Forgot your library card? No problem! Now your smartphone can be your library card!

How it works

Using your smartphone as your library card is pretty simple. Here's how it works:

• Install a loyalty card app on your phone (see instructions below)
• Select your books and other library materials (clearly the hardest part)
• Go to the self-checkout machine with the "SmartScan" sign
• Hold your phone up to the scanner

That's it. Now let's get a loyalty card app on your device

Installing card app

Just follow these steps to install CardStar or Keyring on your phone and add your library card.

Card Star

• Download the Cardstar app for your phone
• Open the CardStar app
• Touch the plus sign (+) button to add a card
• Select "Des Plaines Public Library" in the list of merchants (you can scroll or search)
• Enter your library card number in the "Card Number" box (Scanning your card will not work)
• Touch the check mark in the upper corner to finish

Key Ring

• Download the Key Ring app for your phone
• Open the Key Ring app
• Touch the "Add Card" button on the menu (press the "Menu" button to make it appear)
• Touch the "Won't Scan" button in the lower right
• Select "Des Plaines Public Library" from the list of merchants
• Enter your barcode number in the "Barcode Number" box
• Touch the "Create Card" button to finish

That's it! There are other options out there too. Give them a try, these are just the two apps we've tested and used on a regular basis.