Last Updated: Aug 18, 2025     Views: 84772

Enter your library card barcode number (21223...) at sflib1.sfpl.org/pinreset~S1. You will receive email with instructions for changing your PIN / Password.

If you need more assistance, contact us and provide your:

  • library card account number
  • full name
  • residence address
  • birth date
  • telephone number
  • email address
  • desired PIN / Password with at least 4 but no more than 30 alphanumeric (numbers and/or letters only) characters, with no "common trivial patterns" such as:

--A character that is consecutively repeated three or more times, e.g., aaaa, aaaax7gp, x7gp3333
--A set of up to four characters is that is consecutively repeated two or more times, e.g., abab, abcabc, abcdabcd, ababx7gp, x7gp3434


First time using SFPL.org or BiblioCommons catalog

If it's your first time using the SFPL website or BiblioCommons library catalog, log in initially with your 14-digit card number and PIN. If you don't have a PIN, you can create one at sflib1.sfpl.org/pinreset~S1. The sender will be circ@sfpl.org. Check your spam folder if you don't receive an email within 15 minutes. 

If you use the self-checkout machines at your preferred location, please consider simplifying your PIN/password (i.e. using a numercial PIN instead of an alphanumeric password).