Get a Card

Anyone who is at least 5 years old and resides in Fondulac Public Library District may apply for a card. The general geographic area served by Fondulac District Library includes all of Fondulac Township and School District #86 along with some parts of East Peoria in Groveland Township. East Peoria addresses in Woodford County are not part of Fondulac District Library. (Please note: The map below is only an approximation of library district boundaries.)

Property tax bills from Tazewell County Assessor will display if your residence is in territory served by Fondulac District Library.

If you are unsure if you are eligible for a Fondulac District Library card, please contact the library for assistance.

Adults must present current photo identification with name and address, such as a valid driver’s license or state ID card.  If the address on the identification is not current, applicants must present official proof of residency. Acceptable items showing name and current address must be dated in the previous 60 days and include a piece of official business mail (e.g. utility or insurance invoice), official correspondence from a government agency, owner-signed rent receipt, or owner- and resident-signed residence lease.

Applicants ages 5 through 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who has a current photo ID and proof of district address. The parent or guardian must sign the applicant’s application.

If an eligible applicant has had a library card issued to them by another library in the Resource Sharing Alliance, the card issued to them by the other library must be in good standing and clear of checked out items before Fondulac District Library may issue a new card to the applicant.

District residents interested in a library card with full borrowing privileges are encouraged to apply for a card at the library building.

The library issues temporary virtual cards to district residents, allowing short-term access only to Fondulac District Library’s digital collections and online research resources. Temporary cards expire the last day of the month following the month of application. District residents interested in continued borrowing privileges must then apply for a card at the library building. Library staff will process your application, and you will be emailed at the listed email address with your new card number and temporary password when it is ready. (Please note that this not an automated process, and library staff manually process the applications. Thank you for your patience.)

NOTIFY THE LIBRARY IMMEDIATELY by phone at (309) 699-3917 or in person at the library. Cardholders are responsible for all materials checked out on the card number until reported lost or stolen. Once reported lost or stolen, the account is blocked immediately so that no one can use it. The library charges a small fee of $2.00 to replace a non-expired card.

A valid library card is one that has not expired and has a total of less than $5 in fines and fees pending. An expired library card cannot be used to borrow additional materials until it is renewed. A library card that has accrued $5 or more in fines, fees, or lost materials cannot be used to borrow additional materials until the amount due is less than $5.  Library cards are considered invalid if the cardholder moves outside of the library district.

Library cards expire three years from the month of issue. For instances of a juvenile applicant turning 18 in the three years following card issuance, the issued juvenile card will expire at the end the month the patron turns 18.  Library cards may only be renewed in person at Fondulac District Library.

Anyone can use Fondulac District Library resources (including computers and Wi-Fi) in the library building, even without a library card. Many resources available on our website can be used by anyone; some require a Fondulac District Library card and are noted as such.

Even if you are not a resident of East Peoria, you still may be able to check out materials here. We have an agreement with most area libraries that allows you to use your library card at Fondulac District Library. You’ll need to get a card from your home library first and bring it along when you visit us. Some libraries choose not to be a part of our borrowing agreement.  Feel free to call ahead and ask if your library is one of them.

Fondulac District Library participates in Illinois’ nonresident fee program. Non-residents are defined as “a person who resides outside the taxing area of a public library” and have the option to annually purchase a card in order to obtain public library service. Administrative rules [23 Ill. Adm. Code 3050] determine where non-residents must go to purchase their non-resident card. For more information about the program, please contact the library or visit the Illinois State Library’s Public Library Non-Resident Service Administrative Rules webpage. For a list of participating libraries and their fees, visit the RAILS Public Library Nonresident Card Participation webpage.

For assistance, please email library staff at reference@fondulaclibrary.org. You may also chat online with library staff during scheduled chat hours.