SFPL Scholar Card

Students may access the many scholarly databases SFPL offers while at a public library using the SFPL wifi portal. Otherwise, in order to use the SFPL databases remotely, Lowell students and staff must have access to their 14-digit SFPL account number and their 4-digit PIN. 

SFUSD and SFPL partner and share information. Every year, all SFUSD students are sent an email to their s.sfusd.edu with a subject line "save this email" and a reminder of their public library card account number and a hint at what the PIN may be. If you or your family have owned a library card, this is the same number. You will not have two different library cards. 

If you or your family have decided on a PIN number, it will not change and the hints provided will not apply. If you must, you can request a PIN reset or visit a local branch and have your PIN reassigned. Be prepared to show school ID.