HOW TO RENEW:

On the Library Home Page select the link to LIBRARY CATALOG and then click on “User Activities”; type in your library card number and your PINcode (which you will need to obtain from the Library in person, with ID) in the next screen.

To renew, click "My loans with the possibility of renewal" from the Loan Information section. Only those items which are eligible for renewal with have the box to check. Items may be renewed only once, no one else may be waiting for your title, and it may not be overdue. Put a check next to those you want to renew, click "Renew selection" at the bottom right of your screen, and the system will bring up those selected, ask you to verify that you want to renew, and give you a message if you were successful, along with a new due date.

Please note, that as this product was first available in Europe, at least for now, the day appears BEFORE the month, as it uses European date format. Therefore, 12-08-2006 means an item is due August 12th, not the 8th of December!

HOW TO RESERVE:

While in the LIBRARY CATALOG, to reserve a book, you must first “select” the title. Once you have done your search, and see the title you want to reserve, you must “select” the title by placing a check next to it, and then click “View the selected items” from the left-hand column. Once the first title appears, the option to “reserve” is in the left-hand column. Click on this. If you have not logged in, you will need to do so: type in your library card number and your PINcode (which you will need to obtain from the Library in person, with ID) in the next screen. A screen with your title, and a drop-down bar for your “pickup point” will appear. Choose either the Bellevue Avenue Branch, or the Main Library, and click “Make Reservation” or “Cancel” if you have changed your mind.

You will receive a message saying “Your reservation has been accepted!” You MUST click “OK” to complete the process. There is a fee of $.15 due at pickup. If the Montclair Library does not own a copy of the item, you will receive a message “No reservation possible”; in this case you may request the item through InterLibraryLoan: http://www.montlib.com/adults/ill_new.htm. Scroll half-way down the page to “How Interlibrary Loan Works” to initiate the loan yourself.

HOW TO REQUEST A BOOK:
If the book you are looking for is not in our system, please feel free to submit this simple form.

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