Manage Your Account
Library Account Management
Apollo by Biblionix
Your Parchment Community Library Catalog is available from any Internet capable device in the library, at home, or anywhere.
There are two primary capabilities: Searching for materials and managing your library account. This document will show you how to get the most out of your library account.
If you need help, please don’t hesitate to ask a staff member for assistance. Call us at 269 343-7747 or email ref@parchmentlibrary.org.
Overview
The catalog maintains an account for each member. Features include:
- View items checked out
- Renew items
- Reserve items
- Auto-reserve favorite authors (Reserve Express)
- Balance due (and payable online)
- Delay your reserves so you won’t miss your turn
- Designate how you wish to be contacted
- See your history of checked out items (optional)
To log-in to your account, enter your Library Card Number and phone number (or password) in to the fields in the upper right corner of the catalog’s home page. Enter your phone number with or without the dash. If your area code is 269, you won’t need to enter it. Select the ‘Log In’ button.
Click the MY ACCOUNT button.
My Account
Account Info
Here you will find your name, address, phone numbers, email address, etc. You may change any information that is seen in blue, including your password. Just click on what you want to change and a box will appear. Make your changes and click save. If you have moved recently, please drop by the library to make the address change.
Notification Options
The library will notify you of various situations using the contact methods selected in this section. To change an option, click the drop-down box. The choices are derived from your “Account Info” in the first tab. The feature “3 day Notice Before Items Are Due” is only available through text message and email, otherwise you may choose the options phone call, text message, or e-mail.
Items Out, Renewals
This section shows all items currently checked out to your account. You’ll see the title, due date, and etc. If a renew button is shown to the right of the due date, you can just click on it to renew the item. The item might show “Not Renewable”. This might be for a number of reasons: If it is on reserve by someone else, or if you have reached the maximum number of renewals, or if your account is blocked, or if your card has expired.
Reserves, Requests
This section lists any reserves you have placed and it typically notes your place on the reserve waiting list. It also shows how you elected to be notified. The “Copies” column indicates how many copies the library has of that title. Note that you can cancel the reservation on items that are not ready.
Have Some Favorite Authors?
Click the “receive new books” link and a list of popular authors will appear. Select your favorite(s) from the list and a reserve will automatically be placed for you when any new titles arrive at the library.
Going Out Of Town?
You can avoid losing your place in any reserve line by indicating when you will not be available. If your turn for an item you’ve reserved comes up during any of these times, you simply move one place down in line. You’ll get that favorite item you’ve been waiting for without going to the end of the line. To indicate when you’re unavailable, click “defer” and you’ll see a calendar pop-up. Click any date to mark it is an unavailable. It will turn blue. Click again to mark it is as available. It will return to white. You can move to different months as necessary with the arrows in the top left and right. You can also click/hold across days or weeks to mark a date range.
Is The Library Missing Something?
Place a request for an item here and this will inform the library staff of your request.
Bookmarks
The bookmark section is for your convenience. The library does nothing with your list. This feature could be very useful when doing research and a bibliographic reference will be needed. You may wish to use bookmarks as a reminder of things you want to read in the future or have read in the past. When you are logged-in to the Public Catalog, and view individual records, you can simply click the, “Bookmark This Item” button. To remove a bookmark, click the “Remove” button found at the end of a book marked title in your account.
History
You can see what you have checked out in the past (this listing does not currently include e-items). Check with your library if want to change how much, if any, of your borrowing history is retained.
You can search this list by using Ctrl-F in your browser (or similar ‘search’ option on a phone or tablet). Also you can export the whole list as an Excel spreadsheet.
Have I Read This Book Before?
Note that if you are logged-in and viewing an item record in the catalog, Apollo will tell you if you have checked it out before. You do not have to refer to the list above. Here’s an example:
