To install the Libby app:

• Go to the app store on your device

• type "Libby" in search box > tap Libby > follow prompts to download and install the app.

• iPad/iPhone—You may need your Apple ID and password.

Tap Open after the app is installed or tap on the Libby app on the home screen.

First question: do you have a library card? Tap Yes, if you do. If you don’t, please contact the Library.

• Tap I’ll Search For A Library

• Search for your ZIP code

• Select Mohawk Valley Library System, Canajoharie Library 

• Tap Enter Library Account Details

• Enter Library card number

• Tap Sign In > Tap Next

To browse, scroll down. Book and magazine covers will appear as well as genre listings. Click on either to explore.

 To search for a particular title,

• At the top of the screen tap Search

• type the title or author you’re interested in reading.

To check out a title, tap the book cover, then tap Borrow. If the title has a holds list tap Place Hold to be added to the holds list.

Lending period = 14 days

Items automatically return at end of loan period

When you Borrow an item, it will automatically download to the device on which you checked it out.

To begin reading/listening to your ebook/magazine/audiobook, wait until the check mark with a circle around it appears next to the book.

• Tap Open Book or Open Magazine

• You will be asked where you would like to read it. Tap Libby. Begin reading

Audiobooks: When the check mark with a circle around it appears, it is ready to open.

• Tap Open Audiobook.

• Tap the triangle play button. 

​Items checked out automatically expire after the 14-day loan period.

To return item early, tap Manage Loan, then tap Return Early.

To manage holds, tap Shelf, then tap Holds. Tap Manage Hold.

Suspended holds will make progress on the waiting list, but the title will not become available for you to borrow until the suspension period is over.

To set notifications, tap the Libby icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Tap Manage Notifications.

Set up notifications based on your preferences. 

To link to another library system first open up the Libby app.

Click the center icon; (which looks like three stacked lines).

Then click Add Library.

Next, use the search bar and search for the name of the library system you want to add.

Click the library system you wish to add.

Click Sign In With My Card

Input your Library Card number and click Next.

Repeat for each Library System.