{"id":7136,"date":"2014-08-14T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2014-08-13T21:38:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T01:38:34","slug":"summer-reading-with-elf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/summer-reading-with-elf\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading With ELF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark’s library cards<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As many readers of this blog know, I’m making more and more use of the local library.<\/p>\n

I recently finished reading \u00a0“Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. \u00a0It’s a terrific book!<\/p>\n

Now I’m working on “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini.\u00a0 I’m also fitting in “Very Good, Jeeves” (the the Jeeves short stories by P.G. Wodehouse.)<\/p>\n

With all these library books going back and forth this summer, how in the world do you keep track of them? \u00a0If you miss your due date or simply forget to return that book for several weeks, you could be \u00a0looking at a rather hefty fine.<\/p>\n

Well, there’s a\u00a0really neat online library service that helps keep track of all your borrowed books! After doing a bit of research, I\u00a0\u00a0immediately \u00a0signed up for it!<\/p>\n

It’s called\u00a0ELF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.libraryelf.com<\/p>\n

It keeps track of all your loaned books from your local library.\u00a0 It even keeps tracks of loaned books from multiple libraries if you happen have more than one library card. \u00a0(And I do.)<\/p>\n

The best part, Elf is absolutely free! Well, it’s free when you have only one library card registered. \u00a0Multiple cards will require a yearly subscription of $20.00 per year. \u00a0Elf does give you a three week trial period to test drive all the premium features. \u00a0I’m currently doing this. \u00a0After my trial period, I’ll probably just move down to the basic free service for my one most used library card. \u00a0However, if you’re a power library user, the premium service may just be for you. \u00a0It could very well help you save $$$ in unwanted library overdue fines.<\/p>\n

Who uses Elf?
\nAnyone who wants to reduce overdues
\nFamilies with children and lots of books
\nIndividuals with several library cards
\nAnyone who requests a lot of holds<\/p>\n

What’s delivered?
\nEmail and\/or RSS alerts before items are due
\nEmail and\/or RSS alerts on overdues and holds
\nConsolidated list of yours or your family’s library loans and holds
\nCellphone text message alerts for holds (US and Canada)
\nReal-time checking by browser<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With Elf, all you need to do is create an account. \u00a0Then enter all your library card user ID numbers (and pin numbers). \u00a0Elf then queries those libraries to see what books are loaned to you and when they \u00a0are due. \u00a0You can then set up an alarm either by email or text (or both) to our own personal parameters and Elf will send you reminders when the book is close to its due date.<\/div>\n

I was setting up my own alarms in Google Calender to warn me of books coming due. \u00a0No more! \u00a0Now, ELF does it all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As many readers of this blog know, I’m making more and more use of the local library. I recently finished reading \u00a0“Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. \u00a0It’s a terrific book! Now I’m working on “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini.\u00a0 I’m also fitting in “Very Good, Jeeves” (the the Jeeves short stories by P.G. Wodehouse.) With all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[171,1161,425,172,1150],"class_list":["post-7136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-books","tag-elf","tag-library","tag-reading","tag-summer-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7150,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions\/7150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgetoon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}