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Non-Resident Program Fee Information

Illinois Library Non-Resident Program

In Illinois, Illinois residents living outside the taxing area of a public library (outside of the municipality or library district service area) are considered non-residents for the purpose of library cards. Non-residents have the option to access library services by annually purchasing a library card, which includes reciprocal borrowing privileges, from a participating public library under certain conditions:

  • Non-residents must apply for a non-resident library card at the closest public library determined by the location of their residence.
  • The public library in the school district of the non-resident’s principal residence is determined to be the closest public library.
  • A non-resident may claim a commonality of community interest to apply at a public library that is closer to their residence.

The sale of a library card to a non-resident is covered by Illinois Statute 75 ILCS 16/30-55.60.

 

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Public Libraries: Submit Your Non-Resident Card Program and Fee Status for FY2025

DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2024

Every year, public library boards are required to take action to decide whether to issue non-resident library cards in the upcoming year and if cards as issued, how the fees are calculated. If non-resident cards are sold, libraries are asked to report what the actual fee is, when the board took action during the current fiscal year, and when the fee will go into effect (Ill. Admin. Code 23/3050.20). 

You can learn more about Public Library Non-Resident Service Rules on the Illinois Secretary of State Website.

All public libraries, therefore, should submit their library's Non-Resident Program participation status and associated fees for the upcoming fiscal year by the end of each preceding fiscal year.

Please submit your library's Non-Resident Program participation status and fee information on L2, which you can access via the button below. If you have questions or need additional information, please get in touch with our Associate Director or our Member Services Assistant by email or by phone. Thank you for your cooperation in this annual task.

Report FY2025 Non-Resident Card
Program Status & Fees

 

Directions

IHLS Board Member Loretta Broomfield has helpfully created a video guide to walk members through the process of updating non-resident card information. You can watch the guide here or read the directions below, which contain screenshots from Loretta's video.

  1. Navigate to Library Directory and Learning Calendar (L2) and use the purple <Log In> button to log in to your account. This will take you to your user Affiliations page. 
  2. If you see a link that says "Update [Your Library's] Non-Resident Card Information," click this link.

    screenshot depicting the place to click
     

  3. If not, click the linked name of your library agency under "agency." On the next page, click the purple hyperlink above your library's name.​
    Screenshot showing the hyperlinked instance of the library's name under "agency."
     
  4. Then, select the purple <Edit> tab at the top of the page.

  5. screenshot depicting the purple edit tab
     
  6. Scroll down and click the expandable <Non-Residents Card> section, and complete the questions.

    screenshot depicting the "non-resident cards" drop-down.
     

  7. Save.
What Will the Report Ask?

You'll be asked to indicate whether or not your library is participating in the non-resident fee program. If so, you'll also need to indicate which method the library is using to assess the fee, what the fee is, when the board took this action, and when the fee will become effective.

Need Help?
Alternate directions:
  1. Log into L2.
  2. Search for your library in the Directory and click on your library's name.
  3. On the next page, click on the purple hyperlink above your library's name.
  4. Scroll down and click the expandable <Non-Residents Card> section, and complete the questions.
  5. Save.
Locked L2 pages:

Editing an agency in L2 locks that page from being simultaneously edited by someone else. To avoid it being locked indefinitely, click <Save> OR go back to <Edit>, scroll to the bottom, click <Unlock>, and confirm that you want to break the lock.

Contact:

For more help, contact a member of our Membership Team.

 

FY2022 Non-Resident Program Libraries and Fees

Each year, the Illinois State Library asks trustees of public libraries to determine whether or not their libraries will sell non-resident cards and, if so, what fees will be charged. This annual task is outlined in ILAC 23ILAC 3050.20 a) of the Administrative Code: "The public library board of trustees shall annually take action to decide whether to issue non-resident library cards during the ensuing 12 months. At that time, the non-resident library card fee formula and fee, if applicable, to be used will be determined and adopted." You can read more about the process on the Illinois State Library website.

Below are listed the non-resident fees for FY2022. The average non-resident card fee is $68.31.

