Use Your Card

Got your phone? Then you've got your library card! Download the Café Libraries App to store a digital version on your phone that scans just like the physical card.

Getting Started Is Easy:
 Once you receive your card, login with your full café number (CAFÉ##########) and the last 4 digits of your phone number.

In today's busy world, our app keeps your library experience simple:

• Manage the whole family – Store everyone's library cards and materials in one place
• Renew on the go – Extend due dates from anywhere, anytime
• Browse and reserve instantly – Search our collection and place holds on the spot

Download the Cafe Libraries App

Search Wisconsin's Digital Library catalog shared among our 24 member libraries! Check out e-books and e-audiobooks anytime and anywhere!

Browse the Lucky Day Collection
Check out up to two titles at once from the Lucky Day Collection. These copies of new and popular titles let you skip the hold line when they become available – check back often and it might just be your lucky day!

Access the Wisconsin Digital Library from the Libby App
Enjoy the same 10,000+ books, audiobooks, and magazines from your library in a modern, easy-to-use app. Plus, you can enjoy offline reading, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto support, and more!

How do I login to the Libby App?
Your account information syncs with your library card and the Café Libraries App! Use your full café number, "CAFÉ##########", and your preferred password to login and start browsing!

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Conveniently fit the Library into your schedule and utilize our contactless smart lockers to pick up your holds 24/7!

How It Works:

1. Place a hold and select "Mukwonago Locker Pickup" as your pickup location
2. When your items are ready, you'll get an email or text with an access code
3. Head to the lockers outside the Library, enter your code, and your locker pops open
4. Grab your items and go!

It's that simple. Whether it's early morning before work or late evening after activities, your holds are waiting whenever you need them.

Important Details:

• Pickup location must be selected when placing the hold – items can't be moved from the inside shelf to lockers
• The Thingery items and Lucky Day items are not available for smartlocker pickup
• Items may not be available immediately after placing a hold
• You have 5 days to pick up your items before they're returned to the shelf
• A$5.00 fee will be charged if items aren't picked up within 5 days
• Items are checked out to you once placed in the locker and become your responsibility
• You can share your access code with someone else to pick up for you
• Report any damage to items immediately upon pickup

General Materials
The maximum number of items allowed checked out per library card at any given time is 250 items total. You may check out any combination of items up to this maximum, with the following specialty limits:

Specialty Collections:

• Video Games: 5 items
• Lucky Day Items: 5 items
• Thingery Items: 5 items
• Explore Passes: 2 items
• Interlibrary Loan: 5 items

For complete details on loan periods and renewals, see Appendix A of our Circulation Policy.

How to Place a Hold
 Request items to be put on "hold" for pickup at your convenience. Place holds:

• In person at the Library
• By phone (requires library card number and address confirmation)
• Online through the CAFÉ Catalog
• Via the Café Libraries App

Hold Limits:

• 50 holds for standard library materials
• 5 holds for interlibrary loan items
• Some items cannot be placed on hold, including Lucky Day titles and Thingery items

Picking Up Your Holds

• You have 5 days to pick up items before they're returned to the shelf
• Holds can only be checked out on the card that placed the hold
• You can give your card or app access to someone else to pick up for you
• Choose any CAFÉ library location for pickup when placing your hold

Managing Your Holds:

• Pause holds: Request to inactivate holds until you're ready for them
• Reactivate holds: If you miss the pickup window, you can reactivate cancelled holds for up to 60 days (your place in line moves to the bottom of the hold list)

Download the Café Libraries App to access a digital version of your card that scans at checkout. You can also request that staff hold selected items for you for up to 24 hours (non-holdable materials excluded).

Responsibility for the choice and use of library materials by children rests with their legal parent(s)/guardian(s). Therefore, no borrowing restrictions are placed on children once they have obtained their legal parent’s/guardian’s signature on the library application. Parent(s)/legal guardian(s) of minors may check their child’s account at any time by logging into the Café Catalog on a computer or via the app. 

Return items to any Bridges Library System member library. Some specialty items (like Thingery items and Explore Passes) must be returned to Mukwonago Community Library at the Circulation Desk. Explore Passes may be returned in the bookdrop.

Most items can be renewed 3 times for the same loan period, unless another patron has placed a hold on the item. Thingery items cannot be renewed. Interlibrary loan renewals are at the discretion of the lending library.

Accounts are blocked when you have $10.00 or more in fines/fees, or 5 or more overdue items. Return overdue items or pay fees to restore checkout privileges.