Access Your Library Account & Search, Reserve and Renew
Manage your West Lothian libraries account, search the library catalogue, renew your loans and reserve books, eBooks and eTalking Books online
Customer Notice: The catalogue will be unavailable on Wednesday 28th January at 9pm for roughly 1 hour due to maintenance works. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
You will need your library membership number and PIN to log into your online account. If you have forgotten your log in details please email library.info@westlothian.gov.uk
Select the Log in or My Account tab at the top of the online catalogue home page (opens new window) and enter your library barcode number and PIN in the pop-up box that appears, then select log in.
If you don't have a library account and would like one, you can apply online here: Library membership.
Please note: If you receive the pop-up message 'Privilege has expired' when logging in to you library account, this may simply mean we need to check the details on your library account are current and correct. Please contact library.info@westlothian.gov.uk or visit your local library and speak to a member of staff to update your details and your library membership will be renewed for a further 2 years. If any of your personals details e.g. address, name etc have changed, you will be required to show updated ID documents e.g. driving licence, utility bill etc.
West Lothian Libraries operate a Click & Collect request service. Please check here for individual library information and instructions. Please note, all items should be checked out once collected from the designated Click & Collect pick up points, either at a self-service kiosk, by using the check-out function of our cloudLibrary app or at the library reception desk.
West Lothian Libraries are delighted to announce that our new Library app is ready to use! If you are a West Lothian Library customer simply download the app from your app store by searching West Lothian Libraries.
Our new app is a fantastic way to access our libraries on the go! Here is a list of the new app's features:
Browse the Library Catalogue
Review and Renew currently checked out items
Manage your holds
See any overdue notices
Provides a digital library card to check out items quick and easily!
Our app is free to download and is available 24/7, so even when our libraries are closed you are in control of your account. That's pretty cool right?
You can then reserve your choices through our online catalogue (opens new window)or pop into your local library and request books with a member of staff. A member of library staff will contact you when your reservations are ready to be collected.
For more reading, material, check out what's available digitally:
You can search for and download e-Books, e-Audio/Talking books & e-Magazines to your smartphone, tablet or PC using BorrowBox (opens new window). Please visit our Digital library web pages for more information on the range of digital resources available.
Newspaper Index
The Local Newspaper Index (opens new window) is also available on the online catalogue, with short extracts from thousands of articles from local newspapers such as West Lothian Courier and Linlithgow Gazette. To see the full articles, please visit the Local History Library in Linlithgow.
If you experience any difficulties logging into your library account please contact library.info@westlothian.gov.uk providing your library membership number and/or your full name, address including postcode and date of birth.