Note: Due to our recent transition to a new website, we do not have the complete list of the non-resident fees for FY2024 available at the moment. You can locate your library's FY2024 fees on L2. If you can't find the information there, please get in touch with our membership team at membership@illinoisheartland.org.
TB = Tax Bill Method
* These Non-Participating libraries do not sell non-resident cards but will honor non-resident cards from other libraries.
Library City Participant Phone Fee Effective Date
A. Herr Smith & E.E. Smith Public Library - Loda Township Library Loda X 217.386.2783 $70.00 06/15/20
Albion Public Library Albion X 618.445.3314 $40.00 08/11/20
Allerton Public Library District Monticello X 217.762.4676 TB 07/01/21
Altamont Public Library Altamont X 618.483.5457 $60.00 07/01/21
Anne West Lindsey District Library Carterville X 618.985.3298 $92.00 07/01/21
Arcola Public Library District Arcola X 217.268.4477 $83.00 07/01/20
Argenta-Oreana Public Library District Argenta/Oreana X 217.468.2340 TB 07/01/21
Arthur Public Library Arthur X 217.543.2037 $85.00 08/16/21
Ashley Public Library District Ashley X 618.485.2295 $40.00 07/01/21
Assumption Public Library District Assumption X 217.226.3915 $98.00 07/01/21
Athens Municipal Library Athens X 217.636.8047 $45.00 07/01/21
Atwood-Hammond Public Library Atwood X 217.578.2727 TB 07/01/20
Auburn Public Library District Auburn X 217.438.6211 $65.00 07/01/21
Barclay Public Library District Warrensburg X 217.672.3621 TB 07/01/21
Belleville Public Library Belleville X 618.234.0441 $67.00 06/11/21
Bement Public Library Bement   217.768.7101   07/01/20
Benton Public Library District Benton X 618.438.7511 $112.00 07/01/21
Bethalto Public Library District Bethalto X 618.377.8141 TB 07/01/21
Blue Mound Memorial Library Blue Mound X 217.692.2774 TB 07/01/20
Blue Ridge Township Public Library Mansfield X 217.489.9033 $80.00 07/01/21
Breese Public Library Breese X 618.526.7361 TB 01/01/21
Brighton Memorial Library District Brighton X 618.372.8450 $60.00 07/01/21
Bryan-Bennett Library Salem X 618.548.3006 $55.00 07/01/21
Bunker Hill Public Library District Bunker Hill X 618.585.4736 $40.00 07/01/20
C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District Mount Vernon X 618.242.6322 $100.00 07/01/21
Cahokia Public Library Cahokia X 618.332.1491 $53.00 09/01/20
Cairo Public Library Cairo X 618.734.1840 TB 07/01/21
Camargo Township District Library Villa Grove X 217.832.5211 $50.00 07/01/21
Carbondale Public Library Carbondale X 618.457.0354 TB 07/01/20
Carlinville Public Library Carlinville X 217.854.3505 $60.00 01/04/21
Carmi Public Library Carmi X 618.382.5277 $35.00 07/01/20
Carnegie Schuyler Library Pana X 121.756.2232 $60.00 04/13/21
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library Carrier Mills X 618.994.2011 $50.00 07/01/20
Carrollton Public Library Carrollton X 217.942.6715 $40.00 05/01/21
Case-Halstead Public Library Carlyle X 618.594.5210 $56.00 05/01/21
Casey Township Library Casey X 217.932.2105 TB 09/01/20
Caseyville Public Library District Caseyville X 618.345.5848 TB 07/15/21
Catlin Public Library District Catlin X 217.427.2550 $87.00 07/01/21
Central Citizens' Library District Clifton X 815.694.2800 $125.00 07/01/21
Central Library District Evansville   618.201.5849   07/01/20
Centralia Regional Library District Centralia X 618.532.5222 $100.00 07/01/21
Charleston Carnegie Public Library Charleston X 217.345.4913 $100.00 05/01/21
Chatham Area Public Library District Chatham X 217.483.2713 $175.00 07/01/21
Chester Public Library Chester X 618.826.3711 $45.00 07/01/21
Chrisman Public Library Chrisman X 217.269.3011 TB 07/01/21
Christopher Public Library Christopher X 618.724.7534 $14.00 07/01/21
Cissna Park Community Library Cissna Park   815.457.2452   07/01/20
