With the Shoutbomb Text Messaging service, you can use your mobile phone to:
- Receive text notices about: your holds that are available, items that are due soon, overdues, and fines.
- Send a text to renew an item.
- Receive text alerts for other cards within your family.
Note: CLAMS has contracted with Shoutbomb for text messaging services.
Shoutbomb Privacy Policy
Text Messaging Sign Up Options
Use the Online Form Below | OR | Sign Up Using a Text Message |
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Shortly after registering you should receive a welcome text from Shoutbomb. There may be several minutes of delay between texts. If you do not recall receiving a welcome text, you can test your connection by texting MYBOOKS to the Shoutbomb contact you created. You should receive information on the items checked out and total fees/fines within a few minutes. |
Service Keywords/Commands: is a list of keywords that you can use to manage your account by texting them directly to the Shoutbomb Text Messaging Service.
Keyword | Description |
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HL | Text HL to see a list of your items available for pickup. |
OL | Text OL to view a list of overdue items. |
OA | Text OA to renew all overdue items. (Some materials may not be renewable.) |
RL | Text RL to view a list of items due soon |
RA | Text RA to renew all. (Some materials may not be renewable.) |
MYBOOKS | View the items checked out, items available for pickup, and total fees/fines. |
RESEND | View messages from the last 3 days. |
ADDCARD | To receive text alerts for another card within your family, text ADDCARD+additionallibrarybarcode+password/pin (Example: ADDCARD+21113001234567+4321) |
DROPCARD | To end text alerts for a specific library card, text DROPCARD+specificlibrarybarcode+password/pin. (Example: DROPCARD+21113001234567+4321) |
MYCARDS | View a list of your registered family cards. |
IOWEU | View the current total fee/fines for each of the registered family cards. |
NEWPASS | If you change the Password/PIN number for a specific library account, text NEWPASS+yourlibrarybarcode+password/pin to update your account with the text notification service. |
SWITCHPHONE | Switch to a different phone number. |
STOP | Quit the text notification service. |
NOTE: There is no charge from the library for this service; however, you may see a charge for incoming text messages at the standard rate applied by your cell phone carrier, depending on your plan or package. |