The Totley Orange Sticker scheme has been implemented to enhance our book stock for the benefit of our customers, in the face of declining stock from Sheffield City Libraries.
Some of the books are donations, for which we are very grateful, and others are books that we have purchased ourselves.
New software has enabled us to offer improvements to the scheme and some of the recent changes are outlined below
Online Catalogue
You can now search the Totley Orange Sticker catalogue from your home.
You can find out if the book is available to loan and you can reserve a book online.
Reserving an Orange Sticker Book
You are now able to place a reservation (hold) for any Orange Sticker book online. To do this, you will need to login with your library card number and password for the TotleyCRIC Public Access Catalogue. This is a new service and we will need to set up your password. When you are next in the library, please ask at the front desk to set up your password.
You can also reserve an Orange Sticker book by email at totleylibrary@gmail.com or phone 0114 236 3971.
When the book is available your reservation will be flagged up and the book placed on the Reader’s Request Shelf. We cannot currently email you automatically to say that the book is available, but you will be emailed or phoned by a library volunteer.
Emailing about Overdue Books
We are now able to email you automatically to say that Orange Sticker books are overdue. The first reminder will be sent when the book is 1 day overdue and a further reminder after 2 weeks. If books are seriously overdue the user may be blocked. Lost books will be charged in line with the SCC policy on lost books.
We cannot currently send an email to warn you that a book is due back shortly, as happens with SCC books.
‘Sticker’ Books at Other Libraries
Some other libraries have their own ‘sticker’ system and their catalogues can be accessed online in the same way as Totley’s. The participating libraries are Greenhill, Stannington, and Walkley. Simply replace Totley with another library name to access their catalogue.
You can borrow ‘sticker’ books from other libraries on your library card but you will have to register on their scheme and collect and return the book at the host library.