My Shelves and My Lists FAQs

  • My Lists from Previous Catalog

    Your shelves gather in one place all the titles you’ve read, watched or listened to (Completed), are currently reading, watching or listening to (In Progress), or want to borrow in the future (For Later).

    You have these shelves and there is no limit to the number of items you can put on a shelf. 

    This will replace the My Lists functionalities from previous catalog. 

    You will be able to transfer them to your account.  When you first log in to your account, your shelf is empty.  You will see the message "Import Content from Previous Catalog".   Click on button  "Request Import"

    Your lists will be added to the Lists. It's intended to be a one-time process, so the button disappears once the process has been initiated.

    • All lists are marked Private (as indicated by the lock icon in Visibility).
    • The Date Published shows the date the import was done, not the date they were added to the original list.
    • List Name is the name of the original lists.
    • Titles that are no longer in the catalog are not imported.  Overdrive and e-titles are not imported.  

    With large lists, the import process occasionally doesn't get every item or the import may time out.   You will not see the import button after reloading the page.  Please talk to a staff before retrying. 

  • My Shelves in the New Catalog

    Your shelves gather in one place all the titles you’ve read, watched or listened to (Completed), are currently reading, watching or listening to (In Progress), or want to borrow in the future (For Later).

    You have these shelves and there is no limit to the number of items you can put on a shelf. 

    This will replace the My Lists functionalities from previous catalog. 

    1. On any of your shelves, click the Add Title button, and then search for the title you want to add.
    2. In search results, or from a title’s details page, look for the button "For Later", click on it to add to For Later shelf.  You can also click on the drop down to add the title to "In Progress" or "Completed" shelf.

    There is no maximum. You can have as many titles as you like.

    Of course. If the title is in your library’s catalog, you can add it. If you wish, you can use the Edit Details sidebar to mark items you own.

    It’s easy to move from one shelf to another. Just go to the shelf containing the item you want to move. Next to the item, click Move to my… and then click the new shelf.

    Titles are kept indefinitely. Titles you place on this shelf (or any other shelf) will remain until you delete them.

    Titles are saved to your Completed shelf when you rate, tag or add comments to them. It’s designed to provide a snapshot of you and your interests, a gathering together of titles on which you’ve offered an opinion. Although you can add titles manually, adding them automatically saves you time.

    Not at the moment. We hope to add that feature in the future.

    Any item you add to one of your shelves remains there until you remove it, even if the library no longer owns the title.

    • Yes, if your shelf privacy setting is not enabled. 
    • If you prefer not to, you can change the shelf privacy setting.  Log in to your account, and then click My Settings on the menu. Look for the Privacy section.
    • Specify a default privacy setting for each of your Completed, In Progress and For Later shelves.
    • If you would prefer that others not see a specific title on your shelves, you can mark the item as private.  

  • My Lists in the New Catalog

    A list is a collection of titles related to a specific topic or idea of your choosing. Best Italian Cookbooks,  Best Travel Guides are examples of lists you could create. A good list is a curated topic guide. A list shouldn’t be just a group of titles by an author, since you can do that just by searching, or a list of titles you want to borrow, since you have a For Later shelf for that.

    Shelves are a place to gather together all of the titles that you have read, watched or listened to (Completed), are currently borrowing (In Progress) or would like to borrow in the future (For Later). You can add as many items as you want, you can make all or some of them private, and you can filter a shelf using the categories in the left sidebar.

    Lists are for more focused collection of items on a particular topic (for example, My Favorite Chicklit of 2017). Lists can also include links to Web pages. You can create as many lists as you want, but you are limited to adding 100 items per list. You can make the list public (viewable by others) or keep it private.

    On the menu, click Lists to go to your My Lists page.

    1. Click the Add New List button.
    2. Choose a list type category : "General Recommendations" or "If You Liked ..."
    3. Once you’ve created the list, you can add titles to it.

    Up to 100. However, to be truly effective, a list of no more than a dozen is probably a good idea, unless the list is just for your own use.

    Yes. Each title you add to a list appears at the top. To move an item, use the up and down arrows next to the item to move it up or down one position. You can also drag and drop items up or down.

    Click the icon to the right of a title on a list to save it to your For Later shelf.

    Any time you see a comment on a title, you’ll see the name of the user who wrote the comment. Click their name to see titles on their shelves. When you’re viewing their shelves, you can see also see their lists by clicking the link near the top of the page.

    New lists are also shown on the Recent Activity page. You can also search for lists on a particular subject.

    Yes. Part of the fun of creating lists is to share your expertise with others. When you create a list, you can choose who gets to see your list. By default, lists are visible to everyone. You can change that when you publish your list.

    Any item you add to a list remains there until you remove it, or delete the list, even if your library no longer owns the item.