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University of Denver-Penrose Library
The University of Denver Penrose Library will not be lending any material this week (March 17-24) as they will be moving books and library staff back into their newly renovated library.
Scheduled downtime for Prospector Maintenance
Prospector will be down briefly for scheduled maintenance for about an hour starting at 7am on January 17, 2013. Thanks for your patience. Prospector Development Team
Holiday Closures at Alliance Libraries
Prospector libraries will be closed certain days over the holidays. Here is a listing of several of those closures. If a library isn’t listed, be sure to contact them directly to find out about their holiday schedule. Adams State University (contact about holiday schedule) Arapahoe Library District Dec 24-25 & Jan 1 Auraria Library: Closed [...]
Ebooks and Eresources in Prospector
Electronic resources are playing an increasingly important role in Prospector. Although the union catalog is still primarily used for discovering and requesting physical items (books, DVDs, and CDs), e-resources are playing a growing role in the system. Prospector currently has 4 million e-resources (electronic resources) which represents almost 1/3 of its unique holdings. It is [...]
Salida Regional Library Joins Prospector
In August 2012, Salida Regional Library went live in the Prospector system for both borrowing and lending. Earlier in the year they had a soft launch meaning Salida customers could borrow through Prospector but in August the library begin lending in the system. Salida, Colorado is known as the “Heart of the Rockies” and is [...]
Get Ready for School – Textbooks and More
At the beginning of any academic semester students are rushing to get textbooks. Historically, most academic libraries do not collect text books, however, some may be found in Prospector. In addition, many classes have books which are required for class which not be classified as textbooks but are required reading. Many of these can be [...]
Prospector Fully Restored
The Prospector system has been fully restored for both searching and requesting materials. Thanks for your patience. The Prospector team.
Prospector Service Being Restored
The Prospector system is in the process of being restored but a few remaining items are yet to be fixed. At the present you may search the system in both the new interface as well as the “Classic” version. But requesting items has yet to be restored. This should should fixed in the near future. [...]
Prospector Unavailable Due to Hardware Failure
During the morning of Monday, May 22nd Prospector experienced a massive disk drive failure. This will require a rebuilding of the system so that Prospector will be down all day on May 21st and 22nd while this rebuilding takes place. If there are any delays beyond that we’ll be sure to let you know as [...]
Former Missing Prospector Records Restored
As of February 22nd Prospector has been refreshed with new records from every participating library. The formerly announced missing records from the system have now been restored so that it is an accurate reflection of what is available from each library. The Prospector Team
