Online Library Card Application

Eligibility: Current residents of the Algonquin Area Public Library District who are applying for a library card for the first time. Check the Library District Map [pdf] to verify your residency.

Steps for getting your card:

Complete the online Library Card Application Form for:
Adults (16 years of age and older) or Children (15 years of age and younger.)
Upon form submission, your application will be processed within 3 business days. Library staff will email your library barcode to you. Our electronic and eBook collections will then be available to you.
Please designate our Main Library on Harnish Dr. or our Branch Library on Eastgate Dr. as the preferred location for picking up your library card. You will be required to show proper identification (below). Applicants under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to sign for their library card.

If you have any questions or problems, please contact the Circulation Department at (847) 458-6060. Ext. 4 (Harnish) or 847-658-4343 Ext. 4 (Eastgate Branch.)

Please review the library policies, including library card policies.

Proper Forms of Identification

One of the following photo identification cards with your current address:

State of Illinois drivers license
State of Illinois ID card
Firearms Registration Card

If your address is not current, or if you do not have any of the cards listed above, please provide a photo ID and one of the following pieces of identification.

Bank statement
Check book
Credit card statement
Tax bill or receipt
Utility bill (electric, gas, telephone)

Did you know?

62% of adults in the U.S. have public library cards?

~ ALA Office for Research & Statistics, 2005