Columbia Public Library Columbia X 618.281.4237 $91.25 05/01/21
Coulterville Public Library Coulterville X 618.758.3013 $45.00 08/01/21
Crab Orchard Public Library District Marion X 618.982.2141 $50.00 07/01/21
Cutler Public Library Cutler X 618.497.2426 $10.00 09/15/21
Danville Public Library Danville X 217.477.5220 $144.00 01/19/21
Daugherty Public Library District Dupo X 618.286.4444 $49.50 07/01/20
Decatur Public Library Decatur X 217.434.2900 $84.72 02/19/21
Divernon Township Library Divernon X 217.628.3813 $146.20 07/01/20
Dodge Memorial Public Library District Olive Branch X 618.776.9200 TB 07/01/21
Dongola Public Library District Dongola X 618.827.3622 $66.00 07/01/21
Doyle Public Library District Raymond   217.229.4471   07/01/20
Dry Point Township Library Cowden X 217.783.2616 $25.00 08/12/21
Du Quoin Public Library Du Quoin X 618.542.5045 $35.00 07/01/21
East Alton Public Library District East Alton   618.259.0887   07/01/20
East St. Louis Public Library East St. Louis   628.397.0991   07/01/20
Edwardsville Public Library Edwardsville X 618.692.7556 TB 05/01/21
Effingham Public Library Effingham X 217.342.2464 $146.75 05/01/21
Eldorado Memorial Public Library District Eldorado X 618.273.7922 $90.00 07/01/21
Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library Sullivan X 217.728.7221 $50.00 07/01/21
Elkhart Public Library District Elkhart X 217.947.2313 TB 07/01/21
Elwood Library District Ridge Farm X 217.247.2820 TB 07/01/21
Elwood Library District This Is The Current Non Res Fee Form Ridge Farm X 217.247.2820 $53.00 07/01/20
Evans Public Library Vandalia X 618.283.2824 TB 07/01/21
Evansville Public Library Evansville X 618.853.4649 $21.00 05/01/21
Fairfield Public Library Fairfield X 618.842.4516 TB 07/01/21
Fairview Heights Public Library Fairview Heights X 618.489.2070 $90.00 09/01/21
Farmersville-Waggoner Public Library District Farmersville X 217.227.3711 $130.00 07/01/21
Flora Public Library Flora X 618.662.6553 $40.00 07/01/21
Forsyth Public Library Forsyth   217.877.8174   07/01/20
Frank Bertetti Benld Public Benld X 217.835.4045 TB 07/01/21
Freeburg Area Library District Freeburg X 618.539.5454 $115.00 07/01/21
Galatia Public Library District Galatia X 618.268.9200 $130.75 07/01/21
Georgetown Public Library Georgetown X 217.662.2164 TB 08/16/21
Germantown Public Library Germantown X 618.523.4820 TB 07/01/21
Gilman-Danforth District Library Gilman X 815.265.7522 TB 07/01/21
Girard Township Library Girard X 217.627.2414 TB 07/01/20
Glen Carbon Centennial Library District Glen Carbon X 618.288.1212 TB 07/01/20
Golconda Public Library Golconda X 618.683.6531 $24.00 07/01/21
Goose Creek District Library Deland X 217.664.3572 TB 07/01/21
Grand Prairie Of The West Public Library District Virden X 217.965.3015 $60.00 07/01/21
Greenfield Public Library Greenfield X 217.368.2613 $25.00 07/01/21
Greenup Township Public Library Greenup X 217.923.3616 $45.00 07/01/20
Greenville Public Library Greenville X 618.664.3115 $40.00 07/01/21
Groff Memorial Public Library Grayville X 618.375.7121 $23.00 03/11/21
Harrisburg Public Library District Harrisburg X 618.253.7455 $70.00 07/01/21
Hartford Public Library District Hartford   618.254.9394   07/01/20
Herrick Township Public Library Herrick X 618.428.5223 TB 07/01/20
Herrin City Library Herrin X 618.942.6109 $55.00 06/30/21
Hillsboro Area Public Library District Hillsboro X 217.532.3055 $72.00 06/16/21
Homer Community Library Homer X 217.896.2121 $40.00 07/01/21
Hoopeston Public Library District Hoopeston X 217.283.6711 $60.00 07/01/21
Hope Welty Public Library Cerro Gordo   217.763.5001   07/01/20
Illiopolis/Niantic Pld Illiopolis X 217.486.5561 TB 01/01/21
Jerseyville Public Library Jerseyville X 618.498.9514 TB 08/18/21
Johnston City Public Library Johnston City X 618.983.6359 $40.00 07/01/21
