Using a curriculum like A World of Adventure from Learning Adventures, I check out lots of library books.  Typically, I have about thirty books checked out at any one time. 

I live in a small town with a wonderful, but small, library and I get many of my books from Interlibrary Loan.  I go to the online link for our library's network, and I can search for and request books by subject or title and have them sent to my library.

Well, with thirty books checked out you can imagine the nightmares you could have in knowing when they are due.  This is where a truly wonderful thing called Library Elf comes along.  If you sign up with this service (providing you use a participating library--and even my little library is one) they will send you email notices when your books are due. 

You set it up how you want it, with the notices coming as soon as you want them and as often as you want them. It tells you what books are due and when. It will also notify you when books that you have requested through interlibrary loan have arrived.  You can receive notices for more than one library card.  I receive notices for all my boy's cards.

I'm telling you that I have not had a single overdue fee all school year!  Yay!

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you the best part.......it's FREE!!!!!