Requirements for Library Card Registration

The Wauconda Area Library is a tax-supported public library.  If you are a resident within the Wauconda School District 118 boundaries, you belong to the Wauconda Area Public Library District.  District residents pay no fee to receive their first library card.  To receive a library card, proper identification must be presented at the time of registration.  Acceptable forms of identification include:

• Driver’s license

• State Identification Card

• Student Identification Card

• Passport

• Voter Registration Card

• Lease or Housing Agreement

• Utility Bill (Telephone, Gas, Electric, Water or Cable)

• Bank Statement or New Checks

At the time of registration for library privileges, the applicant will be asked to complete a registration form by providing the following information:  name, address, telephone number, birth date (ages 5-18), and signature.  Children ages 5 – 13 must have a parent or legal guardian with them at the time of registration, and sign the application form.  Children 14 and older will sign their own application with proper identification (or parent’s identification if they are present).  

If you reside beyond the jurisdictional boundaries of the library district, but own property within the boundaries of the library district, upon presentation of a tax bill or current utility bill bearing your name and address, you may obtain a Wauconda Area Library card, without additional fees.  

As a resident cardholder, the borrower identified on the library card may physically take his/her card to another library to borrow materials.  Those materials are the responsibility of the individual who borrows them, and are subject to all of the fines, rules, and regulations of the lending library.  Often, libraries limit the borrowing privileges of reciprocal borrowers, and it is best to establish local rules and procedures before making your selections.

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