Library PIN
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
University of North Carolina Wilmington
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A PIN (or P ersonal I dentification N umber) is your secret code which is known only to you and which guarantees the privacy of your library record. The library system will make you enter your PIN if you want to view your library record. It is also needed for various other library functions, such as renewing items, placing a hold on an item, and connecting to licensed databases (such as full text journal indexes) from off campus. Your library PIN functions in much the same way as PINs for banking ATM cards and credit cards. When selecting your PIN, you may use letters, numbers, or a combination of letters and numbers. You should make your PIN something you can easily remember but something others will not know and cannot easily guess.
NOTE: The system will prevent the creation of trivial PINs; a PIN is trivial if it contains:
If you have ever viewed your own record, placed holds, renewed items, or requested materials from interlibrary loan through the catalog, in either the text-based or Web-based library catalog, you were required to enter a PIN. This means there would already be a PIN in your record.. If you have forgotten your PIN, you may call the Library Circulation Desk at one of the following numbers: Fayetteville: (910) 672-1231 -- Pembroke: (910) 521-6516 -- Wilmington: (910) 962-3272 and ask them to delete the PIN from your record so that you can enter a new one. The PIN is stored in encrypted form in your record, so Library employees cannot tell what it is. They can, however, delete the PIN and allow you to enter a new one .
The library system will automatically prompt you to enter a PIN and verify it the first time you try to view your own record or use any function that requires you to have a pin. Your PIN can be letters, numbers, or any combination of the letters and numbers. It can be up to 30 characters in length. Please make sure your PIN is something you can easily remember.
Below are some examples of PINs:
Sure, after reading this paragraph, click the View My Library Record hyperlink below. When you have entered your name, and university ID number (or your social security number) click the box that says, "Display record for person named above."
If you have never entered a PIN, the screen will redisplay, with two boxes after your university ID number. In the first of these boxes, enter your PIN and in the next box enter the PIN again to verify it. Then click the box that says, "Display record for person named above" again and your library record should appear. You now have a library PIN to be used when you place holds, make interlibrary loan request, renew items, or just view your own record.
If you already have a PIN in your record , the screen will redisplay with one box after your university ID number and a message in RED that says Invalid PIN. .If you know your PIN, enter it in the box provided. If you do NOT know your PIN, skip to the next paragraph.
Your PIN is encrypted in your library record so staff cannot tell you what your PIN is, but cirulation staff can delete your forgotten PIN so you can create a new one. If you have forgotten your PIN, you may call the Library Circulation Desk at one of the following numbers: Fayetteville: (910) 672-1231 -- Pembroke: (910) 521-6516 -- Wilmington: (910) 962-3272 and ask them to delete the PIN from your record so that you can enter a new one in the View My Library Record function.
