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Feb
18

Baby Rock

9:30am - 10:00am
Age Group: Kids

Baby Rock

9:30am - 10:00am
Feb 18, 2019
Main Branch
Community Room B
Age Groups: Kids
Description
Enjoy stories, songs, and fingerplays, all intended to stimulate and enhance babies' development of language and senses. Every session ends with BUBBLES!  ...
Feb
18

Baby Rock

10:30am - 11:00am
Age Group: Kids

Baby Rock

10:30am - 11:00am
Feb 18, 2019
Main Branch
Community Room B
Age Groups: Kids
Description
Enjoy stories, songs, and fingerplays, all intended to stimulate and enhance babies' development of language and senses. Every session ends with BUBBLES!  ...
Feb
18

T-Rexplorers: Dinosaur Discovery

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Age Group: Kids

T-Rexplorers: Dinosaur Discovery

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Feb 18, 2019
Main Branch
Community Room
Age Groups: Kids
Description
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Feb
18

McLean County Arts Center Workshop: Printmaking

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Age Group: Teens, Adults

McLean County Arts Center Workshop: Printmaking

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Feb 18, 2019
Main Branch
Community Room
Age Groups: Teens, Adults
Description
The McLean County Arts Center is pleased to present the Spring 2019 Normal Public Library Workshops....
Feb
19

Lapsit Story Hour

10:00am - 10:30am
Age Group: Kids
Registration Required

Lapsit Story Hour

10:00am - 10:30am
Feb 19, 2019
Main Branch
Story Hour Room
Age Groups: Kids
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
Description
Lapsit is a five-week interactive program for babies age 0 to 23-months and their grown ups. You'll sing songs, do fingerplays, and enjoy books and baby games, all intended to stimulate and enhance babies' development of language and senses....
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My Account

Login to your account here.

FAQs

Changing Your Contact Info

You can change your PIN from the main My Account page.

To change any of your contact information, please call the library or speak to us during your next visit. It is important that we have your contact information updated.

Changing Your PIN

To change your PIN, you can click on the “Change My PIN” link from the main My Account page.

You’ll need to enter your current PIN and then enter your new PIN twice.

Once you’ve done this, click the red Send button and you should be set!

Checking Your Fines

To see your fines, you can click on the “Review My Account” link from the main My Account page.

Under the Account Summary, you’ll see “Bills.”  You can click on Bills to get detailed information on any items that you owe money on. In general, books are only 10 cents per day overdue. Other items carry larger fines per day. It is always best practice to return or renew items prior to the due date. The account holder has sole responsibility to honor due dates and return items in a timely manner. 

Downloadable Help

The Normal Public Library offers many ways for you to enjoy downloadable content from wherevever you are with your Normal Public Library card. Download or stream thousands of items from Hoopla, OverDrive, Naxos, TumbleBook Library for Kids, and more. Are you looking for a user's guide, tutorial, or do you need help with your device? The best help is found at the vendor's site from the list below:

  • BiblioBoard
  • eRead Illinois
  • Freading
  • Freegal
  • Hoopla
  • OneClick Digital
  • Naxos
  • Overdrive
  • TumbleBooks 
How do holds work?

To check on your holds, you can click on the “Review My Account” link from the main My Account page.

Under the Account Summary, you’ll see “Holds.”  You can click on Holds to get detailed information on all of the items that you have on hold. You can also cancel holds by checking the box next to a hold and clicking the red Cancel Selected Holds button. 

Hold requests may take up to 24 hours to be processed, longer if coming from another library. Hold requests on items that are currently checked out will be placed in queue for the next available copy. Patrons will be notified of available holds by email or phone.

Logging in to Your Account

You can log in to your account here.  You can access your account anywhere you have an internet connection.

Renewing Your Items

To renew your items, you can click on the “Renew My Materials” link from the main My Account page.

You’ll see a list of the items that you have checked out.  You may choose to renew all of your items by clicking the Renew All selection near the top of the page, or you can click the box next to the items that you’d like to renew.

Click the red Renew Selected Items button and you should be set!

If an item fails to renew, you will be alerted.

Please keep in mind that you cannot renew DVDs online because they require an additional dollar to renew.

You will also be unable to renew overdue items online because they require a staff override.

For help renewing these items, contact us at 309-452-1757.

Seeing Your Checked-Out Items

To see the items that you have checked out, you can click on the “Review My Account” link from the main My Account page.

Under the Account Summary, you’ll see “Checkouts.”  You can click on Checkouts to get detailed information on all of the items that you have checked out.

For each item, you’ll see when the item is due, how many times you’ve renewed it, whether the item is overdue, and any estimated fines.

You can also renew items from this page by clicking the red Click to Renew My Materials button near the top of the page.

Text Message Notifications

You can sign up to receive text messages to notify you when items are due soon or overdue, when your holds are available, and more using our Shoutbomb service.

You can even respond to these messages to renew items!

To get started, send a text message to rsacat@shoutbomb.com with this as your message:

  • SIGNUP+[Your Library Card Number]+[Your PIN]

You’ll need the + signs, but not the brackets. Confusing? Here’s an example:

  • SIGNUP+D021234567+1234
Your Library Card Number

You’ll need your library card number in order to log in.  You can find it on the back of your library card.

Normal Public Library numbers start “D03…”  That second digit is a number 0, not the letter ‘O.’  You’ll also leave out any spaces that you see in the number.

Your PIN

Your PIN is your password to log in to your online account.

It should start out as ‘1234’ when you get a library card.

You may want to change your PIN from ‘1234’ to make sure that your account is secure.

If you forget your PIN, please contact us at 309-452-1757 or ask@normalpl.org to reset it.

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Monday - Thursday
9:00am - 9:00pm
Friday & Saturday
9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday
1:00pm - 5:00pm

309-452-1757
206 W. College Ave. 
Normal, IL 61761
ask@normalpl.org

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