What is TPL card?

A Digital Access Card is a library membership that provides immediate access to the Library’s digital resources and services, including: eBooks and eAudiobooks. digital video and music. digital magazines. digital newspapers.

How do TPL holds work?

You need a valid Toronto Public Library card in order to place a hold. There is no charge for placing holds. Adult cardholders (18+) will only be charged if you do not pick up your hold by the pickup date. To avoid the fine, pick up or cancel your hold by the pickup date.

What is Libby TPL?

Mobile Devices (tablet and smartphones) Use the free Libby app to borrow eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere.

What is my TPL pin?

The PIN for your library card is set to the last 4 digits of the phone number associated with your account.

How do I cancel a TPL hold?

In your Still On Hold List, select Edit to the right of the title.

  1. Managing individual holds. In your Still On Hold List, click on the Edit link to the right of the item.
  2. Managing multiple holds.
  3. Hold options.

What does in transit mean TPL?

When a hold is “in transit,” this means that a copy of the item has been assigned to fill your hold. The item is now (or soon will be) on its way to your pickup location.

Does TPL use OverDrive?

Toronto residents 13 years of age and older who do not already have a TPL card can sign up online for access to OverDrive.

What is TPL OverDrive?

OverDrive eBooks & eAudiobooks. Our largest eBook collection. Includes current, popular fiction and non-fiction, videos and audiobooks. Download or stream to read, view and listen on Access Online.

How can I access Libby without a library card?

If you don’t have a library card yet, your library may have instructions or an easy way to get one directly from Libby. At the top of the library’s home screen in Libby, tap I Would Like A Library Card or Use My Phone Number and follow the prompts.

What is library card number in Gmail?

Answer: Your library card number (also called your patron ID or account number) is the 14-digit number found on your library card, near the barcode.

Who can enter Toronto Public Library?

You must live in Toronto and be 13 years of age or older to register for a Digital Access Card. Please complete the online application below to get immediate access to Toronto Public Library’s digital resources, including eBooks, eAudiobooks, research databases and eLearning resources.

What happens when you place a hold on a book?

By placing a hold on a book that is currently checked out, you are joining the waitlist to borrow it when it becomes available. Just like with print books, libraries purchase limited numbers of digital copies from book publishers, so only one person can check out an eBook at a time.

How long can you hold a book at the library?

Circulating books are the most common — these books may leave the library and be checked out for up to three (3) weeks. They may also be renewed twice for three (3) weeks each, as long as no one else is waiting for the book. This means that, in total, a book could be checked out for up to nine (9) weeks.

What does it mean when a hold is in transit?

Aug 12, 2015 867. Most “In-Transit” books have been returned to a library other than the one they belong in, and so are en route to the correct library. While listed as “in-transit,” patrons may place a hold on the book, so that when library staff checks it in, it will automatically be placed on the hold shelf for you.

Can you read TPL books on Kindle?

Does the library offer eBooks that are compatible with all eReaders and devices? Kindle – No (with the exception of the Kindle Fire).