Booklists

To start creating booklists, you must first log in to your account.

• By default, your username is the same as your library card number.
  • If your username has previously been changed, try using your library card number first.
  • If you are unable to log in, contact your library to reset your settings.
• Your password will likely be the last 4 digits of your library card.

After logging in, click on Booklists at the top of the page.

While you can create/or and add items to your booklists from within the My Booklist page, the best way to do it is by searching the YCL catalog directly.

• On the search results page or item record page, just click on the Add to booklist
• All previously created Booklists will appear in a drop-down menu. Click “Add to: List Name” to add the item to a specific list.
• From the same drop-down menu, click Create Booklist to make a new list.
  • Give your Booklist a name and an optional description.
  • Please Note: If you make a new booklist from this screen, you may need to click the Add to Booklist button again to ensure the item is added to your list.

All Booklist details and their contents can be edited later from the My Booklists page.

To publish a Booklist, a list must first have a minimum of three items added to it. Additionally, if you publish a booklist and remove items from it, it will automatically become unpublished.

How to Edit or Publish a Booklist

• Go to the Booklists page
• All your Booklists will appear. Click the Edit button beside the name of the booklist you want to edit or adjust settings.
• On the next window that appears, you can edit several settings. From the privacy section, there are three settings:
  • Draft: This is the default status of all newly created booklists. Booklists in draft status are unpublished and cannot be shared or seen by others. Once a draft has three or more items, it can be published as Private or Public.
  • Private: Booklists published as private can be shared with others via a direct link but do not appear in ChiliPAC’s Search Booklists function.
  • Public: Booklists published as public can be shared with others via a direct link and appear in ChiliPAC’s Search Booklists function.

If you change the status of your booklist to Private or Public and then save it, it will be published. You can unpublish it by changing its setting in the Privacy section back to Draft.

To share your published Booklist:

• Go to the My Booklists page
• Click on the name of the Booklist you want to share.
• From the Booklist’s page, click the “double box” icon to copy its URL.
  • This URL is the direct link to your published Booklist; you can paste this link into emails, Facebook posts, tweets, etc.

The Booklist can be viewed by anyone with the shared link. They do not need to be logged in or have a library card to access it.