A scheduled upgrade to the Delaware Library Catalog's main computer system will affect the availability of some library resources in the early part of next week.
Between Monday January 6th and Wednesday January 8th, library patrons will not be able to place new hold requests, and libraries will not be receiving new holds and transfers until the upgrade is complete. Access to computers and the internet from within the libraries is not expected to be affected, and all libraries will continue to check out books and other library materials to patrons as normal.
Several libraries in Kent and Sussex Counties have announced amnesties for the return of overdue materials to coincide with this system downtime. Please contact your local library to see if they are participating and for information on specific policies governing fine amnesty for long-overdue material.
At this time, Dover and Laurel are both having some kind of fines amnesty during the first part of next week. Please let me know if your library is doing amnesty and I will update the announcement with more specific information.
UPDATE: I corrected the dates for Monday and Wednesday.
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