Parish Library
Our parish is grateful to have a wonderful library of books, journals, media, and children’s materials for the edification of all. Our library includes a number of rare and obscure books. To browse our library shelves online, visit https://www.libib.com/u/stjtf.
How to Use the Parish Library
Sign up!
Send an email to librarian@theforerunner.org requesting a patron account
You will receive an email with a unique password from libib.com
Login to the patron page using your email account and new password on https://stjtf.libib.com/. (Click “Patron Login” button in the left panel to login. On mobile, tap the button with 3 lines.)
Change your password.
Be sure to change your password by selecting Patron page > Edit Profile > Change password
Put Books on Hold
Using the online catalog (https://stjtf.libib.com) you can put books on hold
When a book is put on hold, a notification is sent to the librarian email account
The librarian will retrieve the book and make it available for pickup in the parish house.
Once you find a desired book, select the Add Hold button to add it to your hold queue, you can add multiple books to your queue. When finished selecting books, choose Complete as shown below.
Select Submit to send your order to the librarian
PICKUP YOUR BOOKS
A notification email will be sent to you when the books are ready for pickup
Books will be tagged with the patron name on a sticky note in a cart in the parish house
You can pick up your books at your convenience (assuming the building is open)
The status of the books will be changed from hold to checked out in libib.com by the librarian
RENEW YOUR BOOKS
Patrons can renew books online from the patron page
RETURN YOUR BOOKS
Books can be returned in the dropbox in the parish house.
The librarian will return them to the shelves
The status of the books will be changed from checked out to checked in by the librarian.
QUESTIONS?
Feel free to send library questions,
concerns or comments to librarian@theforerunner.org.