Park County Library System patrons are advised that some services will be scaled back beginning Monday, May 24 while the online Wyoming libraries shared catalog, or WYLDCAT, shuts down for equipment upgrade.
The libraries at Meeteetse, Powell and Cody will remain open May 24-28 for normal hours to provide most of the regular services. Catalog operations are expected to be back on line by May 28 or possibly sooner, but the libraries will be closed May 29-31 for the Memorial Day holiday. For more information about services that will be affected, please
The WYLDCAT downtime affects libraries statewide because the catalog database provides electronic operational services for all Wyoming county libraries and many others.
The following will be available at Park County libraries during the catalog shutdown:
- Checking out and renewing materials, but only if you present your library card because your card number cannot be looked up.
- Using the public computers for creating documents, taking tests, accessing the Internet, and printing, but only by means of the guest passes provided at the circulation desks and not with library cards.
- Access to a static version of the catalog that is current only through May 23. This means you might find material listed as available but then find it’s not on the shelf because it was checked out after the downtime began.
- Using private computers to access the Internet by means of wi-fi.
- Downloading audiobooks at Netlibrary.
During the shutdown, the following will not be available:
- Self checkout at the Cody library.
- Information about fines, holds, library cards, or materials already checked out, which you might normally request at the circulation desks.
- Online renewals, holds, or patron account information, either from public computers at the libraries or from computers off site.
For further assistance regarding the effects of WYLDCAT being off line, please contact staff at the Park County Public Library in Cody at 527-1880, at the Powell Branch Library at 754-8828, and at the Meeteetse Branch Library at 868-2248.
The catalog network servers currently in use are more than eight years old and no longer covered by warranty, according to information from the WYLD Web site. Two new servers will be brought online during the upgrade, providing the network with redundancy capabilities to keep operations continuous should one server fail.
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