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Current highlights include physical and digital borrowing, e-books, audiobooks, movies, and music, online databases, public computers and free Wi-Fi, Creative Experience makerspaces, limited cards for people without standard address documents, free all-ages Creative Experience access to 3D printers, Cricuts, sewing and embroidery machines, large-format printers, laser cutters, a Memory Lab, recording rooms, and creative software, free 21-day home-repair and maintenance tool lending for eligible adult cardholders through the Julia Davis Tool Library, free notary service when a library notary is available, subject to identification, document, witness, and appointment rules, monthly free legal advice and resources from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri on civil, housing, family, youth, education, and mental-health advocacy matters, free digital faxing by email or library copier with an SLPL card.","benefit":{"description":"No-additional-cost access to physical and digital borrowing, e-books, audiobooks, movies, and music, online databases, public computers and free Wi-Fi, Creative Experience makerspaces, limited cards for people without standard address documents, free all-ages Creative Experience access to 3D printers, Cricuts, sewing and embroidery machines, large-format printers, laser cutters, a Memory Lab, recording rooms, and creative software, free 21-day home-repair and maintenance tool lending for eligible adult cardholders through the Julia Davis Tool Library, free notary service when a library notary is available, subject to identification, document, witness, and appointment rules, monthly free legal advice and resources from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri on civil, housing, family, youth, education, and mental-health advocacy matters, free digital faxing by email or library copier with an SLPL card.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Eligible St. Louis Public Library cardholder"],"requirements":"People who live or own property in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, or St. Charles County and other qualifying workers and students can receive a card under current identity, address, age, and reciprocal rules. 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","St. Louis, Missouri"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.slpl.org/get-a-card/","source_url":"https://www.slpl.org/get-a-card/","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.slpl.org/get-a-card/","evidence":[{"source":"St. Louis Public Library","url":"https://www.slpl.org/get-a-card/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"St. Louis Public Library","url":"https://www.slpl.org/creative-experience/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"St. Louis Public Library","url":"https://www.slpl.org/julia-davis-tool-library/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"St. Louis Public Library","url":"https://www.slpl.org/notary-services/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"St. Louis Public Library","url":"https://www.slpl.org/legal-assistance/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"},{"source":"St. Louis Public Library","url":"https://www.slpl.org/digital-faxing/","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"local","family":"libraries","jurisdiction":"St. Louis, Missouri","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/st-louis-public-library-cardholder-benefits","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}}