Getting library materials just got a whole lot easier! Now you can use Pickup Lockers behind Jersey Mike’s at 171 Freeport Rd. in Blawnox or outside Sharpsburg Community Library’s entrance at 1212 Main St. in Sharpsburg to get items you’ve placed on hold.

These lockers were funded by the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD) through their Transformative Community Library Fund grant program.

Here’s how to use the Blawnox Lockers to pick up your holds:

1. Place an item on hold in the library’s online catalog and select Blawnox Lockers as your pickup location.

2. When your item is ready to be picked up, you will receive an email and/or text notification with a QR code and 5-digit code.

3. When you arrive at the Blawnox locker, lift the cover over the screen and touch the Patron button.

(If you see a white screen with a little icon at the top, tap the icon. Then proceed with touching the Patron button on the next screen). 

4. Scan the QR code or enter the 5-digit code in the email and/or text notification you received.

5. A locker door will pop open. Retrieve your item and close the door.

6. You can return your item to any Allegheny County public library when you are finished with it.

Here’s how to use the Sharpsburg Lockers to pick up your holds:

1. Place an item on hold in the library’s online catalog and select Sharpsburg Lockers as your pickup location.

2. When your item is ready to be picked up, you will receive an email and/or text notification with a QR code and 5-digit code.

3. When you arrive at the Sharpsburg locker, lift the cover over the screen and touch the Patron button.

4. Scan the QR code or enter the 5-digit code in the email and/or text notification you received.

5. A locker door will pop open. Retrieve your item and close the door.

6. You can use the book drop outside Sharpsburg Community Library’s entrance when the library is closed to                                                    return your item when you are finished with it.

Things to note:

• Our staff will check out the item to you before placing it in the locker with a due date slip.
• You will have seven (7) days to pick up the item from the lockers. The item will be returned to the library and checked back in if it is not picked up within seven (7) days.
• You can use the Smiota app to make getting items from the lockers even easier. Look for it in the iTunes store or Google Play store.