Jonesboro Public Library Jonesboro X 618.833.8121 TB 07/01/21
Kansas Community Memorial Library Kansas X 217.948.5484 TB 01/13/21
Kinmundy Public Library Kinmundy X 618.547.3250 $16.00 07/01/20
Kitchell Memorial Library Morrisonville X 217.526.4553 $35.00 07/01/20
Lawrence Public Library District Lawrenceville X 618.943.3016 $35.00 07/01/21
Lebanon Public Library Lebanon X 618.537.4504 $65.00 08/01/21
Lebanon Public Library District Lebanon X 618.537.4504 TB 07/01/20
Lincoln Library Springfield X 217.753.4900 $75.00 07/01/20
Lincoln Public Library District Lincoln X 217.732.8878 TB 10/15/20
Litchfield Public Library District Litchfield X 217.324.3866 $79.00 08/01/21
Lovington Public Library District Lovington X 217.873.4468 $112.00 05/25/21
Madison Public Library Madison   618.876.8448   07/01/20
Mahomet Public Library District Mahomet X 217.586.2611 TB 05/10/21
Marion Carnegie Library Marion X 618.993.5935 $112.50 05/01/21
Maroa Public Library Maroa   217.794.5111   07/01/20
Marrowbone Public Library District Bethany X 217.665.3014 $53.00 07/01/21
Martinsville Public Library District Martinsville X (217) .382-.4113 $45.00 07/01/22
Maryville Community Library Maryville X 618.288.3801 TB 07/01/20
Mascoutah Public Library Mascoutah X 618.566.2562 $130.00 07/01/20
Mason City Public Library District Mason City X 217.482.3799 $110.00 07/01/21
Mattoon Public Library Mattoon X 217.234.1720 $75.00 07/01/21
Mccoy Memorial Library Mcleansboro X 618.643.2125 TB 06/01/21
Melvin Public Library Melvin X 217.388.2421 $47.00 07/12/20
Metropolis Public Library Metropolis   618.524.4312   07/01/20
Millstadt Library Millstadt X 618.476.1887 $95.00 06/09/21
Mississippi Valley Library District Collinsville And Fairmont City X 618.344.1112 $78.00 07/01/21
Morrison-Talbott Library Waterloo X 618.939.6232 $99.50 07/01/21
Mounds Public Library Mounds   618.745.6610   07/01/20
Mount Carmel Public Library Mount Carmel X 618.263.3531 $54.00 07/01/21
Moweaqua Public Library District Moweaqua X 217.768.4700 $75.00 06/21/22
Moyer District Library Gibson City X 217.784.5343 TB 07/01/20
Mt. Olive Public Library Mount Olive X 217.999.7311 $30.00 09/08/21
Mt. Pulaski Public Library District Mount Pulaski X 217.792.5919 $89.00 07/01/21
Mt. Zion District Library Mt. Zion X 217.864.3622 TB 07/03/20
Nashville Public Library Nashville X 618.327.3827 $83.00 07/01/21
Neoga Public District Library Neoga X 217.895.3944 $57.00 07/01/20
New Athens District Library New Athens X 618.475.3255 $73.22 08/11/20
New Baden Public Library New Baden X 618.588.4554 TB 07/01/21
Newman Regional Library Dist. Newman X 217.837.2412 TB 09/08/21
Newton Public Library District Newton X 161.878.3814 $65.00 07/01/21
Nokomis Public Library Nokomis X 217.563.2734 $40.00 07/01/21
Norris City Public Library District Norris City X 618.378.3713 $30.00 05/13/21
O'fallon Public Library O'fallon X 618.632.3783 TB 07/01/21
Oakwood Public Library District Oakwood X 217.354.4777 $70.00 07/01/21
Olney Public Library Olney X 618.392.3711 TB 07/01/21
Palestine Public Library Palestine X 618.586.5317 $65.00 07/01/21
Paris Carnegie Public Library Paris X 217.463.3950 $32.00 06/15/21
Patoka Public Library Patoka X 314.313.9854 TB 07/01/20
Pawnee Public Pawnee X 217.62.7716 $132.98 05/01/21
Paxton Carnegie Library Paxton X 217.379.3431 TB 07/01/20
Petersburg Il Public Library Petersburg X 217.632.2807 $92.00 07/01/21
Philo Public Library District Philo X 217.684.2896 $100.00 07/01/21
Pinckneyville Public Library Pinckneyville X 618.357.2410 TB 07/01/20
Piper City Public Library District Piper City X 815.686.9234 TB 07/01/21
Potomac Public Library District Potomac X 217.987.6457 TB 07/01/21
Rantoul Public Library Rantoul X 217.893.3955 $90.00 01/01/22
Red Bud Public Library Red Bud X 618.282.2255 $65.00 07/01/20
Rick Warren Memorial Public Library District Elkville X 618.568.1843 $35.00 07/01/21
