September is the perfect time to sign up or renew your library card!
What’s the most important card in your wallet? The answer might surprise you: it’s your library card! It gives you easy access to the latest titles, meeting and study room reservations, online resources, and much more. Getting a card is easy. You can visit the library or www.northbrook.info/card to learn how to get a card.
In addition to Northbrook residents, Northbrook businesses, teachers, and au pairs may also be eligible to get a card. For residents of unincorporated Northbrook, our Cards for Kids and Cards for U.S. Veterans programs may make it possible to get a card at no cost. Other residents of unincorporated Northbrook have the option to purchase a library card.
Sign up or renew your library card in September to be entered into our prize drawing
All first-time library cardholders and library card renewals in September will be automatically entered into a drawing for the chance to win a gift card to a local business.
Play our all-ages scavenger hunt
This scavenger hunt is for everyone to play (even if you already have a library card). Just pick up a scavenger hunt form at a service desk on the 2nd and 3rd floor and then follow the clues to solve the mystery word for a chance to enter a drawing to win a $20 Book Bin gift certificate. And if you need help finding a clue, we're happy to help! Just ask at any service desk.
But the real prize is the value you get from your library card:
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Read without limits (check out books, music, magazines, and more)
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Search and place holds on materials and pick them up at our self-service holds shelves
- Check out and take home items from our Library of Things, like a turntable, projector, hotspot, DVD to VCR converter, and our newest item—an outdoor movie theater kit!
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Download the Northbrook Public Library app to access your digital library card, check out library materials with your phone, and more
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Listen to the latest audiobooks & music on the go
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Reserve a quiet space for work or study or a meeting room for larger groups
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Learn something new with a free all-access LinkedIn Learning account. LinkedIn Learning offers over 16,000 courses developed by instructional designers and taught by real-world experts and instructors, with over 60 new courses a week!
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Access databases and research materials, like genealogy and business resources
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Learn a new language with Mango Languages, enjoy a craft with Creativebug, catch up on news from around the world in over 60 languages with PressReader, or read your favorite magazine on Libby, which carries over 3,000 digital popular magazine titles!
