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Search with the Redesigned Online Catalog

There's no debate that more and more people are using mobile devices to access the web, and we've seen this trend in our own website statistics. Phone and tablet use of the online catalog has lept from 15% in the last fiscal year to 21% in the current one.

We've received feedback from patrons that the online catalog was very difficult to use on the small screens of smartphones and tablets, so we embarked on a redesign of the online catalog to make it as usable on mobile devices as it is on desktop and laptop computers. The changes are primarily aesthetic -- all the features and functions of the previous design remain, such as placing holds, creating and adding to reading lists, and paying fines.

We hope you find the new design appealing and useful. I welcome your feedback, so please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Posted on Jun. 22, 2016 by Erik Sandall