FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Rebekkah Smith, Coordinator of Community Relations
Mid-Hudson Library System
845.471.6060 x39

OR

Bonny Corrado, Director
Tivoli Free Library
845.757.3771
 

May 25, 2001

Request a book with your library card….from home

New service allows library cardholders to reserve titles from home for later pick-up

(Poughkeepsie, NY) – Your library card just got more powerful. The public libraries in

the Mid-Hudson Library System have turned on “Request a Title.” If  you are a

resident of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam or Ulster county and have a  valid

library card and Internet access, you can locate library materials from your home,  office

or school and once you find the title you want, reserve it online for pick-up later at a

public library of your choosing. By going to their public library’s homepage, cardholders

simply search the library catalog, enter their library card number and their personal

password, and Request a Title.

            “We’re giving our cardholder’s the power to select a title, place a reserve, and

then choose the library where they can pick-up the item,” said Bonny Corrado, Director

of the Tivoli Free Library. “Inside the library or out, cardholders have the ability to

Request a Title. And with access in the library and from home or school or office, it just

can’t get more convenient than this.”

            Through functionality of software from the Library Division of Geac, a

Massachusetts-based library software provider, the Mid-Hudson Library System offers

cardholders access to the books, videos, CDs, and other library materials housed in any

one of the 65 public libraries in the Mid-Hudson Library System service area.

Cardholders can also check if they have items overdue at the library, check on titles

they have placed on reserve, and view their account information. Screen displays can

be printed for future reference.

            The Request a Title service is the second at-home library service available to

area cardholders. Late last year HomeAccess was made available. HomeAccess allows

library cardholders to access their public library’s Internet reference services from

home, school or office. Go to your library’s homepage, click on the HomeAccess logo,

enter your library card number and you have access to thousands of newspaper and

magazine  articles that can be viewed on the screen, printed, or e-mailed.

            Request a Title service is available to public library cardholders served by the

Mid-Hudson Library System. If you’re a resident of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene,

Putnam or Ulster counties, visit your local library to sign up for your library card. If you

already have a library card, log on to your public library’s home page (list attached) and

Request a Title!

Home pages of libraries for Request a Title