SearchOhio is now at searchohio.na5.iiivega.com. Please bookmark this new location.
You can contribute
The new SearchOhio is in "Public Beta"--that means that it can be improved in response to your experience. Send your feedback to searchohiosuggestions@westervillelibrary.org and your ideas will be collated and shared with the developers.
Some of the improvements now under way:
- OhioLINK items not yet integrated. (Coming soon.)
- Some Format facets are marked "undefined."
- Large Type facet appears in Concepts, not Formats.
- Books use the "Book/eBook" facet, though the system does not currently loan eBooks.
- Movie search facets are not sufficiently granular as to format (DVD, BluRay).
- Upon completing a request, SearchOhio Central reports loan terms including the 7-day shipping allowance. (This does not negatively impact the actual loan term.)
- Items initially reported by Central as renewed may not renew, if the loaning library subsequently reports the item unavailable for renewal.
- Item details are sometimes slow to appear.
- The libraries holding a title are not listed.
- Refused requests are not explained in enough detail.