Get the most from your library! Below find info on how to get and use your library card and account, library resources for all ages and needs, and services available inside and beyond the library.
Your card & account
- Get your library card: Every resident, educator, and business owner can get a library card.
- Welcome new cardholders: To help make the most out of your library experience.
- Apps for account access and self-checkout: Put the library in your pocket.
- Holds, returns, and lockers: Details about getting and giving back items.
- Renewals and loan periods: No late fines on Oak Park items; replacement fees still apply.
For all ages
- Early learners (0-5) and storytimes
- Kids (grades K-5)
- Middle and high school students
- Older adults (60 +)
Just for
- Businesses and entrepreneurs
- Career services
- Digital learning
- Educators and caregivers
- Health and wellness
- Local creators
- Rainbow services
- Social services
- Supported services
- Sustainability and environment
In the library
- Computers and devices: Use onsite or borrow to take with you.
- Hotspots and other devices: Borrow technology—and other nontraditional library items.
- Print, copy, scan, and fax: Print remotely from anywhere and from inside the library.
- Reserve a space: Use meeting spaces and study rooms.
- Creative Studio: Use Oak Park’s newest makerspace.
- Idea Box: See what’s inside this always-changing Main Library space.
- Test proctoring: Available to Oak Park library cardholders.
Beyond the library
- Book Bike: Bringing the library to you—all around the Oak Park community—April through October.
- Home Delivery: We bring and pick up items to and from Oak Park residences.
- Museum and cultural attraction passes: Museum Adventure Pass and Explore More Illinois offer free passes, discounted admission, and other deals.
- Pop-up Libraries: A new way for community members to use the library and read library books when they’re out and about in the community.
- School and daycare resource delivery: We bring and pick up items to and from Oak Park schools and daycares.
