Own a vacation home or property in Massachusetts Rent lodging in Massachusetts for at least thirty days Reside in Massachusetts while attending school, a training program or summer camp lasting at least thirty days D.2. Special cards and borrowing arrangements are available to classroom teachers for use in the Children's Library. These cards extend the due date from the default two week loan to a four week loan period. The restriction of four items to a subject is enforced on teacher registrations as it is for all other borrowers. Borrowers are responsible for all items borrowed on their cards, including the fines charged for overdue materials and replacement costs for items lost or damaged.
Borrowers are responsible for keeping their registration current.
Any borrower who has mail returned to the library as undeliverable may be blocked from the use of library services until the registration is updated. Anyone, of any age, who is eligible for a library card may use any materials in the Berkshire Athenaeum and shall not have that privilege limited by any staff person. Only the Director may authorize the dissemination of this information to a third party, and this will be done only when required by law. Information about materials borrowed by minors may be granted to the legal guardians once those items have achieved a status of overdue. Most adult fiction and non-fiction books are loaned for a period of four weeks.