 Here at Alden, we know that OU students and faculty are busy people. It can be hard to keep track of when your books are due, or when they're ready to be picked up. Why not let us make it easy for you? You can sign up to get text messages from the library when a book needs to be returned or renewed, or when something you've ordered from a different library is ready to be picked up. Here's how to sign up. Starting on the library homepage, click on my library account in the top right corner to log in. As you can see, I have a bunch of books checked out that are due in different dates. So text reminders would definitely be useful. To sign up, click on the opt-in slash opt button, which opens up a new window. You can take a look at the terms and conditions, and also check that your cell phone carrier works with this program. This looks good, so I'm going to go back up to the top of the window and enter my cell phone number and click opt-in. And now I'm all set up. You'll get a text when a book you request from another library is available for pick-up. And you'll also get a text when it's time to return or renew a book. You can even renew books by replying to the text. If you decide you don't want to get text anymore, you can opt out at any time. If you have any questions about opting in for text notifications or anything else, be sure to let us know.