North Kingstown Free Library
Your Library Account
Viewing items checked out, renewing items & placing holds
Logging
into your library account—
Click on My Library
Account. Type in your complete 14-digit library card number with no spaces
and hit the <Enter> key. Once you are
logged into your account you can do the following:
View
items checked out on your account
· Click
on the Items Currently Checked Out link to see a list of items checked out on your
account.
· If
you have overdue items that have not been returned yet, you will see a running fine total
for each overdue item on the Items Checked Out screen.
Renewing
items
· From
the Items Checked Out screen, you can renew most items that are not overdue. Call the circulation desk at 294-3306 x3 for
renewals of overdue items.
· Click
on the Renew All button to renew everything that is checked out on your account.
· If
you don’t want to renew everything, click a checkmark in the box to the left of those
titles that you would like to renew, then click on the Renew Selected button.
· If
an item was renewed, the new due date will appear in the Status column.
· If
the item did not renew, the due date will remain the same and the message, “Renew not
Allowed” will appear in the status column. Call
the circulation desk if you have any questions.
View
your Fines
Click
on the Unpaid Fines and Bills link to see the amount of money that you owe for lost items
and for fines on items that were overdue when you returned them. This amount does not
include the fines that are accruing on overdue items that have not yet been returned.
Access
your Holds list
· Click
on the Hold link to see a list of items that you have requested and the pickup location
for each item.
· Look
at the Status column to see which holds are ready to be picked up.
· Click
on the Title link to see how many patrons are on the Holds list for a specific title.
· To
cancel all holds, click on the “Cancel All” button.
· To
cancel a specific hold, click a checkmark into the box to the left of the title and click
on the “Update List” button.
Placing
Holds
The
easiest way to place a hold is to log into your patron record before you begin searching
for items. See “Logging into your Library
Account” on the other side of this document for
help with logging in.
Requesting
One Item
1. Click
on the New Search button and search for an item that you would like to request.
2. Click
on the Request button
3. Choose
a pickup location from the drop-down menu (Tip: type the letter “N” to get to
the N’s in the drop-down menu. Click on
the down arrow to choose North Kingstown which is right below Narragansett.)
4. Click
on the Submit button. (If your hold did not go
through, a message in red will become available on the screen.)
5. Click
on the New Search button to stay logged into your account and search for more titles.
Requesting
Multiple Items
1. Search
for an item that you would like to request
2. Click
on the Book Cart button
3. Continue
searching for items and adding them to your Book Cart
4. Click
on the View Saved button
5. Click
on the Multiple Requests button
6. Choose
a pickup location
7. Click
on the Request Available button
8. A
screen will pop up while the requests are processing.
Read the text on this screen to find out if all of your holds were
successfully placed.
Requesting
a specific volume of an item—The
new catalog will allow you to place holds on a specific issue of a magazine or a specific
volume of a multi-volume book or video set.
1. Follow
steps 1—4 from the Requesting One Item instructions above
2. After
you have clicked on the Submit button, you will see a list of all of the items that are
available for you to place a hold on. Find the
specific volume that you would like to request and click on the tiny circle to the left of
that volume.
3. Click
on the Request Selected Item button (If your hold did not go through, a message in red
will show on the screen.)
Book
Cart—The
book cart can be used to place multiple requests, but it can also be used to create a list
of titles that you would like to email to yourself for later viewing.
1. Follow
steps 1—4 from the Requesting Multiple Items instruction above
2. After
you’ve clicked on the View Saved button, click on the Export Saved button
3. In
the Mail To field, type in your email address, click on the Submit button, and you will
receive an email that will include all of the titles from the book cart.
4. Items
stay in your book cart for the remainder of your current session. They will not be available the next time that you
log into your patron record.
If
you need further help, please call the library at 294-3306.
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