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.
Why do you require identification to get a library card?
We require ID to ensure that the borrower lives in our service area (by state law, the library card has to be issued from the taxing district where you live) and to help us track the proper return of materials borrowed. It's part of our fiscal responsibility. For minors, we accept school IDs and identification from their parents.
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:
- Drivers license
- Voter registration card
- Utility bill
- Rent receipt/lease agreement
- State ID card
- Property tax receipt
- Illinois Department of Public Aid medical card
- Bank statement
- Gun permit
- Car registration
- Bus pass
- Selective Service card
- Blood donor card
- Hunting/fishing license
- Car insurance card
- Current piece of mail addressed to patron (postmarked within the last 3 months)
