Library Services upgrading computer system – Fairfield Daily Republic
FAIRFIELD — The Solano County Library Service is launching a new, more user-friendly computer experience in January.
The Polaris system is designed to “help customers discover the library’s extensive collection of books, eBooks, audiobooks, eAudiobooks, movies and more.
All the Solano County libraries and its partner libraries will have the new system, which will be ready Jan. 11. The branches will open at 11 a.m. that day.
Additional benefits of the new system are the system has “smarter, faster and more intuitive searching” capacity; “account customization, including the ability to log in with a unique username instead of a library card number and to choose text notifications;” and “auto-renewal, up to five times, of physical items borrowed from the library.”
The old computer catalog system and most online services will not be available, so physical library cards will be required for checking out items. There will be no new library registrations until the new system is up and running either.
The Library Service is asking its clients not to return library items until Jan. 17. The due dates will be automatically extended. Books cannot be put on hold until Jan. 12.
For more information, visit the new computer system information page at solanolibrary.com/polaris, talk to staff in a library branch, or send an email to [email protected]. Updates will also be posted on the library’s social media: @solanolibrary on Facebook and Instagram.
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