St. John's Medical Library Van K. Smith Community Health Library
St. John's Libraries - Library Cards
St. John's Libraries issue two types of library
cards. One card is issued to St. John's affiliated physicians and co-workers,
the other is issued to patients and community residents. Select from the links below for more information
about each library card.
St. John's Co-Workers
St. John's affiliated physicians and co-workers may
register to obtain a library card that will give privileges to check out materials
from both the
Medical Library and the
Community Health
Library. The following is required to be issued a co-worker library
card:
Your co-worker library card gives you the ability
to monitor your library check-out history, renew materials, and place holds on
materials. More information on these options is below. A
library card is not required to place an information search request.
Co-workers may return completed library card
applications by fax or interoffice mail.
- Medical Library fax number, 417-820-5399 ;
Interoffice mail to Medical Library - Springfield
- Community Health Library fax number,
417-820-8761 ; Interoffice mail to Library - SJCC
Community Residents
Patients, family members and community residents, age 18 and over, may
register for a library card that will privileges to check out books and
audiovisual materials from the
Community Health Library. Library cards are issued free of charge.
The following is required to be issued a library card:
Your library card with the Community Health
Library gives you the ability to monitor your library check-out history, renew
materials, and place holds on materials. More information on these options is
below. A library card is not required to place an
information search request.
Access your library card account
Allows you to renew titles, check due dates, check the status of holds, view a
reading history, and more.
Access your library
card account.
Renewing items
Access your library card account and select the "Number of Items Currently
Checked Out" link. If the link does not appear, you do not have any items
checked out. Select the titles you wish to renew and select "Renew Selected
Titles" or "Renew All Titles". Items successfully renewed will show a status of
"Renewed". Items that could not be renewed will show a status explaining
why the item could not be renewed. Note the new due date of your items, you will
not receive a notice from the library.
Place a hold on an item
Search COOLcat, the library's online catalog, for the title you are interested
in. Once you locate a title and are viewing the detailed record, click on the
"Place a Hold" button located at the top of the screen. You will then be
prompted to enter your name and library card barcode (located on the back of
your library card).
Cancel a hold on an item
Access your library card account and select the "Number of Requests (Holds)
Outstanding" link. Select the titles you wish to cancel and select, "Cancel
Selected Holds". If you mistakenly cancel a hold you will need to re-place the
hold, the library cannot reset holds once they have been canceled.
View your reading history
This option allows you to keep a list of the materials you have checked out
from the library. Access your library card account. Select the "My Reading
History" link. You can then choose to keep your reading history or delete titles
from your reading history. The reading history option is the only way patrons
have of keeping track of library materials they have checked out. The library
does not maintain a list of items checked out by individual patrons.
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