BPL to Go

Boston Public Library

About this app

Use BPL to Go to search titles, manage your account, check branch hours, and find out what's happening at the Boston Public Library.

Features:
• Quickly search and filter to find what you want
• Get the details on any title, including descriptions, community reviews and commentary
• Save titles to your ‘For Later’ list
• Check title availability – and map the locations where it's available now
• Instantly check your due dates and renew items
• Check if your holds are ready
• Find and download ebooks and audiobooks
• Browse bestsellers, new arrivals, and recent reviews
• Search our calendar of events for all locations
• Check branch hours or get directions to your nearest branch

Ratings and reviews

Great, easy to use app for a great, huge catalog

The virtual library card is useless, can't be scanned in the library, so you have to carry your physical card anyway. The app does offer a nice summary page of your checked out books and holds, and when they're due.

The app is ok-ish, however unbearably slow and the most annoying thing is that it logs you out of the app if you lot into the website in the web browser and vice versa (why???).

What's new

In search results, titles without a jacket cover now display a clearer, format-specific fallback image for better visual consistency and user experience.

In search results, some titles were showing a gray box instead of the jacket image.

This has been fixed. Includes various usability improvements and minor bug fixes.