Our New Catalog is Ready! (Read this carefully, please)
Exciting news! The Bloomsburg Public Library is partnering with the Columbia County Traveling Library and the Orangeville Public Library to provide seamless borrowing and returning of books, audiobooks, and DVDs among the three partner libraries. Bloomsburg Public Library patrons used to have access to about 40,000 books, audiobooks, and DVDs and you now have access to about 100,000 items from all partner libraries!
All three libraries are now sharing one catalog system. This means you can reserve books from any partner library and they will be delivered to your preferred pickup location within 4-10 days.
You can also return your library books at any partner library and we will route them back to their home library.
All three libraries are fine-free and have consistent borrowing policies.
PLEASE REGISTER TO SIGN UP OR TO CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION
It will help us if you complete this registration form to confirm your information and preferred pickup location, even if you have a pre-existing account. (Especially if you have accounts with more than one library!)
YOU HAVE A NEW, EASIER TO USE, USERNAME AND PASSWORD FOR THE LIBRARY CATALOG
1) Your username will typically be the full email you used when registering for your account, e.g. marysmith123@gmail.com.
(If not, then try firstnamelastname, e.g. marysmith.) If that does not work, contact library staff for assistance.
2) All passwords have been reset to the following formula:
first three letters of last name in lower case + last four digits of phone number + asterisk
If Mary Smith has the phone number 570-555-6332, her password would be smi6332*
You can log in to the new catalog by clicking on the person icon at the top right of the catalog home screen.
If this does not work, there may be an issue with your information not being up to date. Please call 570-784-0883 for assistance.
Once you log in, you can go to the ‘Account’ section to change your password. We strongly recommend this. You can use the ‘Forgot Password’ feature on the login screen anytime you forget your password.
You can also click on ‘Library Card’ in the Account section to get the account number you need to use EBranchToGo (Libby), POWER Library, and other online resources.
Bloomsburg Public Library users are now using the new and MUCH improved version of our system’s library catalog! Be sure to click on the cover images to see more information about each book and recommendations for other books you might like. Use the search results filters to limit by format, age, location, etc. You have more than 15,000 ebooks, online audiobooks, and online magazines from the EBranchToGo collection (available from the Overdrive website or on the Libby app.)
Once in the catalog, you can search for books using the search bar at the top of the home screen.
You can click the ‘Reserve’ button to request books. Anything you reserve will be sent to your preferred pickup location, You will receive a notification when it is ready for pickup.
This will be an adjustment, but we can’t wait for you to benefit from all the new possibilities!