What is Aspen Discovery?
The catalog for Lewisboro Library is available at https://catalog.lewisborolibrary.org/ or by clicking the Search Catalog button at the top of the website’s home page. It now lists digital eBook and audiobook content that is offered from Libby and hoopla as well as the physical content that you are familiar with.
Why a new catalog?
- Aspen Discovery gives you a better way to find out what is in our library’s collection, like
- Better Browsing: Scroll through book covers of your libraries latest additions, New York Times bestsellers or those that are Coming Soon! You can also narrow these selections by age group.
- Grouped Search Results: Different editions of the same title are grouped together in your search results so that you can find them more easily. (See how Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” displays. You can reserve the one most likely to be found first, or click “Show Editions” and reserve one of the specific editions.)
- Better list Management: It is easier to add titles to your “want to read” list and manage your lists as you like. If you also want to turn on a record of your reading history, it will start to include things you read or hear on Libby or hoopla too.
How do I get started?
The first thing to do on the new catalog is SIGN IN to your account. You’ll want your library card number (or username) and PIN. You can reset your PIN if you’ve forgotten it. Your PIN is typically the last for digits of the phone number we have on file for you.
Check out the information about your account in the box at the left of the screen after you sign on.
If you had lists on the old catalog, click on “Your Lists” in Aspen Discovery and find the “Import from old catalog” button. Your lists are now in Aspen Discovery
If you want the catalog to remember what you have read, click on “Reading History” and turn it on. You can turn this off at any time, and delete specific titles you don’t care about from your list.
Finally: Type in the name of the book or the author in the search bar at the top of the page and enjoy browsing through the books your library has collected for you!
