Library Elf – Email alerting for library users

Due to a technical problem, Library Elf is currently unavailable. We are working to try and resolve the problem and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

Would you like to be reminded when your library books are due back? 

We know our customers lead busy lives and sometimes it is difficult to keep track of when library books and due back. With this in mind we have discovered an excellent free service that will send you emails reminding you return or renew your books before the date they are actually due back.

Library Elf - How does it work?

Library Elf  is a third party web-based service which helps library users keep track of their loans and hopefully avoid them becoming overdue. When you sign up for the free service, you can tell Elf to send you various email reminders before the items you have on loan reach their due date, or when they actually hit the date. It’s up to you how many reminders you receive and how far in advance of the due date they should start arriving.

You can also group together all your family’s library cards into one Elf account so that a particular family member can track all the loans and due dates for the whole family and can receive the alerts for the whole group.

Library Elf does work with Tameside Libraries’ computer system and you will find us shown in the “List of Libraries” under the “International” heading among the UK listings.

You will need the library card number and password for each library account that you wish to monitor using Elf.  Contact our library staff who will be happy to set up a new library account password for you, or we can reset it for you if you’ve forgotten your personal setting. If you do intend to monitor another user’s account – such as a partner’s or a child’s – you will need to ask the other user(s) to share their library account password(s) with you.

Sign up for Library Elf

Go to the Library Elf website  and follow the “Sign Up” link from the home page and fill in the details required. You will need your library card number, your password (ask staff for your password if you don't have one) and your email address.  You will find Tameside shown in the “List of Libraries” under the “International” heading among the UK listings.

Help using Library Elf

Our staff will be happy to provide you with some step-by-step guidance which we have included in our “How To…Computer Guide” binders in libraries.

You can finind a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the service at http://www.libraryelf.com/FAQ.aspx

Disclaimer

Please note: Library Elf is a third party service which is independently run and not affiliated in any way with Tameside Libraries or any other library service. Tameside Libraries makes no guarantee about the nature, efficiency or availability of Library Elf and we cannot be held responsible for any failings of the service. We describe the service above in good faith as an option which is available to Tameside Library users. But we remind our customers that Tameside Library members remain responsible for items borrowed on their library cards and will be liable for any fines or other charges which may accrue, irrespective of any alerts which Library Elf may or may not provide.