DC Public Library
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Free | District of Columbia Public Library | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The DC Library app is your portal to enjoying DC Public Library services on your mobile device. With it, you can quickly search library resources, find information and materials and get full access to your library account -- wherever you are!
With the DC Library app, you can:
- Search the catalog for books, DVDs and more
- Access your account and pay fines
- Place or cancel holds on items
- Renew checked-out materials
- Find the library nearest to you in the District
- Access ebooks, eaudiobooks, music, classes and more from our Digital Library
- Browse events at your nearest library
- Interact with DC Public Library social media
Searching for library books, movies, and music has never been easier. Just type the first few letters of any keyword (title, author, etc.) and see the search results as you type. For example, to find books on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, you can just type “ja ke on” into the search box.
Reviews
Painfully slow
Ffl-c
This app is so cumbersome and painfully slow that it is almost quicker for me to just walk to the library and check the shelves myself. The only reason I give it two stars is because it's possible to renew books while I'm out of town. But, it may be the worst designed and performing app I've ever used. DC probably paid a fortune to develop this lemon.
Very slow
Ccccccccc09564275376
Don’t bother - just use the DC library website. This app has more features than the prior DCPL app, but one major flaw - it's very slow to load each action, even over wifi. And renewing books now takes multiple steps, with load time for each step, compared to the old app that responded immediately and let you renew multiple books much quicker.
Slow and no info on digital books?
Ikhouvantracy
I was super excited when I learned there was a DC public library app, Since I often borrow digital books, I thought this would be a great way to manage and renew in the future instead of always having to log onto the website. However when I logged in there was no information about any of my digital borrows or holds, instead it only had information regarding physical books. I wonder if this is a glitch though? Since the description specifically said digital was included… Also a very very slow app. I would not have mind the speed if there was actually the info I was looking for though! Guess I’m stuck with the website for now.
Ugh
pc Wilkins
This app is horribly slow and nearly impossible to use. No filtering or sorting capability either. It's nearly total garbage. Shame on you DCPL. Shame on you, shame on your family, shame on your ancestors.
Fine, no frills
pbtams
The app works fine for what I need it to do: tell me what books are at my library, give me the call number, and place a hold. I haven’t tried to use it for digital items. It’s a little slow, but it works fine. The website is faster and has more filtering options, but when you’re on your phone and not a desktop computer, this is quite alright in lieu.
SO very bad
ELRJohnsonPAK
I don’t know whether it is the developers fault or whether DC has incompetent admin staff, the app appears to have been written by someone who has never designed an app before, and didn’t do any research either. It’s excessively slow, crashes regularly, and doesn’t have some basic functionality. An embarrassment.
Terrible
Dreaming Mice
I’ve given this app years to improve or at least for me to get used to it and it’s still terrible. The old DCPL app was awesome (easy, fast) and I used it all the time. This one is so slow requests often timeout. The app regularly crashes entirely when you try to renew a library loan. When you request a hold, there’s no indication that it’s processing (except sometimes you can see a faint white spinning wheel) and it takes so long to process like close to 2-3 minutes that you press the button again which leads to an error message. Add to that the fact that you can’t see how many holds there currently are on a book until you request it. The only thing that is useful about this app is recreating your library card barcode if you lose the card. But even then it’s so slow that even the librarians recommend taking a screenshot and saving it to favorites. Save yourself the frustration and access the DCPL through a web browser.
