My Bookbags

What is it?

My Bookbags is a feature that allows patrons/users to save lists of books and other library materials. These lists can be private to the patron or they can share the lists with others via RSS.

To access your bookbags:

1. Log into your account on the OPAC. See Accessing User Accounts for information on how to do so.

2. Click on My Bookbags.

Bookbags are created and viewed via the My Account screen by selecting the My Bookbags view. The first time this screen is chosen by the patron, there will be the message: “You have not created any bookbags.”

If you have bookbags created, they will be listed.

Create a bookbag

1. Log into your account on the OPAC. See Accessing User Accounts for information on how to do so.

2. Click on My Bookbags.

3. Any bookbags already created will be listed. To create a bookbag, enter the name of the bookbag under Create a new bookbag, choose whether or not to share (Yes or No) the bookbag via RSS and click on the Submit button.

(Note: The first time a shared bookbag is created, the following privacy warning will appear: Warning: Adding items to a bookbag creates a link between you and the items in the database. The contents of the bookbag are NOT publicly viewable unless the bookbag is shared. However, if you prefer not to have any link between your patron record and a particular item or items, we suggest that you do not place said items in a bookbag or that you avoid using bookbags all together. Thank you.)

Click on OK. The bookbag has been created. Click on OK.

4. You must be logged in to place items in a bookbag. The option will not appear in the More Actions drop-down unless the patron/user is logged in. The patron/user can immediately begin creating and adding items to bookbags after they are logged in.

Add items to a bookbag

1. Log into your account on the OPAC. See Accessing User Accounts for information on how to do so.

2. Search for an item to add to your bookbag. See Searching the OPAC for more information on how to search the OPAC.

3. From the list of results, click on the cover or title to bring up the Record Summary.

4. Click on the More Actions to the right of Place Hold link.

5. There are two options - you can add the item to an already existing bookbag by selecting the bookbag from the list under Add to bookbag.

6. Or you can create a new bookbag by selecting Create a new bookbag. If you choose that option, a box will pop up with the message: "Enter the name of the new bookbag." Enter in a name for the bookbag and click on OK.

7. A box will pop up with the message: "Bookbag sucessfully created." Click on OK.

8. If you click on the More Actions drop-down menu, you will see the new bookbag you created now in your list.

My Bookbag functions

To access My Bookbags, log into your account on the OPAC. See Accessing User Accounts for information on how to do so and click on My Bookbags.

The name, the number of items, whether it is shared or not, and options to either share/hide the bookbag or to delete it are displayed in the My Bookbags view.

• To share or hide and existing bookbag, click on the link under Share/Hide.

• To delete a bookbag, click on the Delete link under the Delete this bookbag? column of the corresponding bookbag.

• To view the contents of a bookbag, click on its name. The results will display at the bottom.

• To remove a specific item from a bookbag, while you are viewing the contents of the bookbag, click on the remove link under the Remove this item? column.

Note: titles will remain in the bookbags until you delete them.

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