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What are smart tags and what do they do?
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When you subscribe to a magazine, you'll be prompted to create a new Notify Me smart tag or add the magazine to an existing tag.</li> <li>Your library <a href="6260.htm">adds a tagged title to their Libby collection</a>. You'll be prompted to create a Notify Me smart tag when you encounter a title your library doesn't offer.</li> <li>Your library adds titles by an author or in a book series you tagged with a Notify Me smart tag.<br /><div class="note-box"><em><strong>Note:</strong> Only in-app notifications are supported for this type of Notify Me smart tag.</em></div></li> </ul> <p>When you create a Notify Me smart tag (or two), make sure to <a href="6174.htm">adjust your notification settings</a> in Libby.</p> <p>If you aren't prompted to create a Notify Me smart tag, you can:</p> <ul> <li><a href="6254.htm">Manually create one</a> </li> <li><a href="6225.htm">Change an existing regular tag into a Notify Me smart tag </a> </li> </ul> <h2>OverDrive Wish List smart tag</h2> <p>You'll need to set up this smart tag in Libby. <a href="6024.htm">Visit our dedicated help article to learn how</a>.</p> <p>This smart tag syncs with your wish lists from the legacy OverDrive app or OverDrive library websites. Wish lists from all of your library cards are merged into a single tag.</p> <p>Once all your wish list items are added to this tag, you can manually add or remove titles. Changes you make in Libby will be reflected on OverDrive library websites.</p> <div class="MCDropDown MCDropDown_Closed dropDown"><span class="MCDropDownHead dropDownHead"><a href="#" class="MCDropDownHotSpot dropDownHotspot MCDropDownHotSpot_ MCHotSpotImage" aria-expanded="false"><img class="MCDropDown_Image_Icon" src="Skins/Default/Stylesheets/Images/transparent.gif" height="11" width="16" alt="Closed" data-mc-alt2="Open" />Watch a short video overview of available smart tags</a></span> <div class="MCDropDownBody dropDownBody"> <video width="100%" controls="true" crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://training.cdn.overdrive.com/Staff/Images/libby-vid-static.png"> <source src="https://training.cdn.overdrive.com/Library/Libby/Libby-add-smarts-tags.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> <track label="English" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" src="https://training.cdn.overdrive.com/VTT/Libby/Libby-add-smarts-tags.vtt" default="" /> Your browser does not support HTML video. </video> </div> </div> </div> <div class="related-articles"> <h2>See also</h2> <ul class="nocontent menu mc-component" data-mc-is-context-sensitive="True" data-mc-linked-toc="Data/Tocs/Libby_help_uiux.js" data-mc-side-menu="True" data-mc-max-depth="1" data-mc-include-icon="False" data-mc-include-indicator="False" data-mc-include-children="False" data-mc-include-siblings="True" data-mc-include-parent="False" data-mc-toc="True"> </ul> </div> </article> <footer> <div class="links"><a href="categories/need-more-help.htm">Contact support</a> | <button id="open-cookie-modal">Cookie information</button></div> <div class="logo"> <img src="resources/images/libby-text.svg" alt="Libby" /> </div> </footer> <dialog id="cookie-modal" class="cookie-popup cookie-popup--is-sticky"> <h2>This site does not use cookies</h2> <p>We still use anonymous internal tools for security, to monitor performance and reliability, and to help us understand user behavior on Libby Help. 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