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Weekend Open Thread!

Written on: February 28th, 2009 in News

Use the comments to let us know what great new books and movies you hear about or see this weekend, or talk about books you are reading.I just finished Drood, the new book by Dan Simmons. He’s an outstanding author who can write in all kinds of different genres- from his science fiction series Hyperion […]

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Your Reviews Now Available

Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News, Reviews

Delaware Library Catalog user can now write and publish reviews within the catalog. The LibraryThing For Libraries review module was recently added as an option for catalog users, allowing them to read user-generated reviews and add their own! Click here for more instructions, view an animated tutorial here, or go to the catalog and look […]

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South Coastal Temporary Closing

Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News

South Coastal Public Library will be closing temporarily to prepare for its move to a new permanent location. The library’s last open day will be Saturday Jan. 31st, with reopening tentatively scheduled for early April 2009. South Coastal library holdings will not be available to library patrons during this time, and patrons placing holds on […]

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Email Notifications

Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News

Thanks for all of the enthusiasm and approving comments that have been heard in the libraries concerning our new email notices! Not only is this new service providing a new level of convenience to library patrons, it also enables libraries to save money and increase staff efficiencies- two things that are increasingly important during these […]

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LibraryThing For Libraries in the Delaware Library Catalog

Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News

We’re very happy to announce the addition of LibraryThing to our online catalog! LibraryThing is an online service that helps users list, describe, review, and catalog their own book collections. (click here to open LibraryThing in a new window) LibraryThing users have “cataloged” 30 million books, using 40 million+ descriptive, everyday terms to “tag” them. […]

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Website Update

Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News

We’re happy to announce that since the launch of the new catalog portal on July 1st, there have been 100,000 visits to this page from library patrons not only in Delaware, but from all over the United States and the World! We’re also happy to see that visitors are exploring the site and using more […]

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Spell Checking Now Available

Written on: February 26th, 2009 in News

Reviews of catalog search activity by Delaware Library Catalog patrons show that one of the main reasons patrons experience unsuccessful book searches or misleading results is from simply mis-spelling title words or author names when using the catalog. The Delaware Division of Libraries, in partnership with Delaware’s libraries, is happy to announce the introduction of […]

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