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Library PIN

You need to enter a Personal Identification Number (PIN) in order to identify yourself with the Library System before using the following online library services. The PIN can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters.

  • View your Circulation Record
  • Book Renewal
  • Book Request
  • Book Recommendation
  • Interlibrary Loan Request
  • PolyU Institutional Repository Online Submission
  • iBooking System

Frequently asked questions:

  1. Setting up your PIN for the first time
  2. What if you forget your PIN
  3. How to modify your PIN
  4. How to avoid trivial PIN

 

1. Setting up your PIN for the first time [Top]

1)  Go to myRecord on the orange menu bar.

2)  If you are identifying yourself with the Library System for the first time, you will be prompted to enter a new PIN.

 
3)  Create your own PIN as you like with not more than 8 alphanumeric characters

 
4)  After you press "SUBMIT", you will be able to see your library record or access library's on-line service.

 

2. What if you forget your PIN [Top]

  • Go to the Circulation Counter on Podium Floor in person
  • Show your University ID Card and ask the library staff to delete your old PIN for you.
  • Recreate your PIN as if you are setting it up for the first time (see Setting up your PIN for the first time)

 

3. How to modify your PIN [Top]

    You can change your PIN by choosing "Modify your PIN" when you view your circulation record.

  • Click "Modify your PIN" button
  • Enter your PIN
  • Enter your NEW PIN
  • Confirm by retype your NEW PIN

 

4. How to avoid trivial PIN [Top]

    The system will prevent the creation of trivial PINs; a PIN is considered trivial if it contains:

  • a character that is repeated 3 or more times (aaa, aaaa...).
  • a set of 2, 3, or 4 characters repeated 2 or more times (abab, abcabc, abcdabcd...).
  • The system will block the user and return an error message if there are more than five attempts to log in with the same barcode for a period of one minute.