Using My Library Account

1. My Library Account can be accessed from the catalog while you are in the library, or from home with an Internet connection.
2. In the first box, enter your Last Name.
3. Press the Tab key on your keyboard or click in the second box.
4. In the second box, enter the number from your library card. Your library card number is below the barcode on the front of your Library Card. It always starts with "23052," followed by nine additional numbers.
   
   
   Enter the entire number, with no spaces. Your number will appear on the screen as a series of asterisks.
5. Click the "Display Record" button.

• Your Name, Address and Phone Number.
• The date your library card expires.
• A Modify Personal Information button.
• A Search the Catalog button.
• A Preferred Searches link.
• A My Reading History link.
• A Log Out button.

• Your email address.
• A link to items checked out.
• A link to items on hold.
• A link to interlibrary loan requests.
• A link to library fines and rental fees.

• Select the "Modify Personal Information" link.
• Update your address, phone number, or email address.
• Use the "Submit" button to send your information to the library.

• Select the "# Items currently checked out" link. If the link does not appear, you do not have any items checked out.

• You may wish to select the "Sort By due Date" button to show which items are due the soonest.
• To renew all titles, select the "Renew All" button.
• To renew only certain titles, mark the box to the left of each title you wish to renew, then select the "Renew Selected Titles" button.

• If the item was successfully renewed, the word "Renewed" will appear in the status column along with a new due date.
• If the item cannot be renewed, you will see a message in the status column that gives the reason for non-renewal, such as "Too Many Renewals" or "On Hold".

• Library items may be renewed a total of two times if fines on your card are less than $5.00 and the item is not on hold for another library customer.
• Three-week Prospector items may be renewed once, one-week items are not renewable.
• InterLibrary Loan items are not renewable.
• Items from the Here and Now Rental Collection check out indefinitely. The first three days are free (due before 9:00 p.m. of the third day). After the third day you will be charged $.25 per day, per item.

• Select the "# Requests (holds) outstanding" link. If the link does not appear, you do not have any outstanding holds.

• In the row corresponding to the request you wish to modify and the column labeled "Pickup Location" find the drop down menu of libraries.
• Click on the name of the library you would prefer your requested item be sent to.
• If necessary, make additional changes to Pickup Locations for other holds in your list.
• Click on the "Submit Changes" button to save your changes.

• An item is already checked in.
• An item is on the holdshelf.
• An item is in transit to fulfill your hold request.
• The item is showing a status of "Ready."

• Find the column labeled "Freeze" at the far right of your list of holds.
• For each request you wish to freeze, click in the checkbox in this column.
• Click on the "Submit Changes" button to save your changes.
• Holds that have been successfully frozen will show a checkmark in the "Freeze" column.

• Click in the "Freeze" column checkbox for the request you wish to re-activate. This should remove the checkmark from the checkbox.
• Do this for any additional holds you wish to re-activate.
• Click on the "Submit Changes" button to save your changes.

• Select the "# Interlibrary loan requests" link. If you have requested an ILL item and the link does not appear, the item has not yet been processed. If you have a question concerning an ILL request, call 204-8402.

• Select the "$ in unpaid fines and bills" link. If the link does not appear, you do not have any fines.

• Use the "Search the Catalog" button or the search box on the page to search the catalog just as you normally would.

1. In My Library Account select the link that says Search the Catalog.
2. If you are doing a Keyword Search, enter your search terms in the box. If you would like to do a different type of search, such as author or title, select that search type.
3. Once search results are displayed save your search as a preferred search by selecting on the Preferred Searches button, beneath and to the right of the "Search History" drop-down list.
4. Nothing will visibly happen - but OWL has saved this search as a preferred search for you.
5. To see a list of your preferred searches, select the Return To Your Record button at the top of the page.
6. There will now be a link that says Preferred Searches. To see a list of your searches, select this link.
7. From here, you can "Mark for Remove," "Mark for Email," or you can select the Search link to bring up your saved search.
8. If you checked the "Mark for Email" box, when items are added to OWL that match a preferred search, you will be notified by email the following Friday.