My Library Card and Account

If you attend school in the PDL service area, you can get a library card. You'll need to provide one of the following when applying:

• Report card
• School ID
• Completed verification form

If you're an adult who works in the PDL service area and doesn't have a library card from one of our reciprocal or consortium libraries, you can get a library card from Petoskey District Library.

You'll need to present current proof of employment (a recent check stub).

Non-residents can purchase a PDL library card for a fee:

• $25 for three months
• $50 for six months
• $95 for a year

Call 231-758-3100 to purchase a card by phone.

If you have a library card from any of the following consortium or reciprocal libraries, you can use your card at the Petoskey District Library. Similarly, your PDL card will work at any of these libraries:

• Alcona County Library
• Beaver Island District Library*
• Boyne District Library
• Charlevoix Public Library
• Cheboygan Public Library
• Crooked Tree District Library
• Elk Rapids District Library*
• Fife Lake Library*
• Indian River Area Library*
• Kalkaska County Library*
• Mackinaw Area Library
• Montmorency County Library
• Oscoda County Library*
• Otsego Count Libraries*
• Presque Isle District Library
• Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library*
• Tahquamenon Area Library
• Traverse Area District Library*
• Wolverine Community Library*

*Cardholders from these libraries must bring proof of address and their home library card to our main desk in order to register.

We accept the following types of ID:

• Michigan driver's license or other state ID card
• voter registration card
• property deed
• current property tax receipt
• latest rent receipt
• current utility bill, or recent item of mail
• automobile registration
• checkbook with name and address imprinted
• name and address listed in a current phone book
• name and address listed in the Emmet County Property Search
• library postcard to verify address – available upon request at the main desk