Brooklyn Public Library

My family and I are frequent library goers. I love that I can manage holds, renew books, browse the catalogs, and pull up my library card from anywhere. It’s a seamless app, my only disappointment is that there is no way to access my profile’s book lists or bookshelf like I can on my computer browser. I use these features all the time to organize which books I want to read later, what books my kids enjoyed so I remember them for another time, and what books I found useful for different topics. But these features aren’t available on the app. So I have to make a note on my phone and do it on my computer. Would give the app 5 stars if they just updated this one thing.

Since downloading this app, anytime someone at a party recommends a book to me, I pull it up, search for the book, and place a hold right there. Also, when I’m at the library, it’s helpful to have the call number available on my phone, instead of having to run back and forth from the catalog computers with a tiny slip of paper, the coolest feature, though, is the mobile checkout, where you can scan a book with your phone to check it out to yourself 😱 thanks BPL!

I like the improvement. This app works very well. I am able to renew my items fast. I like the layout it’s very easy to use. Over all very pleased

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This app is such a disappointment, especially given how long we had to wait for it. Specifically, my shelves-the ability to create lists of what you would like to read and have completed-is missing. This is such a drag on my reading life, since you can’t search for and add a book to your for later list on the fly, which was so terrific for an avid reader. I also could not find the history of what I’ve checked out. Please bring back the old app! This one bites.

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I’m a teacher and I use the library a lot. I’ve created lists of books and cannot access them through the app. In addition, the desktop gives me search results of books in different versions and languages, which is helpful; but the app does not. Please expand the search result for more options.