District Loans

The Capital Area Library District aims to make it easy to share items between all libraries in our district. It especially seeks to ensure that district libraries have good access to the District Library Center collections of the Dauphin County Library System.

A district loan occurs when a library borrows an item from another library. Currently, all district libraries can self-mediate district loans using a barcode and PIN number If you don’t know your barcode, PIN or have account problems, click the Contact link at the bottom of the page to contact Carrie Haverman. to access items in the collections of:

• Dauphin County Library System State Aid to District Library Centers is used to supplement the collection, try this catalog first.
• Cumberland County Library System
• Middletown Public Library
• Hershey Public Library

Libraries can see the catalogs and call or fax requests to:

• Bloomfield Public Library
• Newport Public Library