What is LibAgent
Many of us often forget to login to the library computer and carry out
the simple procedure that enables us to keep our books a little
longer without undergoing punishment. This procedure is exactly
what LibAgent does for you.
On top of that, it does this DAILY while you are sound asleep
(genuine hackers notwithstanding). A message with the results of the
procedure is mailed to you. What you see, when you check
your mail, is an e-mail message with the books you
will have to return within the next few days. How long is "a few
days" is a whole different matter, and has to do with something
called the
Panic Horizon.
Yes and no. Yes, because LibAgent relieves you of the need to
do the extension procedure yourself. No,
because LibAgent membership doesn't last forever; if your
account is inactive for more than 6 months, we will terminate it.
For this purpose, account activity is considered having any books
on your reader's card, or visiting the site (see below). This means that
as long as you borrow books - even as few as one book, out for one day,
once in six months - your account is considered "active" and won't be
terminated.
You can also re-register after you've been dumped, or even "refresh"
your registry at any time to last for 6 more months. All using the same
Web interface again and again, whenever the membership period is over
(or about to be).
We will send you an email message a few days before
your registration expires to remind you to renew your membership.
We limit the period for which you may register because some people
don't bother to un-register when they finish their studies. This
creates trouble for us.
If you're registered in more than one library, log in to your
account, and choose "add a subscription". Then you can choose another
library for the subscription, and you can have multiple subscriptions
(one for each library). Your choices for each subscription
are independent of the others (so you can have differnt Panic Horizon
values, for example).
It all started as a service for Technion students, and other
academic institutions were added later on. You can see the entire
list of supported libraries when you fill your details in the
registration form and in the
statistics page.
If your library is not supported,
tell us
and we'll make an effort to support it as well.