{"id":"pikes-peak-library-district-cardholder-benefits","name":"Pikes Peak Library District Cardholder Benefits","provider":"Pikes Peak Library District","entitlement_type":"library-access","entitlement_type_label":"Library access","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"Eligibility for a public or specialized library card, collection, lending network, or accessible library service.","domain":"libraries","archetype":"access-program","agent_instruction":"Check residence, work, school, property, age, disability, card type, good-standing, lending, reservation, and service-area rules."},"summary":"Pikes Peak Library District cardholders can use a city-specific mix of digital and physical benefits. Current highlights include physical and digital borrowing, e-books and audiobooks, research databases, computers, Chromebooks, and hotspots, makerspaces and devices, Culture Pass attraction access, audio, video, and photography equipment lending plus reservable recording studios, board games, science kits, power-check meters, cameras, creative equipment, gardens, and seed libraries.","benefit":{"description":"No-additional-cost access to physical and digital borrowing, e-books and audiobooks, research databases, computers, Chromebooks, and hotspots, makerspaces and devices, Culture Pass attraction access, audio, video, and photography equipment lending plus reservable recording studios, board games, science kits, power-check meters, cameras, creative equipment, gardens, and seed libraries.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible Pikes Peak Library District cardholder"],"requirements":"Live within the Pikes Peak Library District service area and meet current photo-identification, address, online-registration, and verification rules; most of El Paso County is served except Security-Widefield. Specific licensed resources, passes, loan limits, age rules, availability, and in-person verification vary.","activation":"Apply for or verify a library card, then use the card number and PIN online or check out physical benefits through a branch.","cost_basis":"no-additional-cost","cost_basis_label":"Included with a qualifying relationship","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"included","definition":"The benefit adds no separate charge, but the user must already have an eligible card, account, insurance plan, library card, membership, employment, or similar relationship that may itself cost money.","agent_instruction":"Say included or no additional cost, not universally free, and name the qualifying relationship.","variation_patterns":null,"does_not_mean":null},"fees":"No card fee for eligible residents; nonresident, replacement, printing, damage, or lost-item charges may apply.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Colorado Springs, Colorado"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://ppld.org/library-card","source_url":"https://ppld.org/library-card","source":{"primary_url":"https://ppld.org/library-card","evidence":[{"source":"Pikes Peak Library District","url":"https://ppld.org/library-card","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"Pikes Peak Library District","url":"https://ppld.org/things-to-borrow","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"local","family":"libraries","jurisdiction":"Colorado Springs, Colorado","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/pikes-peak-library-district-cardholder-benefits","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}}