Your Library Card
Anyone—with or without a card—is welcome to use the library’s public spaces, read our books, and use our Wi-Fi while visiting.
What can I do with my Tinley Park Public Library card?
Check out books & more
- Check out books, audiobooks on CD, DVDs, music CDs, and video games
- Check out a Nintendo Switch or a Wi-Fi hot spot
- Check out a Museum Pass
- And more!
Stream & download digital materials
- Download digital materials like eBooks, eAudiobooks, and movies
- Read or listen to interactive storybooks online with Tumblebooks
Use our online resources
- Get online tutoring through Brainfuse: HelpNow
- Take online business, technology, and creative courses with LinkedIn Learning
- Access ratings and reviews of consumer products and services through Consumer Reports
Take advantage of many other services!
- Reserve a study room
- Use our public computers
- Use the Digital Media Studio and Conversion Station
Who Can Get a Library Card?
- Anyone who lives in incorporated Tinley Park or Orland Hills.
- Anyone who owns or leases taxable residential or business property in incorporated Tinley Park or Orland Hills.
- Individuals residing in unincorporated Tinley Park may apply for a non-resident fee card, valid for one year. The annual fee is determined by current non-resident fee calculation.
→ Think you may already have a library card? You can look up your account number or reset your PIN online.
Loan Periods & Fines
| Material | Loan Period | Fines |
|---|---|---|
| Books | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| Easy holiday books | 1 week (not renewable) | $.10/day |
| Audiobooks | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| Magazines | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| Nonfiction DVD/Blu-ray | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| DVD/Blu-ray Movies | 1 week | $1.00/day |
| DVD/Blu-ray TV Series | 3 weeks | $1.00/day |
| Binge Boxes | 1 week (not renewable) | $1.00/day |
| Now Playing | 1 week (not renewable) | $1.00/day |
| Music CDs | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| Sheet Music | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| Pamphlets | 3 weeks | $.10/day |
| Console Games | 3 weeks | $1.00/day |
| Library of Things items | 3 weeks (not renewable) | $1.00/day |
| MacBooks | 3 hours (in-house use only) | $5.00/hour |
| Youth Services iPads | 1 hour (in-house use only) | $1.00/hour |
Patrons may borrow up to 100 items at a time. Max item limits:
- 10 feature film DVDs or Blu-Rays
- 25 CDs or audiobooks
- 5 console games
- 5 Library of Things items, no more than one of which may be a technology device
Patrons may have no more than 50 holds placed at any given time.