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The Army MWR Library is the Center of the Community 

The Army MWR Library offers access to books, movies, games, online learning tools, and fun events for Soldiers, Families, and DoW Civilians.  Whether you need to study, relax with a book, or join a community program, your library is here to help.

With locations worldwide and an extensive online collection, Army MWR Library makes it easy imagine possibilities, discover something new and stay connected – anytime, anywhere.

Soldier reading to children and parents
 

Why Use the Library? 

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Explore Thousands of Books and Other Media

Check out books, audiobooks, movies, magazines, video games, and more.

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Learn Anytime, Anywhere

Use online resources for education, career development, and military training.

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Participate in Engaging Programming

Attend book clubs, game nights, and children’s activities.

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Use Internet and Computers

Get access to Wi-Fi, printing, scanning, and research tools.

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Stay Connected While Deployed

Request paperback book kits and digital content from anywhere in the world.


Who Can Use the Library?

  • Active-duty military (Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard)
  • Members of the Reserve components and National Guard
  • Retired military, including retired from the Reserves and National Guard
  • Medal of Honor recipients and veterans with 100% service-connected disabilities
  • Eligible Family members who are officially sponsored by authorized patrons in the above categories
  • DoW and Coast Guard Civilians, including appropriated and nonappropriated fund employees, when stationed outside the United States; stateside eligibility is contingent upon resource availability

How to Get a Library Card? 

  • Visit your local MWR Library with your DoW ID
  • Register for an account at the front desk
  • Once registered, you can check out materials
  • Use your account at any DoW MWR Library worldwide!
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Other Great Websites for Children

  • Award Winning Books - Information from the American Library Association about various award grants available to children and young adults.
  • Math Cats - Offers playful explorations of mathematical ideas that will pique students' interest.

Story Time Program

Do you want story times filled with songs, flannel stories, books, rhymes and of course lots of fun? Join us for Storytime on Tuesday through Thursday each week. View our Storytime Program page for more details.

Borrowing, Fines & Fees, and Clearing Post

  • Borrowing
    • Besides fiction and nonfiction titles, the library offers DVDs and Blu-Ray, including new releases, TV shows, and children’s. We also have study guides and practice tests, foreign language material, and video games for the Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
    • Per ID Cardholder, patrons may check out: books and audiobooks for three weeks; up to 10 music CDs for three weeks; up to 10 DVDs or Blu-Ray for one week (films) or two weeks (TV series); and 5 video games per family for one week. For temporary (less than 30 days) and short-term visitors (1-6 months), some restrictions will apply.
    • You may renew materials that are not requested by another customer by phone or online. To renew online, you must first set up your PASSWORD at the library's website. 
    • The maximum number of times an item can renewed is 2. At the end of your second renewal the item must be returned and remain in the library for 24 hours to give other customers an opportunity to check it out.
    • An outside book drop is available at all locations for materials returned after hours.
  • Fines & Fees
    • While the library does not charge overdue fees, there is a consequence for lost, damaged, or destroyed items: Military and civilian sponsors may be charged with financial liability when the loss, damage, or destruction of library materials is the result of negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the family member. There are 2 options for restitution:
      • The library’s preferred method of restitution is payment via exact cash or money order. The funds collected from fee payments go directly towards the improvement of the library’s services to the public.
      • Army Regulation (AR) 735-17, Accounting for Library Materials, paragraph 2-8b, 28 APR 2015, requires item replacement from borrowers who lose, damage, or destroy library materials with:
        • An identical copy (example: replacing a hardcover with another hardcover of the same title). The library will only accept identical replacements or payment for these titles.

        • A satisfactory reissue of the same item (example: replacing a hardcover with a paperback of the same title)

        • An item of the same type of medium of equal value, as determined by library staff (example: replacing a $20 DVD with another DVD of a different title valued at $20 or more). NOTE: Proof of value is required in the form of the purchase receipt.

    • Unauthorized copies of copyrighted materials are not accepted for the purpose of restitution.
    • Items replaced in-kind and payments made for lost, damaged, or destroyed Army property do not constitute a sale of Army property. Title to such property remains with Government, per AR 735-5, Property Accountability Policies, paragraph 2-1f, 10 MAY 2013.
    • All replacements must be in brand new, never owned condition.
  • Clearing Post
    • Per Fort Bragg Regulation 600-8-101, paragraph 3-1a, 21 JAN 2016, no soldier owing debts to the U.S. Government or its instrumentalities will be cleared for departure until either the debts are paid or the Soldier’s unit commander and the local finance officer are notified. All items on the sponsor account, as well as each family member account, must be returned to the library prior to clearing. If an item has been lost, damaged, or destroyed, please see Fines & Fees above, to find out what needs to happen in order to remove the item from your account. This same regulation, paragraph 3-1j, requires that soldiers out-process in duty uniform which meets the standards prescribed in AR 670-1. Physical training garments are not duty uniforms.