On March 1, 2011 the Pitkin County Library went live in the Prospector system. This means that their library holdings are available for lending and residents of the Aspen area may now borrow from other libraries in Prospector.

In May, 1938, the library began as a private subscription library in two rooms provided by the City of Aspen in the Wheeler Opera House. Over the years the library moved and expanded and in 1991 it moved to its current location. The new building contains thirty thousand square feet and the library collection holds 102,000 books, 4,600 audio books, 22,100 music CD’s and LP’s, and 6,200 DVD’s and videos. The library subscribes to 250 magazines and newspapers and to 20 databases that can be accessed either within the library or remotely by using a library card number.

With the addition of Pitkin County Library, Prospector has now passed 10 million unique titles with 30 million copies. The system includes printed books, ebooks, journals, movies, music and other many other items.

More information about the Pitkin County Library may be found on their Website at http://www.pitcolib.org/page_1.

More information about Prospector may be obtained from your local library or by visiting the Prospector Website at http://www.coalliance.org/prospector. It was made possible for Pitkin County Library to join Prospector as a result of their membership with the Marmot Library Network (http://www.marmot.org/). Prospector is managed and operated by the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (http://www.coalliance.org) who may be contacted at help@coalliance.org.