The Arcadia Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, for staff training on a new online catalog that will debut in mid-December.
The Library’s website will continue to be available while the Library is closed, offering access to the Library’s catalog, as well as the many free electronic databases, including full-text articles.
“We are very excited about implementing this new Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) called Koha,” said Director of Library and Museum Services Director Carolyn Garner-Reagan. “This system will have many new features for Library patrons and at a much lower annual cost than with our current system. We are also very pleased to be one of two libraries in California to receive funding for the data conversion portion from the Open Source Open Libraries project and funding from the City for the necessary new hardware.”
Regular Library hours will resume on Thursday, October 7, 2010.