Connecting an online catalog (OPAC) to your library website
Search, borrow, manage, or reserve instantly and anytime.
Search, borrow, manage, or reserve instantly and anytime.
The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
The Reading Public Library
The Howe Library
Newburyport Public Library
Watertown Free Public Library
An exploration of sites that exemplify recent trends in public library website design.
The most common characteristic of an easy-to-use library website is simplicity.
“Ease of use may be invisible, but its absence sure isn’t.”
Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
“A forest in Norway is growing. In 100 years it will become an anthology of books.”
An essential part of a library website is the ability to reserve meeting and study rooms online. Having this ability reduces administrative time and allows for bookings 24/7.
Library websites have the opportunity to provide an exceptional community experience as well as access to virtually unlimited proprietary content.
