Check Your Record
From any Library webpage, go to Library Quick Links and click "Check your record."
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Signing In
To access your library record, open the link Check your record located on the Library Quick Link menu. Sign in with your last name, Lane ID number ("L" number) and PIN. Once you sign in, use the links in the center of the page to:

• Set notice preference.
• View and renew items that are currently checked out.
• Check the status of the items requested through the Summit Catalog or have placed on hold in the Library.
• Create and manage your personalized searches.
• View your reading history.

Set Notice Preference
Late notices can be sent to your email or postal address by selecting the Notice Preference button.

You must have an email address in your library record to change your notice preference to email. If you do not have an email address in your record, an error message will display, "Please enter a valid email address." Contact the library at 463-5273 or come to the Circulation Desk and ask for your email to be entered into your library record.

Renew and View Items
Get information about the items you currently have checked out and renew items. Your record opens up in this view so the "Renew Items" button will only be visible if you navigate to another screen and you have at least one item checked out.

Please note: The Library and Summit have separate renewal policies.

• Library's renewal policy
• Summit's renewal policy

Summit Requests and Library Holds
"Holds & Summit " contains information about items you have requested from the Summit Catalog or have placed on hold from the Library. The item status will tell you when the item is ready to be picked up. The "Summit requests and Library holds" button will only be visible if items are currently requested or on hold.

Preferred Searches
You can save customized searches for later use from your record. The Library can even notify you by email when new items come in that match your search.

1. First, begin searching the catalog from your record using the [search catalog] button located on the left area of the screen.
   
   Example of a search for items about Native American Women:
   
   
   
2. From the results screen select [Save as preferred search]
   
   
   
   
3. To view your saved searches, return to your patron record and select "Preferred Searches." The "Preferred Searches" button will only be visible after a search is saved as a preferred search. From this screen you can repeat the search anytime by selecting Search or Mark for Email to receive a notification via email of new Library items. Please contact the Library Circulation Desk (463-5273) if your email information is missing or incorrect. Your email address is located under your name and address.
   
   

Reading History
Reading History is an optional feature that keeps track of the items you have checked out of Lane's Library. If you choose to use Reading History, you must activate it by clicking on the link "Activate Your Reading History." Once activated, your library record will start maintaining a history of items you check out. You can delete individual items from your history at any time, and you have the option to opt out of using this feature once you begin. Items borrowed through the Summit catalog are not included in your reading history.

Reading History has not been activated:

The items you check out after you activate reading history will now appear. The system does not track items that were checked out prior to activation.

Activated Reading History:

Note: Library staff do not have access to view your reading history; you decide to opt in, delete individual items, and opt out. Periodically the Library deletes inactive patron records including students who are no longer registered for classes. Currently when a patron's record is deleted their Reading History is not. If you do not plan to register for classes, you may wish to opt out of Reading History to protect your privacy. Read more about privacy issues that involve the Patriot Act in libraries from the American Library Association.