You’ve probably heard about our new public catalog interface, Aspen, which is in “soft launch” right now, and will go live in September. In a nutshell, it is a software layer that sits on top of our Evergreen database. Staff searching and other functions in Evergreen are not affected, it’s strictly on the public-facing (OPAC) side.
The benefits to the patrons are:
- better and more flexible searching
- the ability to search and checkout Libby and Hoopla items without leaving the catalog
- it’s much prettier!
Put it through its paces and let me know what you find–feel free to try and break it so we can report back to NOBLE! The list-making function is not enabled yet, but otherwise it should be fully operational.