Due to “unexpected and continuing problems” with the city library department’s new catalog and circulation system, Tacoma’s main library branch has been closed all week — and will remain so through Monday afternoon.
Due to “unexpected and continuing problems” with the city library department’s new catalog and circulation system, Tacoma’s main library branch has been closed all week — and will remain so through Monday afternoon.
In a press release issued late Wednesday, city library director Susan Odencrantz said a California-based vendor installing the new systems hasn’t been able to transfer patron and catalog records.
The Richland Public Library will close Monday through Thursday so it can switch to new software.
The software, called Evergreen, will help library users find materials and help library staff manage, catalog and circulate the materials, a city news release said. "Library users will notice a different look to the catalog and will be able to manage their accounts easier and have more options available to them," the news release said.
"During these closed days, the catalog, Overdrive and Freegal will be unavailable, but the website, Zinio and databases will still be accessible from home," the news release said.
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Pierce County students can combine their love of art and reading by helping create a new Pierce County Library card design. The contest to find two winning designs begins this week and runs through May 3.
The new head of the Whatcom County Library System is a familiar face.
Christine Perkins, assistant director of Bellingham Public Library, will begin her new job overseeing the library system outside of Bellingham beginning April 15. Her annual salary will be $105,000.
“We are delighted to have her on board,” said Deb Lambert, chairwoman of the library system’s board of trustees, which selected Perkins as the new executive director. “We’re excited about the future and the possibilities.”
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