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Corona City Library consolidates e-resources and plans new Aspen Discovery catalog
Summary
Library staff reported a 2.4 million–title collection that is overwhelmingly electronic, described four major e-platforms and said the library will roll out Aspen Discovery to unify searches, holds and an electronic library card; staff said a specific launch date in late April was not specified in the meeting.
Librarian II Jennifer Marlatt told trustees the Corona City Library’s total collection now stands at about 2,400,000 titles, of which roughly 82,000 (about 3%) are physical items and the remaining 2,300,000 (about 97%) are e-titles. Marlatt said the library uses four primary e-platforms and has joined consortiums to expand access.
Marlatt described the platforms as follows: Canopy (about 34,000 titles; pay-per-use model and includes children’s titles and film/TV); Palace Project (about 82,000 titles; a California-library…
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