KOHA On August 16th, we switched to a new Integrated Library System (ILS), the software we use to manage your library account, process materials and check items in & out. Koha, (the Maori word for a gift or donation,) is an open-source system from New Zealand, written for the Horowhenua Library Trust and is now used by libraries around the world.
We will be using this new system here at the library and encourage you to open your own account at home. You will need your library barcode number (username) and the last 4 digits of your patron phone number (password- this can be changed later). With your account you will be able to:

1. Renew books from home
   
2. Place Holds on books in our library from home
   
3. Keep a list of books you would like to read
   
4. Keep your private reading history
   
5. Make purchase suggestions
   

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In addition, we are happy to join VOKAL, the Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries, which is a project of the Green Mountain Library Consortium dedicated to creating a shared catalog and Integrated Library System. What started in 2007 as three libraries, has now expanded to include over 60 libraries in Vermont; the latest to join are Lincoln Library and Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.
​What this means to you, our patrons, is that you can get a “home card” which gives you the privilege of taking books out from, and returning them to, any of the other participating home card libraries, such as Lawrence Memorial, Ilsley, Carpenter-Carse and Warren to name a few. See the list here: https://www.gmlc.org/index.php/vokal-members
Stop by the library to sign up for Homecard

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