The last few weeks, I have mentioned that the library has been working toward converting to new software. There are several reasons for this, but mostly it will provide you with user friendly access to what we have in the collection either at the library or at home. The second important reason is so we can be “hooked up” to other libraries in the Panhandle and you can see what other libraries have. The total Panhandle project will extend over several months as other libraries come on board.
Meantime, at the Kimball Public Library, the staff and a few volunteers have been going through all the 25,000 records in the collection and getting them consistent per section of the library and adding more information where needed to make searching for items easier for you, the public, and for us, the staff. This process has been time consuming and like I said last week, taking more time than we realized. But, we are gaining. This leads up to the week of being closed, May 30 to June 4, to physically go to the shelves for the final steps in co-coordinating the barcodes to match what in in the new software program.
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