In October of 2024, we joined the FLO (Fenway Libraries Organization) consortium. As part of the consortium, we are migrating from Innovative Interfaces’ Sierra to an open-source product known as FOLIO that will be managed by FLO.
This change will impact the back-end system that we use to catalog, inventory and circulate our resources and will also impact the public-facing catalog known as HillSearch so it looks different. For our public-facing catalog, we will be using EBSCO’s Discovery Service (EDS), which will integrate electronic and physical resources more seamlessly, so your searches are more comprehensive.
To help facilitate this change, we are asking everyone to return all physical library materials, except interlibrary loans, to the library by May 9th. Please note, this change will not impact our current interlibrary loan system.
Our new catalog will be live in early May. Stay tuned to this space for more details as we get closer to the date. Library staff will be available to help students and faculty navigate the new system. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at librarydeskgroup@stonehill.edu.