Riverton Village Library Riverton X 217.629.6353 $45.00 07/01/20
Robinson Public Library District Robinson X 618.544.2917 $104.50 07/01/21
Rochester Public Library District Rochester X 217.498.8454 $141.00 07/01/21
Roodhouse Public Library Roodhouse X 217.589.5123 TB 08/10/21
Rosiclare Memorial Public Library Rosiclare X 618)285.6213 $27.00 07/01/21
Roxana Public Library District Roxana X 161.825.4671 $45.00 06/01/21
Royalton Public Librry District Royalton X 618.984.4463 $45.00 07/01/20
Saint Elmo Public Library District Saint Elmo X 618.829.5544 TB 05/14/21
Sallie Logan Public Library Murphysboro X 618.684.3271 $85.00 08/12/21
Scott AFB Library Scott AFB   618.256.5100   07/01/20
Sesser Public Library Sesser X 618.625.6566 $15.00 07/01/21
Shawneetown Public Library Shawneetown X 618.269.3761 $30.00 07/01/21
Shelbyville Public Library Shelbyville X 217.774.4432 $103.00 07/01/21
Sheldon Public Library Sheldon X 815.429.3521 $55.00 08/24/20
Sidell District Library Sidell   217.288.9031   07/01/20
Sidney Community Library Sidney X 217.688.2332 $50.00 07/01/20
Six Mile Regional Library District Granite City X 618.452.6238 $119.00 07/01/21
Smithton Public Library District Smithton X 618.233.8057 $132.00 07/01/21
South County Public Library District Brussels X 618.883.2522 $30.00 07/01/21
South Macon Public Library Macon X 217.764.3356 TB 07/01/21
Sparta Public Library Sparta X 618.443.5014 $63.00 07/01/20
St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library St. Joseph X 217.469.2159 $70.00 06/25/21
Staunton Public Libary Staunton X 618.635.3852 $35.00 07/01/20
Steeleville Area Public Library District Steeleville X 618.965.9732 $55.00 07/01/21
Stonington Township Library Stonington X 217.325.3512 TB 04/12/21
Sumpter Township Library Toledo X 217.849.2072 $35.00 07/01/21
Taylorville Public Library Taylorville X 217.824.4736 $57.00 03/02/21
The East St. Louis Public Library East St. Louis   618.397.0991   07/01/20
The Hayner Public Library District Alton X 618.462.0677 $130.00 07/01/22
The Urbana Free Library Urbana X 217.367.4057 TB 07/01/21
Tilden Public Library Tilden X 618.587.1282 TB 09/13/21
Tolono Public Library District Tolono X 217.485.5558 $80.00 07/01/20
Trenton Public Library Trenton X 618.224.7662 $94.00 07/01/20
Tri-City Public Library District Buffalo X 217.364.8181 TB 07/01/21
Tri-Township Public Library District Troy X 618.667.2133 $93.55 07/01/20
Tuscola Public Library Tuscola X 217.253.3812 $80.00 05/01/21
Valmeyer Public Library Valmeyer X 618.935.2626 TB 07/01/21
Vance Township Library Fairmount   217.733.2164   07/01/20
Vespasian Warner Public Library District Clinton X 217.935.5174 TB 07/01/21
Vienna Public Library Vienna X 618.658.5051 $40.00 07/01/21
Watseka Public Library Watseka X 815.432.4544 $99.00 06/01/21
Wayne City Public Library Wayne City X 618.895.2661 $15.00 07/01/20
West Frankfort Public Library West Frankfort X 618.932.3313 $50.00 07/01/21
West Salem Public Library West Salem X 618.456.8970 $21.00 07/01/20
West Sangamon Public Library District New Berlin X 217.488.7733 $35.00 07/01/21
West Union District Library West Union X 217.279.3556 $58.00 07/01/21
Westville Public Library Westville X 121.726.7317 $40.00 07/01/21
Williamsville Pubkic Library And Museum Williamsville X 217.566.3520 $75.00 07/01/21
Williamsville Public Library And Museum Williamsville X 217.566.3520 $75.00 07/01/20
Willow Branch Township Library Cisco   217.669.2312   07/01/20
Windsor Storm Memorial Public Library District Windsor X 217.459.2498 $153.00 07/01/21
Witt Township Public Library Witt   217.594.7333   07/01/20
Wood River Public Library Wood River   618.254.4832   07/01/20
Worden Public Library District Worden X 618.459.7171 $65.00 07/01/21
Zeigler Public Library Zeigler X 618.596.6479 TB 07/01/21