{"id":2826,"date":"2009-03-30T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2009-03-30T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T16:09:24","slug":"our-new-and-improved-catalog-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/our-new-and-improved-catalog-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Our New and Improved Catalog is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/DOCUME~1\/lseline\/LOCALS~1\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Try the new version of the<a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?c_library=DPLG\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>PrairieCat catalog<\/strong>!<\/a> Some neat things about it<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2865\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/prairiecat.png?resize=260%2C157&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"prairiecat\" width=\"260\" height=\"157\" \/>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you ever thought you&#8217;d like to write your own review of a book you loved (or hated) and have it appear in the catalog? Well, now you can (Look at the Community Reviews for\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|980946\" target=\"_blank\"> The Thing About Jane Spring<\/a><\/strong><\/em>). That Minniemutt has such good taste in literature.<\/li>\n<li>You can also rate an item (1 star = I Hate It and 5 stars = I Love it)<\/li>\n<li>You can add the tag &#8220;travel book&#8221; to make it easier for other users unfamiliar with official library subject headings. You can add adjectives, such as &#8220;grunge&#8221; for a Pearl Jam CD or physically descriptive, such as &#8220;yellow cover!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li> You can register for a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.63\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Discoveries<\/a><\/strong> account; this is a great way to keep track of your reading lists or things you want to put on hold. (I have a list of dvds I don&#8217;t have time to watch right now, but don&#8217;t want to forget about them!)<\/li>\n<li>The new catalog is more intuitive, faster, with more relevant search results, but the old or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/XMHxX0vfKg\/DPLG\/134350264\/60\/1180\/X\" target=\"_blank\">Classic Catalog<\/a><\/strong> is still available as a tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>Edited: We&#8217;ve had to postpone our launch of the new catalog until tomorrow, March 31. It&#8217;ll be worth the wait, I promise!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try the new version of the PrairieCat catalog! Some neat things about it: Have you ever thought you&#8217;d like to write your own review of a book you loved (or hated) and have it appear in the catalog? Well, now you can (Look at the Community Reviews for\u00a0 The Thing<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/our-new-and-improved-catalog-is-here\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[528,120,522],"class_list":["post-2826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-databases","category-library-news","tag-book-reviews","tag-catalog","tag-prairiecat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-JA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2826\/revisions\/2868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}