Text Notices
Keep up-to-date with your library account by signing up for Shoutbomb text alerts. With this text messaging service, you can use your phone to:
- Receive text notices about holds that are available, items due soon, overdue items and fines.
- Send a text to renew items (when available).
- Check the status of all your library items.
- And more…
PLEASE NOTE: The library does not charge a fee for this service, but your cell phone plan’s regular text-messaging rates apply.
Signing up for text alerts is easy! Use one of the two methods below.
| Method 1 – Sign up using your phone | Method 2 – Sign up using this form |
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To get started, text the message: SIGNUP+yourlibrarycard to (815) 782-0523 Note: the “+” is important and there should be no spaces. (Ex. SIGNUP+21907001258061) You’ll receive a message from Shoutbomb to confirm your PIN. Once registration is completed, you will automatically get text notices about your library account. |
Opt In or Out of Any Shoutbomb Features
TEXT the highlighted keywords shown below to (815) 782-0523 to set up additional text alerts.
Shoutbomb Text Alerts
| Features | TEXT this keyword: | Description of Features |
| HOLDS & CHECKOUTS | MYBOOKS | get the status of all your library items |
| HOLDS |
HOLDS HL |
opt-in or out get a list of your available items |
| OVERDUE | OVERDUE OL OA |
opt-in or out view a list of overdue items renew all overdue items |
| COURTESY/RENEW | RENEW RL RA |
opt-in or out view a list of items due soon renew all items due soon |
| RESEND | RESEND | resend last message from Shoutbomb |
| NOTICES | NOTICES | view status of all the opt-in/out notices |
| ADDCARD | ADDCARD+librarycard | receive text alerts for another family card |
| DROPCARD | DROPCARD | end text alerts for a specific library card |
| MYCARDS | MYCARDS | view all family cards |
| IOWEU | IOWEU | view current total fee/fines |
| FEES | FEES | opt-in or out for notices about fines and fees |
| HELP | HELP | get info about all Shoutbomb commands |
| NEWPASS | NEWPASS+yourlibrarycard | update account with new PIN number (only when PIN is changed) |
| SWITCHPHONE | SWITCHPHONE | switch to a different phone |
| STOP | STOP | quit the service |