All of our member libraries are now online with Koha, our new library catalog. You can search our collections either through the “Search Our Catalog” box on the left side of this site or on your library’s website, or you can visit http://catalog.ccfls.org. You can also log in to your account to view the items you have on loan, your fines, your reading history, or to save bibliographies. See http://catalog.ccfls.org/help for more information.

The Crawford County Federated Library System (CCFLS) is pleased to announces the installation of Koha Zoom Intergrated Library System (ILS) catalog and circulation program at system headquarters, Meadville Public Library (MPL).

What does Koha stand for? It means “gift” in the Maori language of New Zealand. Libraries from around the world have developed and shared this gift for the past seven years. Now CCFLS is using this gift, Koha, to manage the everything we do at the library. It keeps track of the library catalog, patron information, and the transaction data between patrons and the materials. The new system is all web based and is designed to incorporate library standards. Anyone with access to the Web can now search what books are available and their status, all in real time.
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NextReads is a subscription-based e-mail readers’ advisory service that provides patrons with more than 20 subject and genre-specific title lists that target the areas of greatest customer demand and interest. Available lists include fiction (Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, etc.) and non-fiction (Armchair Travel, Biography, Do-It-Yourself, Spirituality & Religion, etc.)

Individuals are able to subscribe to NextReads from the Access PA website (http://www.accesspa.state.pa.us). Simply click on “Subscribe to NextReads” and submit your name and email address. These sites are accessible to all residents and library patrons in Pennsylvania from their libraries and from home.

Wireless Internet access is now available in all 9 of the libraries in the county. Simply bring in your own laptop and connect!