First off, I LOVE OUR NEW WEBSITE! The layout just works so well and its great for lazy internet users (me) who dont really like to search high and low for something on a website. I like to type something in and BAM--it pops up. With our new website there is just so much that I never really found with out other website. When the website first went up I was able to track my Great Great Grandfathers paperwork, documenting his entry to Ellis Island. I love stuff like that. Now if only I could figure out how my Great Great Grandmothers name was spelt then I would be able to find her. Somewhere along her way to America, her name was changed--I suppose it was too Italian and it needed to be 'americanized'. Loved though that I was able to find out the information that I did find.
Our catalog has RSS feeds which I had no idea about until this very moment. It seems as though there is an RSS feed for all of our patrons, whether they are children, teens or adults--from new movies and new books, fiction and non fiction. There is also a feed for adult programs that are coming up. The RSS feeds on our website are excellent for our patrons. Once they get more familiar with our website they will become more curious and click around and discover all of the new materials that will be coming along to our library. They will then be able to put it on hold for themselves, so when its hot off the presses they'll receive their phone from one of the lovely circ girls and be able to pick it up. Amazing that a patron can do so much on their own from home!
All in all, it is a great feature!
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