Student Success Cards
Welcome to Siouxland Libraries!
A Siouxland Libraries Student Success Card is a great option for students who want to get started borrowing library materials immediately.
Your library card is a passport to a world of knowledge, fun, and exploration!
With this one simple card, you have access to hundreds of thousands of physical and digital items--picture books, children's fiction and nonfiction, graphic novels, middle readers, and magazines. Students in middle and high school can check out teen titles. Your card also provides access to free learning resources for all ages.
Your card can be used at any of our 13 branches, as well as our Bookmobile.
1. Getting a Card
In-person
- Stop by any Siouxland Libraries location and ask staff for a Student Success Card.
- You'll provide your name, birthdate, grade, school, and phone number, email, or address.
Pilot School
- We are piloting this program at three schools in Sioux Falls. You will receive a card from your school if you attend John F. Kennedy, Hawthorne, or Terry Redlin Elementary.
- The card needs to be brought in to a library to be activated.
Who may get a Student Success library card?
- Any student attending school in Sioux Falls or Minnehaha County (excluding the city of Dell Rapids) who does not already have a library account can get a Success Card.
More information on Siouxland Libraries cards and accounts
2. What does your Success Card get you?
Physical items
You can borrow up to two books or magazines at a time with your Success Card.
Search our catalog
Digital items
Do you enjoy reading eBooks on your device or listening to an audiobook while you're on the go? Check out our collection of eBooks, eAudiobooks, digital magazines, and other streaming content on the OverDrive, Libby, and Hoopla apps.
Free online learning resources
Your card gives you access to free online resources. Prepare for a test, learn a new skill, or read a fun story online with your child!
3. Stay connected!
There are so many ways to stay up-to-date on library programs, events, and services.
Email Updates
Sign up for our email updates on programs and events, handpicked book lists, and much more!
Social media
Follow us on social media for program announcements, book recommendations, closure notices, and tons of other fun content! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for virtual programs.
Download the Siouxland Libraries app
Did you know Siouxland Libraries has its own app? Place holds, check on the status of your account, and find handpicked book lists. It even serves as a digital version of your library card for those times when you forget your card at home!
