Loan Periods and Renewal Information

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Renewal Information

The Allegheny County Library Association has increased county-wide renewals for all 

renewable items. In addition to increased renewals all renewals will occur automatically.

 Patrons will receive a courtesy message informing them that some of their items might be due soon and others might be renewed automatically.

Items that are eligible for renewal will be automatically renewed following a courtesy (due date reminder) notice is generated for the patron. Courtesy notices are only sent by email. Patrons that do not have valid email addresses in their library account will not receive a courtesy notice about their items being due or automatically renewed.

You may also receive courtesy notices by signing up for a third-party text message notification service called Shoutbomb. Patrons can sign up for this by sending a text with their barcode number and PIN to the text notification vendor (for detailed information, go to Library Catalog, click Help in the upper right corner, search for “Text Notification”).

• Please keep in mind items have different checkout lengths. If an item, you have checked out is requested by another patron it will not automatically renew.
• Please remember all libraries have some collections that do not accept renewals.  
• It is very important that patrons monitor their online accounts to verify due dates to avoid being billed for items that have exceeded their renewal eligibility.

To improve library access to all, we ask you to please return your finished items as soon as possible.