Receive text messages on your phone immediately when:
- Items you requested are ready for pickup.
- Items you are borrowing are overdue.
Text Messaging Alerts
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Why Should I Sign Up?
Use your phone to text the library to:
- Renew your items
- Search for an item at a location
Shoutbomb has features to make managing your account easier:
- Send and Receive texts in English or Spanish.
- Receive notices on multiple library cards.
What Do I Need To Sign Up?
Signing up is totally free! Standard text rates apply.
How To Sign Up Using Your Cell Phone:
- Using a phone that can send text-messages to an e-mail address.
- Text the word SIGNUP to (650) 285-1148
- You should receive a reply asking for a library card number.
- Text your library card number.
- You should receive a reply asking for a PIN.
- Text your PIN.
- You should receive a confirmation text with an email request. (Responding with your email address is optional.)
How To Use Shoutbomb
Below is a list of text commands for using Shoutbomb
| English: HELP Spanish: AYUDA |
Detailed description of each keyword |
| English: ADDCARD+card#+PIN# Spanish: ADDCARD+tarjeta#+PIN# |
Add a secondary library card to your notification account |
| English: DROPCARD Spanish: DROPCARD |
Remove a secondary library card |
| English: HOLDS Spanish: MANTENER |
Hold notices Opt In/Out |
| English: ISBN Spanish: ISBN |
Hold notices Opt In/Out |
| English: NOTICES Spanish: AVISOS |
Current status of all your Opt In/Out services |
| English: QUIT+card#+PIN# Spanish: SALIR+tarjeta#+PIN# |
Stop this text notices service |
| English: RENEW Spanish: RENOVAR |
Renew notices Opt In/Out |
| English: RESEND Spanish: REENVIAR |
Resend the last message |
| English: SIGNUP+card#+PIN# Spanish: REGISTRESE+tarjeta#+PIN# |
Register for this text notices service |
| English: SWITCHPHONE Spanish: CAMBIARTELEFONO |
Change the phone number receiving texts |
| English: OVERDUE Spanish: ATRASADO |
Overdue notice Opt In/Out |
| English: FEES Spanish: TASAS |
Fee notice Opt In/Out |
| English: ADDEMAIL+email address Spanish: ADDEMAIL+correo electrónico |
Update email address |
| English: DROPMAIL Spanish: DROPMAIL |
Delete email address |
| English: IOWEU Spanish: TEDEBO |
Display Fines and Fees |
To search for material
- BOOK - To search for a book text ISBN 0123456789 (The 10 or 13 digit ISBN number on the book)
- MEDIA - To search for a CD/DVD or Blu-Ray text UPC 012345678901 (The 12 digit UPC number on the media)
- You will receive a reply letting you know wihch libraries have a copy, if any are available.