Keep Track of Your Reading History

Those of you who log on to the ccls.org website to manage your account might have noticed a new feature: a button on the right side of your account page that says “My Reading History”. This nifty feature will log every item you check out, so you can keep track of which titles you’ve already read/seen/heard. The library goddesses recommend it for lots of reasons: find that favorite author whose name is on the tip of your tongue, check to see if you’ve read that familiar-sounding book, or simply see how many books you read this summer.

Why did it take so long to add this feature? Because librarians are concerned about patron privacy and don’t like the idea of a system tracking patrons’ borrowing history (this is one of the reasons that our system doesn’t store a list titles you’ve checked out after they’re returned). To help safeguard your privacy, the My Reading History program is protected by a password that you create. No one else – not even library staff – will know your password or be able to see your history, though we can reset the password if you forget it.

To get started, follow this link and log in to your library account. The reading history will begin with today’s date and continue until you deactivate it.