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Log in and Manage Your Account in the App

Post Published: May 31, 2023

If you install or update the Library App on a mobile device, you may see the JOIN OR LOGIN button in the upper right corner of the home screen.

Join or Login button.

This means you need to add a Library Account to the app before you can place holds, create lists, or do anything related to Library collections.

To add a Library Account, you need your library card number/username, and password.

  • If you haven't previously set a username, the default username is your name: FirstMiddle.Last or First.Last - learn more.
  • If you don't remember your password, you can reset it.
  • If you get an error when adding your account, verify your login information by signing in to your account through the Library catalog.

 

Get Started - Tap the JOIN OR LOGIN Button

Enter Your Library Account info.

Login: Add Your Library Account

  1. Enter your library card number/username.
  2. Enter you Library Account password.
  3. Choose a short nickname for your Library Account (this is just for the app - try initials or abbreviations).
  4. Tap Add Account.

Join

If you don't have a library card tap the Register for a new Library Card link, which takes you to the online library card form.

 

 

 

Open Your Library Acount

Open Account Panel.

From the Home Screen

  • Tap on your account icon to open your account panel.

 

 

View Your Library Account Information

View Account Info

From your Account panel:

  • Select My Account Information from the menu under the Checked Out / Holds / Overdue / Pickup Now display.

 

 

Edit App Profile Settings

My Account Information button
App Profile Settings screen.

To Open App Profile Settings

  • Tap the My Account Information Button in your Library Account Panel

In the App Profile Settings Screen

Tap EDIT to:

  • Change your nickname
  • Set default hold pickup location
  • Set a profile picture from the images on your mobile device

Tap SAVE when done.

Important Note: About the Account Information Screen

Your account information on the lower part of this screen is for reference only. To edit, log into your account on a web browser or speak to Library staff.

 

 

Add Multiple Library Accounts

Add additional Library Cards.

Two Ways to Add More Library Cards to Your App

  • Tap on your account icon to open your account panel.
  • Use the + symbol to open the Add Library Account screen, and log in with additional accounts.
  • Use the Manage Profile button to add, move or delete the Library Accounts managed on your app.

 

 

Manage Multiple Library Accounts

Switch between accounts in the app.

Switch Between Accounts

  • Tap on your account icon to open your account panel.
  • Tap Library Account icons to switch between accounts.

 

 

Add, Remove & Reorder Accounts in the App

Gear icon in your account panel.
8 Add Remove Accounts

Tap on Your Account Icon to Open Your Account Panel

  • Use the gear icon or the Manage Profile button to go to the Add/Remove Accounts screen.

In the Add/Remove Accounts screen

  • Use the delete icon to the left of each Library Account to remove it from the app.
  • Use the directional icon to the right of each Library Account to reorder the accounts in the app.
  • Use the ADD ACCOUNT button to add additional accounts.

Note: The Add/Remove Accounts screen is only for organizing accounts managed on the app.

 

 

Use the Library App Feedback Form to send us questions and comments.

The Library App is a collaboration between the Arlington Public Library and Arlington’s Department of Technology Services.

May 31, 2023 by Web Editor Filed Under: App 2 Meta (news related to the app)

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