Renewing your Books (or other Items)
Access to all JKM Library resources, physical or electronic, is enabled using OpenAthens, our single-sign-on platform. This is the online equivalent of your library card.
All registered JKM Library patrons have an account with us, and by extension with all other I-Share member libraries. Your library account is the place to look for information on books you have checked out, books you have requested, and fines and fees you may owe (most of which can be cleared by returning the book in question).
The JKM Library considers renewing books to be your responsibility. Whether you have borrowed them from JKM or another I-Share library, their dues dates will appear in your library account, and you will be able to renew them from there.
Sign In | My Loans | Sort and Renew
Sign In to Primo
First, click on the link to Primo, our online catalog:
In the upper right corner, click on "Log into my JKM/I-Share account":
In the pop-up, choose "OpenAthens". When you see "Sign in with an OpenAthens account," enter your seminary email address (with the @lstc.edu, @go.mccormick.edu, or @mccormick.edu), and the password you have chosen:
(Email us at ihaveaquestion@jkmlibrary.org if you need a password reset.)
If you haven't received your welcome email, or if your OpenAthens login does not work for any reason, please email us at ihaveaquestion@jkmlibrary.org, and we will get you sorted out.
Check Your Loans
Back in Primo, your name should appear in the upper right corner. Click on it, and choose from the menu that appears.
To see what books you have checked out, choose "My Loans."
On the left side, the schools you have borrowed books from will have a clipboard icon next to them. To see only those, click "All Institutions" at the top and select "Has Activity" instead.
You can only look at one school at a time. "JKM Library Trust (JKM) – Chicago, IL" will be selected by default, but you should also look at the other libraries to find everything that needs to be renewed.
Sort and Renew Your Loans
You can sort the list of items for each library by "Due date - oldest" to bring the items that need renewal to the top of the list.
Click "RENEW" next to each item that you want to renew.
If you've used up your renewals at the lending library, Primo will indicate that the item cannot be renewed. Unfortunately, JKM Library staff cannot renew items borrowed from another I-Share library for you.
However, you can always request the same book again—and if another library has a copy, that one can be sent to you while the one you return is in transit.
Detailed information about renewal timetables, late and lost items, and charges for late, lost, or damaged items can be found on our Library Fines and Fees page.
Do You Have a "Lost" Book?
If an unreturned book is declared lost, you will be fined at the lending library, and prevented from borrowing books from that library until either the book is returned (and the fine cleared), or—if the book is actually lost—the fine is paid.
Even though JKM handles the books, I-Share loans are between you and the lending library—though we can help you figure out who to talk to and what to do.
A list of all of the I-Share libraries is available here. Click on the library in question to find their contact information (usually under "Circulation" or "Inter-Library Loan").
If you actually have a book that has been declared lost, you may be able to get the lending library to renew it manually—especially if you have a plan to get it back to them! Regardless, we recommend returning the book, and requesting another copy from our online catalog.
(And if you can't get to JKM, you can return JKM and other I-Share items at any of the I-Share libraries—map here—and the loan will be discharged when they check it in, instead of whenever it actually gets back to the lending library. Ask at the circulation desk to make sure you're actually returning it to an I-Share library.)
Questions? Problems? Contact us at ihaveaquestion@jkmlibrary.org.
