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Tech Talk

by John Haliotis

Have you had an opportunity to try our new Web-based catalog? The new catalog named GeoWeb has all the features of the old text-only catalog with the ease-of-use and availability of an Internet browser. GeoWeb works in any Web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, or even AOL. With it, you can search for items owned by any of the 19 libraries in the CCS consortium, including our library and mobile library. In addition, links are provided to three other area libraries that are outside our consortium.

When you use GeoWeb, you have access to call numbers and shelf status of all the library’s materials. You can search by author, title, or subject, and can even limit your search to particular types of materials, such as videos or CDs. You can search just our library, or all 19 on our system. You can also place reserves through the catalog on nearly all of the items you find.

Using the catalog also gives you password-protected access to lists of materials you have checked out, or items you have on reserve. GeoWeb will even allow renewal of materials that are not on reserve for someone else or that are otherwise non-renewable. Your library card is required to access these services.

In the near future, the library will be switching to a fully Web-based catalog, with all of these functions and more. Try out GeoWeb for a taste of what’s to come.

Learn how to access our catalog from home by clicking on catalog from any page on our website.


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