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Today's Hours: 9 AM - 9 PM

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225 South Oyster Bay Road
Syosset, NY 11791
516-921-7161

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Hours of Service

Monday-Thursday: 9 AM to 9 PM
Friday: 10 AM to 6 PM
Saturday: 9 AM to 5 PM
Sunday: 12 PM to 5 PM
(Closed Sundays July through Labor Day)

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225 South Oyster Bay Road
Syosset, NY 11791-5897

516-921-7161
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Sign Up For Text Message Notifications

Keep up-to-date with your library account on your mobile phone using the Shoutbomb text messaging service.

Receive text notices about items available to pick up, items due soon, overdue items and fines.
Send a text to request a renewal and receive a text back with the result of your request.
Send a text to see your account's expiration date.
Set up multiple library accounts on the same phone.

PLEASE NOTE: The library does not charge a fee for this service, but your cell phone plan’s regular text-messaging rates apply.

It is easy to sign up! Use one of the two methods below.

Method 1 - Sign up using your phone.

Follow the instructions below and send a text.

Text the keyword SIGNUP+yourlibrarycard+pin to 844-225-9468
(Example: Signup+21703001234567+4321)
The “+” is important and there should be no spaces.
After a successful registration, you will receive a text message indicating which of the available services are active/inactive. See the bottom of this form for a full list of all features.

Method 2 - Sign up using this form.

Cell Phone Number(*)

Please include your phone number

Ex: 5161234567

Library Card Number(*)

Please include your library card number

Ex: 21703001234567

(*)

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Texting Instructions

TEXT the highlighted keywords shown below to 516-259-2543.

MYBOOKS	to inquire about the status of all your library items
HL	to see a list of your items available for pickup
OL	to view a list of overdue items
OA	to renew all overdue items
RL	to view a list of items due soon
RA	to renew all items due soon
RESEND	to view messages from the last 3 days
IOWEU	to view the current total fee/fines for each of the registered barcodes

Just Want to Receive Select Texts?

By default, you will receive all notifications. Manage your preferences with these keywords.

HOLDS	receive alerts when holds are available for pickup
OVERDUE	receive alerts when items are overdue
RENEW	receive alerts when items are due soon and can be renewed
ANNOUNCEMENTS	receive alerts about the library, such as closures or special events
NOTICES	to view the current status of all the Opt in/out notices
STOP	to discontinue all text messages

Manage Your Library Card Notifications

ADDCARD+yourlibrarycard+pin	to receive text alerts for another card within your family
DROPCARD	to end text alerts for a specific library card
MYCARDS	to view all family cards
NEWPASS+yourlibrarycard+pin	if you change the PIN number for a specific library account, to update your account with the text notification service
SWITCHPHONE	to switch to a different phone