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New York Public Library (NYPL) 4+
The New York Public Library
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- Free
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Description
Get the power of The New York Public Library, anytime, anywhere. With the NYPL app, you can access everything the Library has to offer from home or while you’re on the go. Search the catalog, request books for pickup, use your phone for self-checkout, renew your materials, and even pay fees. Plus, you can find your nearest library no matter where you are, and find upcoming programs at your local branch.
What’s New
Version 1.0.10
Bug fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Great start, But needs work
Thrilled to see a dedicated NYPL app. Been waiting for one for years. Has potential to be very useful tool.
Biggest initial gripe: Where are the LISTS and the ability to add to/manage them? Many books in NYPLs collection are unavailable to be checked out/put on hold. This is my primary use of the website/catalog beyond searching the catalog itself.
Mobile check out? Yuck
I’m not sure this has been thought through
I, I think like most people, leave my wifi on on my phone
At the library it does reconnect as it is a remembered network
But I still need to open a browser page to accept the terms and conditions. I may need to do this unpredictably again if my browser was refreshed or the NYPL branch network was
Otherwise the mobile checkout will get stuck as it can’t connect (it just said “loading” rather than something useful).
Alternatively I can shut off wifi on my phone. And of course remember to turn it in again later so I don’t use up my data plan.
This seems like a good deal of bother to just take out a book.
If I use the kiosk in my branch I have to remember to first scan my library card and then the NYPL barcode on the book(s).
Easier but still have to remember the sequence as there are no instructions at the kiosk (at least at my local branch)
Again, is this really worth it? Maybe if there are long lines, which I don’t see at my branch.
Most of this seems like technology for technology’s sake. A solution looking for a problem, which invariably causes other problems
Bottom line - perhaps useful at peak times once folks learn all this but when not peak then librarian check out is much easier and faster and hopefully will remain available.
Nice app but so slow
Love having the app on my phone for easy access without having to log on to the website and it looks nice enough, but doing anything takes sooooo long (searching the catalog, requesting a hold, loading your holds/checkouts)—I spend more time looking at the spinner than anything else. I usually end up just using the website on my phone’s browser because, even with the extra step of logging in, it’s faster. If they could fix the slowness issues, the app would be great!
App Privacy
The developer, The New York Public Library, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- The New York Library Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
- Size
- 20.5 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Bengali, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2020 OCLC Inc.
- Price
- Free