Naperville Public Library Services: Rooms, Printing and Digital Resources

By The Hours Shelf Editorial Team · Last updated: November 2026 · Hours checked against the library's official website on November 3, 2026

Beyond borrowing books, the Naperville Public Library offers free study rooms, bookable conference and meeting rooms, low-cost printing, a 3D printing service, recording studios and a large digital collection. This guide collects the rules and prices the library publishes, so you know what's free, what costs money and what needs a reservation before you go.

Rooms: study, conference and meeting

Study rooms are available at Nichols, Naper Blvd. and 95th Street, and conference rooms are at all locations. Because study rooms can't be reserved, arriving early in the day gives you the best chance; the room is yours for an hour and a half, and staff can extend that when nobody is waiting. Check our Naperville Public Library hours page so you don't arrive in the last hour before closing.

Computers, Wi-Fi, printing and fax

Public computers with internet access, the catalog and library databases are open to all customers whether or not they hold a card, and Wi-Fi is provided for your own devices. Printing and copying are charged per side:

Remote printing means sending a job from your own phone or laptop through the library's mobile printing portal; it costs twice the walk-up rate. Faxing is done at the Simple Scan Stations for $1.00 per side domestic and $2.00 per side international. Scanning is offered at public computers; the library lists it as a fee service without giving a price, so ask at the desk. Each branch has a direct public computer line: Nichols 630-637-6335, Naper Blvd. 630-637-2302, 95th Street 630-637-4990.

Creative tech: 3D printing, studios and converters

3D printing requests

• Submit an online request with an .stl file designed in millimeters, under 25 MB.
• Prints are PLA plastic in one color per object, up to 11.5 × 11.5 × 15.5 inches.
• Cost is $0.20 per gram of the finished object; the form asks the most you're willing to pay.
• Allow up to 7 to 10 days, then pick up at 95th Street Library.

Media studios

The green screen room and sound recording studio are both at 95th Street Library. They're for Naperville and reciprocal cardholders of high school age or older, an orientation is required before first use, and Naperville cardholders can reserve with priority. The library doesn't list a fee for either room on its Media Studios page.

Equipment and software

The library's equipment list includes a book binding machine, button makers, an embroidery sewing machine, laminator, Silhouette cutter, flatbed and photo scanners, a VHS-to-DVD converter and a film and slide converter. Creative software includes Adobe Creative Suite, DaVinci Resolve and Audacity. At the Creative Software Computers, customers get two hours of dedicated time for most equipment (four hours for video conversion), and cardholders can reserve up to two weeks ahead in person or by phone. Branch-specific items are covered in the Naperville library branch guide.

The digital collection

The library says it offers more than 85 digital resources. The main lending platforms and their limits:

There's also a Children's Digital Library plus online newspapers and magazines. Digital materials can't be renewed, and reciprocal borrowers can't use them, as explained in our Naperville library card guide.

Borrowing basics

• Loan periods: most materials, including books, DVD sets of three or more discs and video games, are 21 days. DVDs with one or two discs and magazines are 7 days.
• Limits: generally no checkout limit on physical materials.
• Renewals: up to 10 times if no one else has reserved the item. Popular Picks and items with holds can't be renewed.
• Fines: none for overdue items. Accounts lock at seven days overdue; a replacement fee is billed at 45 days and removed if the item comes back in good condition within 119 days of the due date.

Services that come to you

Curbside pickup brings holds out to your car at all three branches, ending 30 minutes before closing; call 630-961-4100 (option 1) about 15 minutes ahead. Home Delivery provides regularly scheduled delivery of materials to residents with a valid card (or unincorporated fee-card holders) who are confined to home or a senior living community and have no other way to use the library; applicants may be waitlisted. Exam proctoring is available to cardholders for a fee the library doesn't list online. And cardholders can borrow Wi-Fi hotspots as available (not reciprocal borrowers).