Library Cards for Minors

If your child borrows a book you consider inappropriate, please return it to us and talk to our Library Director or Librarian. They can help with locating materials for your family and show you tools that you can use to steer clear of topics you'd prefer to avoid. The item will be reviewed for errors in placement and cataloging.

LIBRARY CARDS FOR MINORS

Library cards for minors have the following age ranges which we use to limit checkout of movies based on MPAA ratings and to manage age appropriate digital content collections.

Ages 0-7 Children's Card (G movies)

Ages 8-10 Juvenile Card (G movies)

Ages 11-14 Teen Card (G/PG movies)

Ages 15-17 Young Adult Card (G/PG/PG13 Movies)

Parents can choose the following levels of access when applying for a card for their child:

NORMAL CARD

All materials in library collections (limits DVD access based on age and MPAA rating)
CloudLibrary Access - digital books / audiobooks (materials vary based on age)

DIGITAL CONTENT BLOCKED CARD

All materials in library collections (limits DVD access based on age and MPAA rating)
Blocked from CloudLibrary

RESTRICTED MATERIALS BLOCKED - DIGITAL CONTENT ALLOWED

All materials in library collections except for items identified as restricted materials (limits DVD access based on age and MPAA rating)
CloudLibrary Access - digital books / audiobooks (materials vary based on age)

RESTRICTED MATERIALS BLOCKED - DIGITAL CONTENT BLOCKED CARD

All materials in library collections except for items identified as restricted materials (limits DVD access based on age and MPAA rating)
Blocked from CloudLibrary

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Books and other materials in the library are grouped into the following collections based on intended audience age ranges, but we do not restrict collections by card─ only movies based on MPAA ratings.

Children’s Collection 0-7
Juvenile Collection 8-10
Tween Collection 11-14 *NEW
Young Adult Collection 15-17
Adult Collection 18+

*The Tween Collection is for ages 11-14. This collection is to better serve kids who find themselves too old for many of the books in the Juvenile Collection but not quite ready for many of the books in the Young Adult Collection.

RESTRICTED MATERIALS

Restricted materials are library materials that the library board of control has, through majority vote in an open meeting, identified as sexually explicit material pursuant to a request for reconsideration as per La. R.S. § 25:225. As of 10/23/2023 we have had no requests to reconsider materials.

DIGITAL CONTENT AVAILABLE WITH A LIBRARY CARD

CloudLibrary

Digital books and audiobooks
Can be accessed through internet browser or App on various devices with library card number and password
Kids Mode with PIN Code Available

Ages 0-7 Children's Card - Child Audience

Ages 08-10 Juvenile Card - Juvenile Audience

Ages 11-14 Teen Card - Juvenile Audience

Ages 15-17 Young Adult Card - Young Adult Audience