Get a Library Card

If you live in Rock Island, Milan or the Milan-Blackhawk Area Public Library District, you may get a library card free of charge:

Your library card allows you to:

• Borrow books and more materials from us, other Quad City libraries and from most other public libraries in the Prairie Area Library System.
• Use free online research tools to quickly find information you can't get just by searching the web. Find magazine articles, car repair data, genealogy records, business and medical information, grant info, online encyclopedias, stock information, practice exams and more!
• Check your account and renew some items online.
• Download eAudiobooks and more from the NetLibrary.
• Use our Internet and word processing PCs.

To get a library card,

• Come to the Circulation Desk  at any of our three locations, and fill out a short application.  If you present two forms of identification, you may have the card the same day. If you have only one form of ID , we will mail you your card.  You may check out up to three items with one form of ID.
• Children twelve and under must have a parent's or guardian's signature. 
• Acceptable forms of identification must have your current name and address. They include: 
  
  1. Drivers license
  2. Voter registration card
  3. Utility bill
  4. Rent receipt/lease agreement
  5. State ID card
  6. Property tax receipt
  7. Illinois Department of Public Aid medical card
  8. Bank statement
  9. Gun permit
  10. Car registration
  11. Bus pass
  12. Selective Service card
  13. Blood donor card
  14. Hunting/fishing license
  15. Car insurance card
  16. Current piece of mail addressed to patron (postmarked within the last 3 months)