Library Services for Oakton Community College District Residents

How to Get Your Oakton Library Special User ID Card

Oakton Community College district residents may apply for a Oakton Library Special User ID at the circulation desk at the Des Plaines or RHC Skokie campuses. 

Oakton Community College district residents include:

• Adults living in the Oakton district (must provide a current valid Illinois driver's license or current valid Illinois state ID card with proof of residency)
• Employees working for a company in the Oakton district (those working in the Oakton Community College district must provide confirmation of in-district employment on company letterhead, signed by their supervisor.)
• Alliance for Lifelong Learning (ALL) students (ALL students not living in the Oakton Community College district must provide an Oakton Community College ALL class tuition receipt)
• Students attending a high school in the Oakton district (must provide a high school student ID, current valid Illinois driver's license, or current valid Illinois state ID card)

How to Borrow a Book from Your Oakton Campus Library:

Take the book and your Oakton Library Special ID card to the Des Plaines or Ray Hartstein-Skokie Campus Library Circulation Desk. Staff will check out the book.

Top 6 reasons for Oakton Community College district residents to get an Oakton Library Special ID Card:

• Check out a total of 3 items
• Check out books for 4 weeks each
• Renew books in person or by phone.
• Check out DVDs or videos for 1 week for free
• Use online Library research resources at Oakton Library Reference computers
• Browse and read magazine, journal, and newspapers in the Print Periodicals collections

Please note that there is a thirty-day grace period for overdue books. After that, the overdue charge is $5.00 per item.  The lost book charge is cost of the book plus $10 processing fee and an overdue fine if over 30 days.

Telephone:

(847) 635-1642/Des Plaines Campus Library

(847) 635-1432/Ray Hartstein Campus Library