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My Library

My Library allows all patrons to:

  • login to My Library by entering their user name which is their ID number. A Library PIN is also needed.
  • check or renew their loans
  • check or cancel their holds
  • search the catalogue and save their searches (preferred searches)
  • set up email alerts
  • keep track of what they've borrowed by opting into My Reading History

Watch the demonstration below to show how simple it is to login and manage your loans.  Please read the more advanced information below this presentation for more sophisticated use of My Library.

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Preferred Searches

The Preferred Searches function allows you to save favourite searches for reuse in future sessions. Up to 20 searches can be saved at any one time. Your saved searches can be viewed in Preferred Searches.

Setting up and Viewing Preferred Searches

  1. Login to My Library and go to Search the Catalogue.
  2. Search for materials by keyword, author, title, subject or other search as required.
  3. Click the Save Search button at the top right hand side of the search results list.
  4. Click on the Patron Record button to return to your patron record.
  5. Click on Preferred Searches and the search you saved should be listed.

Repeating a Preferred Search

  1. Login to My Library
  2. Click on Preferred Searches
  3. Click on Search in the right hand column next to the search to be repeated and the search will be carried out.

Removing all Saved Searches

  1. Login to My Library
  2. Click on Preferred Searches.
  3. Click on the Remove all Searches button and all searches will be removed.

Email Alerts

You may also choose to be notified by email each time the Library acquires a new item matching one of your Preferred Searches.  The maximum number of Email Alerts allowed is 20. Once this number has been reached, the Save Search button will no longer appear on the search results screen. Email Alerts are sent once a week.

Setting up an Email Alert

  1. Login to My Library
  2. Set up your Preferred Search as instructed
  3. Tick the Mark for Email box next to a saved search.
  4. Click on Update Lists to save your request
  5. When a new title that matches your preferred search arrives, you will be notified by email.

 

Deleting an Email Alert

  1. Login to My Library.
  2. Click on Preferred Searches
  3. Tick the Mark for Remove box next to the search to be deleted.
  4. Click on the Update List button and the search will be removed.

My Reading History

You can use My Reading History to keep track of the items that you have borrowed from the library. This is an optional function which is available via My Library.

The procedure is :

  1. Login to My Library and click on Reading History
  2. Click on Reading History Opt In

All items you borrow from now on will be recorded in your Reading History list. Items currently on loan to you at the time of activation are not included in the history. You can delete any items from your list by checking the Mark box and choosing Delete Marked. Deleted items are permanently removed.

You can turn the My Reading History  feature off at any time by clicking on Reading History Opt Out If you choose to opt out you must first delete all items from the list. This is done by clicking on the Delete All button.

My Ratings

Ratings is a feature of the catalogue that allows you to rate titles as well as see ratings other people have given titles. You can rate books, movies, CDs, databases—whatever material type we have for a title.

Viewing Ratings in the Catalogue

Titles that have been rated will show blue stars. The blue stars are an average and if you move your mouse over the blue stars, a ratings message appears that tells you how many people have given that title a rating. Example: Rated 3 out of 5 based on 4 ratings.
Explanation of Ratings
Colour Coding Yellow - your rating. Blue - group rating. White - needs to be rated.
***** Excellent. Highly recommend.
****_ Very Good. Exceeds expectations.
***__ Good. Met expectations but did not exceed them
**___ Fairly low opinion. Recommend only with reservations.
*____ Extremely low opinion of this item. Would not recommend.
_____ Never been rated. No recommendation available.

If you are searching the catalogue while you are logged into My Library, your ratings will display to you as yellow stars. You can still see what other people have rated a title that you have also rated by moving your mouse over the stars. The group rating will appear in blue.

Titles that have not been rated by anyone appear blank. If you are logged into My Library and searching the catalogue, titles that have not been rated by anyone will show question marks inside the stars when you move your mouse over them.

How to Add your Own Ratings

  1. You need to be logged in to My Library to add your own ratings.
  2. Once you have logged in search the catalogue for the title you would like to rate.
  3. You will see a row of stars under the title’s publication information or on the right of the screen in the brief record display. You can also login by clicking on one of these stars.
  4. When you move your mouse over the stars you should see question marks appear within the stars.
  5. To give a rating click on the appropriate star.

Viewing My Ratings in My Library

After you have rated a title, click on Patron Record at the top of the page to access your My Library account. You should now have a new button called My Ratings.

You can delete or change your ratings from this screen.

 

 
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