Reciprocity

Did you know that even if you live in the City of Spokane, you can have a Spokane County Library District library card for free? And if you live in the county, you can have a city card!

Through a reciprocal agreement, the resources of 16 county and city libraries, from downtown Spokane to Spokane Valley, Deer Park to the East Side, are available to most Spokane County residents.

If you retain a free library card under this agreement, you’ll be entitled to all library privileges within both systems except interlibrary loan and remote access e-sources such as databases and downloadable audiobooks.

Some Important Points…

• You must follow each library system’s application process to obtain its library card. If you want to borrow materials from both, you’ll need two cards.
  
• Checkout periods, overdue charges and some other policies may differ.
  
• To avoid potential overdue charges, materials should be returned to any branch in the system from which they were borrowed. If materials are returned to the other system’s branch, they’ll be routed properly but may not arrive by the due date.
  
• Materials placed on hold must be picked up at one of the owning system’s branches.
  
• Reciprocal borrowing privileges do not extend to non-resident cardholders.
  
• Customers with long-overdue accounts referred to a collection agency – by either system – may not obtain a library card until their account is cleared.

It's easy to get a library card from either system...click on logo below:

Approximately 14,312 residents in the Spokane County Library District service area have Spokane Public Library cards
Approximately 11,395 residents in the Spokane Public Library service area have Spokane County Library District cards