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The Newsletter of the Office of Library and Information Technology

The Library Catalog with Another Name
— is still the same

Starting January 1, new names will replace the old for the Library catalog and the consortium of Libraries. The old "ILLINET Online" catalog has taken on the name of "I‑Share," indicating that the participating libraries have not changed, but their affiliation has. Regarding this change of affiliation, the "ILCSO" consortium has merged with 2 other consortia now called CARLI, standing for Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois.

When searching the Donnelley and Lee Library catalog, these changes are not too obvious. In fact, links to the Lake Forest College's area of the catalog still say "ILLINET Online." But searching "All I‑Share Libraries" unveils a new logo and color scheme,I-Share logo designed in part to emphasize that the user is now searching 65 academic libraries in Illinois rather than just the local college's library.


For the student, staff, or faculty using the Library's catalog, these changes are cosmetic. Functionality and borrowing privileges remain the same. There are, however, other textual changes to the catalog that also debut at the same time. The goal of these changes is to improve user-friendliness for the library researcher. If anyone sees a problem with wording or function in the Donnelley and Lee Library catalog or the I-Share Libraries catalog, please contact your local member of the Online Public Catalog Task Force Committee, Reference Librarian Nancy Sosna Bohm.