Library Books.app - Interface with your library’s online catalogue
Today I want to talk about a nice free (donationware) little menu-bar app that I have been using for quite some time - Library Books. In a nutshell, if your school, college or university library has a website you can log in to and view your library book loans etc, then this app should be able to do it too (their website lists the known supported libraries across the world, my university is not listed but it worked just fine; it uses the Talis Prism library software). The menulet (AKA menu-bar button) for this app is a star and will turn red to warn you just before books are due to be returned (you can choose how many days before).
More screenshots after the jump…
When its working, you click on the star to see the following:
As you can see my books aren’t due until the end of November so I don’t need to worry about getting fined just yet. Another useful feature is the ability to transfer this information to iCal as appointments (which can then obviously be synced to your iPod, iPhone, or just a regular mobile cellphone if it supports iSync) so you can be reminded while away from your Mac.
Overall I would say its a worthy addition to any menubar, especially if you are the forgetful type!