Culture Pass provides library card holders free admission to top metro Phoenix arts and cultural destinations.

Library cardholders can check out a Culture Pass for FREE admission for two people at participating arts and cultural institutions.  There are a limited number for each organization.  Passes are available on a first come, first served basis; they will not allow renewals or holds to be placed on them, nor will staff be able to pull them for you.  You may see what’s available at the moment in the library catalog.

The display for the Culture Pass Program is near the front desk.  Find the destination you’re interested in, and take the card to the checkout desk. Staff will give you a date-due slip admitting two people for a visit in the next seven days. You do not need to return the slip: it will expire.  Checkouts are limited to one pass per family per loan period, and a limit of two passes per month.

Passes may be limited to general admission only.  Special exhibitions may not be covered, and other restrictions may apply.  Check the institution for current hours and exhibitions.   More information at Act1az.org/culture-pass/

Participating institutions are:
Arcosanti (Cordes Junction)
Arizona Science Center
AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park
Cave Creek Museum (closed June 1-September 30)
Challenger Space Center
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve (previously Deer Valley Rock Art Center) (closed May 1-September 30)
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Desert Botanical Garden
Halle Heart Children’s Museum
Heard Museum
Irish Cultural Center
Japanese Friendship
Phoenix Art Museum
Pueblo Grande Museum
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Superstition Mountain Museum

Free Home Book Delivery

Do you or does someone you know have difficulty getting to the Library?  We have book deliveries to and from your home by screened volunteers.

FREE for all ages. Easy as 1…2…3 !!

Books —  Large Print  —  Audiobooks  —  Magazines  —  CDs

Call and leave a message for our Book Buddy Coordinator: 480-488-2286. Or CLICK HERE to send us an email.

You’ll be contacted within a week to discuss eligibility and how to sign up.  We’ll arrange to have a volunteer select books, magazines or audiobooks for delivery to your home on a regular basis (within our delivery area).

Let Us Help You Find What You Need

The library has many internal and external reference resources.  For help with in-library resources, please check at the front desk for more information.

For Digital (Online) References, view the library’s ONLINE RESOURCES page.

Ask a Librarian

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Borrow from another library using ILL:  Inter-Library Loans

The Library recognizes that no single library can meet all the demands of its community. For this reason, interlibrary loan service is available to patrons who need additional resource materials. Interlibrary loan forms are available at the Circulation Desk.

Requests are available to all cardholders of the Desert Foothills Library. Upon receipt of the material, patrons will have two weeks to use the materials. Materials may not be renewed unless special arrangements are made with the Library Director. Materials requested via interlibrary loan may take several weeks to arrive. This is due to the fact that materials are borrowed from libraries across the country and shipping takes time. Typically, lending libraries will not lend titles that have been published within the last six months or year. Patrons will be notified if a request cannot be filled by a lending library.

Interlibrary loan is free of charge to members of the Library Association. Cardholders will be required to pay any postage arising from the ILL.

Teachers … Get More With an Educator’s Card

Teachers with an educator’s ID as well as homeschooling parents and caregivers are eligible to open an Educator Library Card.

This card will allow you to check out up to 50 items, place items on hold, and allow fine forgiveness for items used in the classroom or for educational purposes.

Please see a librarian or staff member at the library to open an Educator Library Card.

For more information on using the library as an educator, CLICK HERE.