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Chapin Memorial Library
is the only municipally owned and operated public library in South
Carolina.
HOURS OF OPERATION:
- Monday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, CLOSED
REGISTRATION POLICY:
Chapin Memorial Library offers resident and non-resident
memberships.
RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP -- Any
resident of Myrtle Beach has the privilege of becoming a member in
full standing of the library. Acceptable identification includes a
current S. C. driver's license with an in-city address, a current
S. C. identification card with an in-city address or a Myrtle Beach property tax receipt.
NON-RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP -- Any
qualified non-resident of Myrtle Beach, SC, may become a member for a
$20.00 fee to be paid each year. One piece of identification that
includes the current physical address and a photograph of the
applicant (such as a driver's license) must be presented for adult
memberships. Additional cards for family members are available at no
charge.
Individuals who live outside of Horry
County may obtain a 90-day card for $8.00, with additional cards for
family members at $2.00 per card. Or, individual who live
outside of Horry County may obtain an annual card for $20.000, with
additional cards for family members at $8.00 per card. Family
members are defined as any person in the same household related by
blood, marriage or other legal means to the primary cardholder.
LOAN PERIODS AND OVERDUE FEES:
FOURTEEN DAY MATERIALS
-- Books on the New Book Shelf and Test Books are loaned for a period of 14 days. The overdue
fine for these materials is 25 cents per day for a maximum of $5.00
per item.
TWENTY-ONE DAY MATERIALS
-- All other circulating materials may be borrowed for a
period of 21 days. The overdue fine for these materials is 10-cents
per day for a maximum of $5.00 per item.
REFERENCE MATERIALS AND PERIODICALS
-- These materials are non-circulating and must
be used in the building.
REFERENCE ROOM:
The Reference Room is
composed of several thousand sources of information, including books,
periodicals and computer databases. For added convenience, we have
pulled the South Carolina/Genealogy materials and the business
materials and placed them in special areas.
The Shirley W. Boone South
Carolina Room has more than a thousand titles, area
scrapbooks, vertical files, pamphlet files and a microfilm library.
Some of the microfilm we have available for our patrons include: The
Horry County Census Records, local newspapers, and The American
Genealogical Lending Library Index.
The Reference Room also maintains a
large collection of periodicals, vertical files and pamphlets.
INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES:
As an extension of Reference Services,
Interlibrary Loans are offered to patrons of CML to help them obtain
materials they need that the library does not own.
The Library can search online through
the S. C. State Library, Horry County Memorial Library System and SOLINET.
EQUIPMENT USE:
TYPEWRITERS -- There is one
electronic typewriter available for use by the public. No appointments
are necessary.
COPIERS -- Copiers are located
near the Circulation Desk on the first floor and near the Reference
Room on the second floor. Cost for copies is 10-cents per page.
INTERNET STATIONS --
Eighteen Internet stations are available for public use by card-holders. Black-and-white printing
is 10 cents per page.
PERSONAL COMPUTERS -- There are
three PCs available for use by the public. Programs include Microsoft
Word, Publisher and Excel. Black-and-white printing is 10
cents per page.
FACSIMILE MACHINE --
Transmitting charges are $1.00 for the first five pages and 10 cents
per page after that. Receiving charges are
$1.00 per page. The library staff must be notified to expect any
incoming documents.
READER / PRINTERS -- There are
three microfilm reader / printers on the second floor, two of which
convert to microfiche readers.
AUDIO - VISUAL -- The following
machines are available for use within the building, during normal
operating hours. Call to reserve their use.
- 1 Opaque projector
- 1 Overhead projector
- TV/DVD player
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRIENDS
AT CHAPIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY:
Chapin Memorial Library has many areas where volunteer services
are needed to enhance programs already in place. If you have an
interest in becoming a library volunteer, pick up one of the fliers
listing the volunteer opportunities, check a service area, fill out
the name and address section, fold the flier so that the library
address shows and mail the flier back to the Friends or you may drop
it off in the library at the circulation desk during our regular
hours.
AREAS WHERE VOLUNTEER SERVICES
ARE NEEDED:
- ANSWER TELEPHONE AND ROUTE CALLS
- REFERENCE DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER
- Assist patrons using machines
- Direct patrons to the proper area of
the library
- Shelve books
- CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER
- Shelve books
- Assist with craft programs
- Assist with storytimes
- CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER
- Shelve books in adult fiction
- Shelve books in adult non-fiction
- Shelve books in adult large-print
- Maintain order in the periodical/
newspaper area
- Repair books
- ASSIST ON FRIEND COMMITTEES
- Publicity
- Membership
- Volunteer
- Programs
- Book Sale
- Newsletter
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ALL LIBRARY
SERVICES:
(843) 918-1275
© Copyright 2004-09, The City of Myrtle Beach. All rights
reserved.
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