Somerset County Library System of New Jersey Offers Linked Patron Feature for Easier Checkout

(Somerset County, NJ: November 4, 2014) Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) is now offering patrons the opportunity to link library card accounts so that patrons can quickly and easily pick up holds, renew materials, and pay fines for anyone they are “linked” to using just one library card. The new Linked Patron feature is available in all 10 SCLSNJ branches.

Library cardholders wishing to link their accounts must share the same primary address but are not required to be related. All library cards (or signed copies of library cards) must be presented when the patron’s accounts are being linked. The Linked Patron feature cannot be used online or at self checkout. At the cardholder’s request, a library card can be unlinked at any time.

“The aim of this new feature is to make everyone’s life easier - our patrons’ and our staff’s,” said Wendy Clarkson, SCLSNJ System Administrator. “If you are a patron who typically has to check out items for multiple people in your household, you no longer have to carry multiple cards or copies of cards. With the Linked Patron feature, you simply present one library card and can get everything done more efficiently.”

SCLSNJ patrons interested in the Linked Patron feature can speak to a Circulation Staff member at any of SCLSNJ’s 10 library branches.

Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) partners with you to connect, to explore, to share and to discover. Together we enrich lives, expand knowledge and strengthen communities. SCLSNJ branches can be found in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung. Visit SCLSNJ.org for further information about library services offered at SCLSNJ.

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