Recently a customer was perplexed as to why many of the items that they had saved on their Overdrive wish list seemed to have "disappeared" before a certain date. The issue was made even more confusing after consulting the help topic in Overdrive which stated that "Titles added to your wish list will remain there until you manually remove them". On consulting with Overdrive they found that because of the difficulties associated in down loading extensively long lists a limit was needed. The bottom line is that the wish list is limited to the last 50 overall titles.  

Have you ever seen an interesting book or video in our catalog that you want to follow up on later, but don't want to (or can't) request at that particular moment? What did you do? Try to remember it? Write it down on paper? Email yourself a link?

You've now got an easier option! We've just introduced a new feature in the Library Catalog called "My Lists". With My Lists you can permanently save lists of library items that get stored in "My Account". You can make lists reflect whatever you want. They could be on a topic like "dogs" or "travel", a "wish list" of books you want to read or request, or a bibliography for a school assignment - it's up to you!

While you're searching our catalog, look for a button next to each title like the one on the right that says "Add to My Lists". You'll then be asked to login to your account and can add the title to an existing list or create a new list. Go to "My Account" to view the lists you've built. You can make a hold request directly from My Lists for any requestable title (remember some materials, like entertainment DVDs and music CDs cannot be requested).

If you want to learn more, Frequently Asked Questions for My Lists are available to review.

Also, you don't need to use "My Lists" to build lists of books you've already read or checked out. Remember, we have a "My Reading History" feature that will automatically do that for you. Just turn it on and everything you check out from that point on will be saved in a convenient list.

Try it out and then leave a comment to let us know what you think!