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My Account

Keep track of what you have out and when it's due by:

• checking the receipt you collect at issues
• phoning or emailing the library
• accessing your account online
• third party services

My Account Online

You can access your library account details through the catalogue by entering your library card number and PIN. From your account page you can change your PIN and view the following:

Your name and contact details

If you have an email address we will contact you about holds and overdue items by email in the first instance.

To change your details please contact us by email or phone, or use the NZ Post change my address service.

Items checked out to your account

All the items you have out in order of when they're due back. Items that are overdue will be shown in bold.

Holds

Shows all the items that you have placed holds on and where you are in the queue. Items that are ready to be picked up will be shown in bold.

Charges Owing

If you have accumulated any charges they will be displayed here.

My Reading

Turn the "My Reading" feature on to keep a list of the authors/artists of all the items that you have had out from when you turned "My Reading" on. This can be useful if you want to get more items by that author.

Third Party Services

There are a few services that you can use to help you manage your account. Please note that these are not provided by Christchurch City Libraries and may require that you give them access to your account information - if you do so it is at your own risk. We recommend that you read their terms of service carefully so that you understand the service.

Library Elf

Library Elf is a web service that you can choose to use to receive email and/or RSS alerts about items as well as our notices. Its advantage is that it is flexible: you can choose to receive alerts when and where you want and and even get a consolidated list of your or your family's library loans and holds.

Library Books

Library Books is an Mac OS X application that tracks the library books you have borrowed. Library Books connects to your library catalogue and downloads the list of books you have checked out. Then books are then displayed the menu bar.