Catalog's New "Name"/Location

The Library's Destiny program has been moved to a new & improved server as of 9:20 this morning. The biggest change patrons might notice is the new domain name: http://destiny.cucps.k12.va.us/vopac/servlet/presentsearchform.do?site=201. I've updated the library's homepage to reflect this new address, but it may take a day or two for the update to be distributed for world-wide access, so if you try to log-in and get an error message, that may be the problem. The new server will allow us to continue to implement improvements & upgrades to Destiny for at least several years into the future.

Many thanks to John Lore at CCPS for his long-suffering work on this project!!

NetLibrary e-books available!

Better late than never??? I learned just yesterday that CCPL has access to over 16,000 e-books on NetLibrary through a purchase made by the Library of Virginia. The most recent acquisition is of a job-search & related skills collection, which was made available only a few months ago. But in investigating our lack of access to that set, I learned that a larger collection had been purchased in 2004.

Access to the books, which have to be read on-line, is now established and the titles have been added to the library's catalog. E-book results will show in any other search you do, along with our physical holdings. To read the ebooks, you will either need to be on a computer in the library, or have first created a free NetLibrary account from a library computer. Once you've created your free NetLibrary account, you'll be able to read the ebooks from any computer with internet access.

Many of the books are non-fiction, but there are some fiction, including some juvenile fiction like 13 Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey. I hope you'll take the time to look at this valuable resource!

Thursday, Feb. 11, hours

We opened on time this morning, but will be closing at 6 p.m. this evening so that staff can get home before dark. Back roads are still very treacherous today, covered in packed snow & ice which, for those large sections that are tree-lined, won't see any significant melting until the temperatures stay above freezing for more than just the "heat of the day." And since 3/4 of the library staff and the vast majority of our volunteers live on those back roads, we will continue to close early to get everyone home safe with at least a little daylight to see by.

Library is OPEN

Deanna and Mel are in! We'll likely be open until 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 10

The library is officially closed today. I'm going to try to make it in around 11 a.m., assuming I can get out of my driveway and down the road. If I do, we'll be open for a couple of hours, maybe as late as 4 p.m.

Closing early; BOS rescheduled

We are closing at 6 p.m. this (Tuesday, Feb. 9) evening. Tomorrow's schedule will be determined by road conditions in the morning. Please call the library to see if we are open before making the trip in!

Also, the County Board of Supervisors meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening has been postponed until next Tuesday (Feb. 16).

Winter Weather

The Library will close at the regular time -- 6 p.m. -- today (Monday, Feb. 8). Hours for Tuesday (Feb. 9) are quite "iffy" right now. We hope to open on time, at 9 a.m., but if the weather is bad prior to 9 a.m., it is likely we'll be opening late. Also, assuming the forecast is accurate, we'll be closing early Tuesday evening. I'll post details tomorrow!

Thursday schedule

We will be closing at 5:30 again today. Tomorrow we should be on a regular schedule, but if it starts snowing early that may change.Unless the forecast is completely wrong, we will be closed on Saturday. Please call the library before coming out!

Wednesday Schedule

We hope to open at 10 a.m. this morning, or as soon thereafter as we can. It is likely that we will close early, by 5:30, so that folks can get home while there is enough light to distinguish between driveway, road, and ditch -- something still rather challenging on snow-pack covered back roads where the ditches are filled-in to road-level with snow.

Groundhog Day

In light of the weather advisory (and I don't mean from dear ol' Phil up in Punxsutawney), the library will close at 5 p.m. today. Hours for tomorrow (Wednesday, 2/3) will be determined by road conditions in the morning. Patrons should call the library before trying to come in!

Snow schedule!

We were closed Saturday, January 30 -- any materials due that day will not incur late fees. Today (Monday, February 1) we opened at 9, but will be closing at 5:30 so that we can all get in our driveways before dark. At this point we plan to open tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 2) at 9, but will likely close at 5 p.m. (or earlier) if the weather forecast is right.