Community Corner
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!
Sign up or renew your Northbrook Public Library card in September to be entered into a prize drawing.
Your library card is one of the most valuable cards in your wallet. It gives you easy access to the latest titles, meeting and study room reservations, online resources, and much more. Getting a Northbrook Public Library card is easy. You can visit the library to apply or renew, or visit 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 who meet certain criteria, our new Cards for Kids and Cards for U.S. Veterans programs 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 will be automatically entered into a drawing for the chance to win a gift card to a local business. 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)
- 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!
- Search and place holds on materials and pick them up at our self-service holds shelves
- Download the Northbrook Public Library app to access your digital library card, check out library materials with your phone, and much more
- Listen to the latest audiobooks & music on the go
- Reserve a quiet space for work or study or a meeting room for larger groups
- Watch movies, documentaries, TV shows, and more (check out DVDs and stream content from Kanopy & Hoopla)
- Learn something new with a free with a LinkedIn Learning account, which provides over 16,000 courses developed by instructional designers and taught by real-world experts, with over 60 new courses added each week!
- 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!
