About My BPL

How to Use My BPL

Import lists from the Classic Catalog
You can perform a one-time transfer of your lists from the Classic Catalog to your For Later shelf in My BPL. You may want to clean up your lists before moving them over.

1. Log in to My BPL
2. Hover over My BPL and click "For Later"
3. Click on "Import List Items." You will no longer see "Import List Items" after the transfer is complete.

Your lists may take up to 10 minutes to appear on your For Later shelf. Titles will appear sorted by date added, so the last title on your former "My List" will be the first title on your For Later shelf.

My Shelves
The My Shelves pages enable you to keep track of titles you've borrowed or plan to borrow in the future. The Completed shelf is where you can store everything you've read, watched or listened to. In Progress is the place for what you are reading, watching or listening to right now. For later is like a wish list, a place to keep track of what you'd like to read, watch or listen to in the future. When you are viewing one of the shelves, use the categories in the left sidebar to zero in on a smaller group of titles on your shelves. For example, you can filter your For Later shelf to show only DVDs you'd like to check out.

Adding, moving and removing titles on your shelves
To add a title to your shelves:

1. From a title's details page, search results, awards and bestseller lists, or another patron's shelves, click the "Add to My Shelves" link next to the item.
2. From the pull-down menu, select the appropriate shelf: Completed, In Progress or For later.

OR

1. Go to your Completed, In progress or For later shelf.
2. Click "Add New Title."
3. Search for the title you want to add.
4. Click "Add link."
5. Search for additional items if needed, and then close the popup window.

Once you've borrowed a title that was on your For Later shelf, you'll want to move it to your In Progress shelf. Similarly, once you've finished a book that was on your For Later shelf, you can move it to your Completed shelf.

To move a title to a different shelf:

1. Go to your Completed, In progress or For later shelf.
2. Click the "Move to" link.
3. From the pull-down menu, click the appropriate shelf.

To remove a title from your shelves:

1. Check the box next to the title you want to remove.
2. At the top or bottom of the page, click the Remove button to permanently remove the title from your shelves.

Titles remain on your shelves unless you remove them, even if the library no longer owns them. If you remove a title from your shelves, any content you have added, such as a rating or comment, is removed as well, and will no longer be visible if you search for and view that title again.

Recently Returned (My Reading History)

The Recently Returned feature is much like My Reading History in the Classic Catalog. You can turn on Recently Returned when you register (go to My Settings, then Privacy) and start saving titles immediately. Or you can turn it on later and the titles that you checked out after you turned on Recently Returned will be listed. In addition to providing a useful way to track what you've recently borrowed, the Recently Returned page provides a convenient location for adding star ratings, comments and other information.