renewed every two years. If you’ve given us your email address, we will send you a reminder before your renewal date.

Bring one of the following to get a free Resident Card:

• Photo I.D. (A Wyoming driver license can be your photo I.D. and proof of residence)
• Proof of Teton County, WY Residence or Teton County or Town of Jackson employment
• Your Mailing Address
• Cable TV Bill
• Car or Voter Registration
• Current Utility Bill
• Letter Stating Rental Residence on an Official Letterhead Signed by a Landlord
• Mexican Matricula Consular Card with Teton County, WY Address
• Property Tax Receipt
• Rent Receipt for at Least One Month
• Wyoming Driver’s License with Teton County, WY or ID Address can serve as your photo I.D. and proof of residence (a Wyoming driver license with a Teton County, Idaho mailing address is also proof of residence).

• Ages 0 to 13: A parent must be present to get or renew a library card for their child and must provide proof of residency as described above.
• Ages 14 to 18: Teens may get or renew a library card with a Teton County School District I.D. or with a parent.
• Youth library cards can be renewed by a parent or guardian with proof of physical address.

If you are not a Teton County, WY resident or Teton County or Town of Jackson employee, Non-Resident Cards with all of the same privileges as Resident Cards are available for a $75 annual fee. You must have a photo I.D. to purchase one.  

These cards are free to cardholders of Valley of the Tetons Library, please bring your VTL card when you sign up for one. Reciprocal cards allow you access to physical materials at Jackson & Alta, as well as:

• Digital content from Kanopy & Hoopla
• BrainHQ & Brainfuse learning resources
• Creativebug & Transparent Language classes
• New York Times & Wall Street Journal online
• TCL WonderLab and VTL Makerspace
• TCL museum & cultural passes
• VTL Tool Library

Wyoming State Library content, including Overdrive/Libby, LinkedIn Learning, and Ancestry are not included, but VTL cardholders may have access to these through other Idaho libraries. 

Wi-Fi Hotspots, Library of Things, and inter-library loans are available only through your home branch library. Return items to the library at which you checked them out.

The Educator Card entitles educators who teach in Teton County, Wyoming (including Alta) to a free Teton County Library Card regardless of their personal residence. Educators Include:

• Afterschool and Summer Program Instructors
• Day Care Providers & Preschool Teachers
• Home School Teachers
• Public & Private School Teachers

We welcome temporary residents and seasonal workers who are housed in Teton County, WY and area national parks with free cards, with proof of local employment.* Six-month Seasonal Cards are offered with the following limitations:

• 10-item checkout limit
• no inter-library loans
• *If not employed, lacking a physical address, using General Delivery or In Care Of address, applicants must provide phone number or email.

Click here to register online for a free Temporary Card:

• expires after 7 days
• digital content only, excluding Libby and Kanopy

We'll give you more time with your library materials with up to three automatic renewals unless somebody else has a hold on those items. But you can get back in line for these items by placing a hold on them once you've returned them.

To renew your materials before the automatic renewal takes place:

• Log in to My Account
• Go to Checkouts tab
• Click the blue "renew" box next to the item you're renewing

Never miss a due date. Make sure your library account includes your email address so you will receive due date reminders and automatic renewal notifications. You can also call us at 307-733-2164 to renew items or log-in to My Account.

We’ll send you reminders:

• Three days before your items are due
• on the first day the items are overdue
• at one week overdue
• at three weeks overdue

At six weeks overdue, we'll bill your account for the cost of replacing the items. The next time you visit us, you can return the items and erase the bill. Or if they’ve been lost or damaged, you’ll need to pay the replacement cost. You won’t be able to use your card until you do. If we only have your mailing address, you’ll only get the final three notices.

Have you placed a hold(s) on library material, and concerned it will become available when you're unable to pick it up? You can suspend your hold! You will still be on hold for the item, but we'll skip your name until it's more convenient for you. Here's how:

1. Log into your Library account.
2. Once logged in, click Titles on Hold.
3. Find the item with the hold you want to suspend, click on SUSPEND HOLD(S).
4. Select the date range of when you'll be away.
5. Click on SUSPEND.

Need help? Call us at 307-733-2164, option 2 to speak with a Librarian.

Library materials are common goods shared by all in our community. You are responsible for all library materials checked out on your card. If an item is lost or damaged beyond repair, you will be responsible for the full cost of replacing the item in our collection. If one part of a set is lost or damaged, you will be charged the replacement cost for the entire set.

Yes, you can log in to your account and fill out the form to request an Interlibrary Loan.