Receive text notices about items available for pick up, items due soon, overdue items, and items ready for renewal. Texts are ONLY sent when activity on your accunt triggers a message. The messages are set up to only go out between 9 am and 6 pm daily. There is no fee for this service, but your mobile service provider’s regular text rates may apply.
Sign Up In Your Library Account in CountyCat
Sign up within your library account:
- After logging into CountyCat using the Log In To My Account option, click the Edit Account button. The Modify Personal Information window will come up.
- To receive text messages, enter in your cell phone number in the box labeled TEXT MESSAGE NUMBER. Please enter it in with no spaces or dashes. Enter it in this field even if a cell phone is already in the TELEPHONE field.
By entering that in, you are agreeing to receive text notices!
- Click Submit to save your changes.
NOTE: You will not receive a welcome text. Instead notifications will come when activity on your library account triggers a message.
What are Some Keyword Text Commands?
Use any of these text commands after you are signed up:
English | Espanol |
MYBOOKS List of items out |
MISLIBROS ver una lista de materiales sacados |
RI Show a list of titles NOT eligible for renewal |
RI ver una lista de materiales que NO se puede renovar |
RA Renew all items coming due (does not renew overdue materials) |
RA renovar todos los materiales sacados (no va a renovar materiales vencidos) |
RL Show a list of all renewal items |
RL ver una lista de materiales que se puede renovar |
HL Request a list of items on hold |
HL ver una lista de materiales reservados |
OI Show a list of overdue titles NOT eligible for renewal |
OI ver una lista de materiales que NO se puede renovar |
OA Renew all overdue items |
OA renovar todos los materiales vencidos |
OL Show a list of all overdue items |
OL ver una lista de materiales vencidos que se puede renovar |
More text commands include:
- all - Renew all eligible overdue or other items due in the next few days
- fees - Toggles notification on or off when fees have been added to your account. This option is not automatically turned on when you register
- help - Request detailed descriptions and how to use each keyword
- holds - Send this keyword to start/stop notifications for when hold items are available for pickup
- ioweu- Current fees broken down by barcodes
- mycards - Lists the cards you've registered
- nf- Stop receiving notifications for fees
- ow - Show a list of reasons an overdue item is not eligible for renewal including the number of items affected
- resend - Resend the last message from Shoutbomb
- rw - Show a list of reasons why items are not eligible for renewal including the number of items affected
- yf - Continue notifications for fees
Mas comandos de texto SMS incluyen:
- vencido - empezar o suspender notificaciones de materiales vencidos
- ayuda - mostrar descripciones de todas palabras claves
- multas - empezar o suspender notificaciones de multas que superen el límite
- renovar - empezar o suspender notificaciones de materiales que están a punto de expirar
- reenviar - reenviar el mensaje mas reciente de ustedes
- tedebo - mostrar el total de multas que debe
- addcard - añadir otra tarjeta de biblioteca a su cuenta
- mistarjetas - mostrar todas las tarjetas activadas en su cuenta
- reservas - empezar o suspender notificaciones de materiales reservados que están listo para su recogida
Can I Associate More than One Library Card to A Text Message Number?
Yes. After receiving any text from the service, send a reply text with the term ADDCARD and respond to the prompts. You will need the other library barcode.
How Do I Quit Using Text Notices from Shoutbomb?
To end all text notifications, and cancel your registration, text the message QUIT to 833-568-6639. Reply to the instructions from Shoutbomb. If you run into any additional issues, text the message STOP to completely remove your barcode from the Shoutbomb service. This will end messages from coming in.
You will also want to go INTO your CountyCat account and remove the text message number from your record.
Sign Up at a Library Public Service Desk
To sign up for text notifications, you can connect with a library staff person at a public services desk. Ask the staffer to add your cell phone number to your patron account. You will be signed up. You won't get a welcome text. Notifications will start once there is activity on your account.
NOTE: Text notices are a secondary service to what our MCFLS library system provides for notifications. If you have an email address in your record or want phone notifications in addition to text notices, that is possible!
Cuáles son algunos comandos en español para avisos de texto SMS
Use cualquiera de estos comandos después de registrarse para recibir avisos de texto.
MISLIBROS ver una lista de materiales sacados |
NUEVA CONTRASENA cambiar la contraseña de su cuenta |
RA renovar todos los materiales sacados |
RL ver una lista de materiales que se puede renovar |
OA renovar todos los materiales vencidos |
OL ver una lista de materiales vencidos que se puede renovar |
HL ver una lista de materiales reservados |
Mas comandos de texto SMS incluyen:
- vencido - empezar o suspender notificaciones de materiales vencidos
- ayuda - mostrar descripciones de todas palabras claves
- multas - empezar o suspender notificaciones de multas que superen el límite
- renovar - empezar o suspender notificaciones de materiales que están a punto de expirar
- reenviar - reenviar el mensaje mas reciente de ustedes
- tedebo - mostrar el total de multas que debe
- addcard - añadir otra tarjeta de biblioteca a su cuenta
- addemail - añadir un correo electronico a su cuenta
- mistarjetas - mostrar todas las tarjetas activadas en su cuenta
- reservas - empezar o suspender notificaciones de materiales reservados que están listo para su recogida
Do Text Notices Replace Email or Phone Notices?
No. Shoutbomb is the company MCFLS contracts with for text notices. This is separate and secondary to the email, phone and paper notices our library system provides through our system software.
If you sign up for text notices, you will receive other email or phone notices for hold pickups, items due soon and overdue items.