Library Elf

Library Elf is a FREE on-line service which:

• notifies you by e-mail or RSS feeds when items you've borrowed from the library are due back soon - you can specify how many days in advance of the due date you'd like to be told.
• lets you know immediately when your books, CDs etc. become overdue; - you can choose to be reminded daily until you take them back
• tells you when an item you have requested from the library is ready for you to collect.

You can also add other library cards - your children's for example -to your library ELF account, so that you can easily see when all the family's library books are due for return.

Signing up to Library ELF

When you go to the Library Elf website, you just need to click on 'Sign Up' to create an account. You'll need to specify your e-mail address, a password, and your library card number and PIN. When asked to select the library you are a member of, scroll down past US and Canadian libraries to the 'International' section. Within that section, find 'UK libraries', then select 'Edinburgh City Libraries'.

Library ELF and privacy

Library ELF makes its money from online links to booksellers. The site promises not to take any personal information from your library account, other than your card number and library PIN, both of which are encrypted on their server. It also undertakes not to sell on your e-mail address, and not to keep any information about what books you have borrowed.

Library ELF has no connection with the City of Edinburgh Council, including Edinburgh City Libraries, and so we cannot guarantee the security or operation of this service, which our customers use at their own discretion. As a safeguard, it is always advisable not to make your library PIN the same as your bank PIN.

Any overdue charges arising from any failure on the part of the Library ELF service to notify users of library materials becoming due are the responsibility of the library member.