Your Prince Rupert Public Library card is your key to everything the library offers - free for eligible residents. Below are the two card styles currently available. Come in to the front desk to get yours.
Style 1
Style 2
Who Gets a Free Card?
Library cards are free for residents of Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Metlakatla, Kitkatla, Hartley Bay, Oona River, Digby Island, and Lax Kw'alaams.
What Do You Need to Get One?
You must provide photo ID with a current permanent address. If your address is not on the ID, you can provide a recent telephone bill, utility bill, bank statement, or government mailing to verify your address. We may also accept online billing (phone, hydro, gas, or bank account) as address verification.
Accepted forms of photo ID:
- BC Driver's Licence
- BC ID
- BC Services Card
- Canadian Permanent Resident Card
- NWCC Student Card with photo
- Passport
- School District 52 Student ID Card (Grade 9 and up)
- Status Card
Children and Youth
Children in elementary and middle school must be accompanied by a parent or guardian with qualifying photo ID in order to get a library card. The child must be at least in kindergarten. The parent or guardian is fully responsible for the child's library card at all times.
Replacement Cards
Your first library card is free. If you lose it, damage it, or would like a new card, a $5.00 replacement fee applies.
Non-Residents
Library cards are available for visitors and non-residents for a fee of $25.00, giving you 6 months of borrowing privileges.
BC OneCard (BC Residents Outside the Prince Rupert Area)
If you are a resident of BC but live outside the Prince Rupert area, you may register for a BC OneCard. You will need to show photo ID and your library card from your local BC municipal or regional library. There is no charge for this service and you can borrow up to 10 items at any time. You may return materials at the Prince Rupert Library or your home library.
Alternatively, if your home library participates in BC Interlibrary Connect, you may simply use your valid card here without registering for a local account. This includes most Sitka libraries in British Columbia.
Using Your Card at Other Libraries
As a member of the Northwest Library Federation, your Prince Rupert Library card works at libraries in Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers, Hazelton, Houston, and Stewart. Bring your card when you travel, borrow items there, and return them through your home library when you're done.
This also applies to other Sitka libraries that participate in BC Interlibrary Connect. Note that each library's own circulation policies apply (lending periods, holds, renewals, etc.).
Logging Into My Account
To log in to your account via the Online Catalogue, your username is the barcode on the back of your library card. If you have forgotten your password or never received one, ask staff at the Circulation Desk to reset it, or call us during open hours: 250-627-1345. You will be given a temporary password and prompted to set your own.