The Seattle Public Library

The Seattle Public Library

About this app

With The Seattle Public Library app, you can search our catalog, check out books and manage your account right from your phone or tablet!

- Search our entire catalog and place holds directly from the app, then use your digital library card at a checkout station (you can add it to the wallet on your phone too). Or scan the material with the app to check it out instantly.
- Check your account details and manage your borrowing on the go.
- Scan an ISBN to quickly find it in our catalog, whether you're browsing in a bookstore or organizing your home collection.
- Quickly find the branch nearest to you, and see open hours for every location.
- Reserve a room and manage your reservations right from the app.
- Switch the language you use to navigate the app to Spanish, Vietnamese or Chinese (Traditional and Simplified).
- Explore our resources and see what’s happening at your Library!

Ratings and reviews

This is so much better than I was expecting. A lot of apps like this feel like a website thrown into an app but the navigation is great and responsive and it has everything I need. It even looks to cover booking a room which is more than I'd expect. My FAVORITE feature though is how well it handles multiple cards. As a parent, trying to manage my card and keep track of my young child's has always been a pain. This lets me quickly switch instead of logging out and back in.

Update- After last update app now stretches from top to bottom of the screen causing issues with pressing the buttons located in the app in those locations Pro- You can look up books, see the location and availability Can manage holds/checkouts Can scan your library card from app Can see location address/hours Con- Cant suspend holds once they're ready for pickup Doesn't provide location info on book location to find them in the library Cant put items on your shelf

So glad an app is finally here. Very useful to check on my holds, and the isbn scanner and virtual library card is very useful! Just waiting on access to the book ratings and reading list