Renewing Library Materials

Renew your library items online through your account on CountyCat:

1. While viewing your checkouts, click in the boxes to the left of the titles that you want to renew. Check marks will appear in all of the boxes you click in.
2. Click on the “Renew Marked” button or “Renew All” button.
3. If successful, the status for all of the renewed items will say “Renewed now” with the new due date. The new due date will be calculated from the day that you renew the item, not the original due date.
4. If renewed after the original due date, fines may accrue.

Renew your library items over the phone by calling (414) 277-0183:

To renew items using this service, you will need your library card number and the barcode numbers on the materials you wish to renew. Fines owed at the time of renewal will still be added to your record.

You may be able to renew items via text if you have opted in to do so. After you have signed up successfully and when your materials are about to come due, you will receive a text message one day prior to the due date with instructions on how to renew items (if eligible).

To opt in for text renewal, ask a circulation attendant or change your library notice preference in your CountyCat account settings.

• The item has been renewed too many times.
• The item is not eligible to be renewed.
• You are trying to renew the material too soon.
• Another patron has a hold on the item.
• The item is overdue and cannot be renewed.

Note: Each Milwaukee County Federated Library sets its own lending periods and fines. These lending periods differ at each library. Items being picked up at the Wauwatosa Public Library (WPL) may not belong to WPL and thus have different lending periods and fines.