I’m a huge fan of L.A.’s public library system, especially since they added holds and branch delivery to their online catalogue system.
Unfortunately, in this lazy-man’s age of feeds and aggregators, I find myself forgetting what I have checked outóand more importantly, what’s dueóbecause while all that info is readily accessible from my online account, I actually have to drag my keister to the LAPL site to get the skinny.
That is, I did…until now! (Mmm…marketing-fresh!) Via the geek heaven that is S.F.-based Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders I was hipped to ELF, a free site/service that keeps tabs on your checked-out items and e-mails you when the due date is approaching. It’s in beta right now, but it’s already saved me a few bucks in overdue charges (see left) and I figure it can’t make me any worse at returning items on time.
I added the LAPL and the Beverly Hills Public Library (BHPL) to the database, so all you library-heads can just sign yourselves up on ELF and you’re off to the races.
Library Elf is THE COOLEST! Thanks Colleen!
very nifty. for lapl users, the pin code it wants is your zip code.