What kinds of library notices can I receive?
Chatham-Kent Public Library patrons can sign-up for text or email message to receive the following notices:
- Your hold has arrived!
- Item coming due in three (3) days
- Overdue material
- Library program reminder
Is there a charge for this text service?
Standard text messaging rates do apply. Some cell phone providers may charge additional fees for the email-to-text service. Depending on your service provider, email-to-text messages may be sent as MMS messages. To receive MMS messages, cellular data must be turned on.
What will the text message look like?
Library notices will be sent as brief text messages, e.g. "Your hold has arrived!" For more information, check your account online by logging in at search.ckpl.ca or
Ask CKPL.
How do I sign up?
Sign up at any CKPL branch or by logging in to your account at
search.ckpl.ca.
To sign up online:
- Find your email to text address for your cell phone provider below.
- Login to your account at
search.ckpl.ca
- Click your name in the top right hand corner to view your account.
- In the My Bookshelf screen, click "Edit Profile"
- In the email box:
- If blank, type in your email to text address (see chart below to find your provider's information) without dashes or spaces (e.g. 5195551234@msg.telus.com)
- If your email address is there and you wish to receive both email and text message notifications, add a comma after your email address followed by your email to text address,
with no spaces (e.g. janedoe@gmail.com,5195551234@msg.telus.com)
- If blank and you wish to receive both email and text message notifications, type your email followed by a comma and your email to text address,
with no spaces (e.g. janedoe@gmail.com,5195551234@msg.telus.com)
- Click "Save" to save your changes
Common Cell Phone Providers' Email to Text Addresses
Bell - number@txt.bell.ca
Bell Mobility - number@txt.bellmobility.ca
Telus - number@msg.telus.com
Koodo - number@msg.koodomobile.com
Rogers/Chatr - number@pcs.rogers.com
*charges per text message or as monthly email to text subscription fee may apply
Fido - number@fido.ca
*charges per text message or as monthly email to text subscription fee may apply
Virgin Mobile - number@vmobile.ca
Freedom Mobile (formerly Wind Mobile) - number@txt.freedommobile.ca
PC Mobile - number@mobiletxt.ca