SAPPHO: THE SITTING ROOM'S ONLINE CATALOG
Sappho, our “LibraryThing”
If you haven’t recently (or ever) taken a look at the Sitting Room online catalog, we urge you to give it a try: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/Sitting_Room
You don’t even need to have a specific author or title in mind--the opening screen has a wonderful parade of book jackets to browse, not so very different from scanning the shelves of a bookstore, just to take in what is there and available, and maybe remind yourself of something you “always meant to read.” If something intrigues you, just click on the title to retrieve more information and the book’s location in the Sitting Room. It is a rich parade—we now have over 6,000 titles!
Of course you can also be specific in your searching by using the “advanced search” option-- any title words, words in authors’ names or collections will work. A good sample search for browsing this way is graphic novels, or Afghanistan. The results are clearly and simply displayed—indicating where to find the item on the Sitting Room shelves.
Links to the Women Writers Archive
Our exciting new enterprise this year is to link catalog records for individual authors with their files in the Women Writers Archives. For example, a search on Jane Austen has a tag, See also Women Writers Archive, to indicate that there is an archival file for this author in the Archive Room. As a reminder—the Archive contains primary materials and unique, esoteric information, not only on famous women authors, but on some lesser-known treasures as well.
This is an ambitious project was launched last fall, and we hope to complete it over the coming year with the help of our wonderful interns Krista Anandakuttan, Brianna Wallen and Lucas McKuen.
Of course, nothing compares to an in-person browse, but Sappho can keep you company until you pay a visit to the Sitting Room, and she can then direct you to specific books once you’re here.
Check it out at home or use the Mac located in the non-fiction area of the Sitting Room. You are also welcome to request a one-on-one tutorial. For more information/questions contact Karen Petersen, kpetaluma@gmail.com.
Sappho lists books in our permanent collection, of course — the non-circulating books. The many (about 800) books on the BOOKS TO GO shelves, as you come in the front door of the Sitting Room — and some are indeed duplicates of the books on Sappho, others just darn good reads by women authors. They are there for the taking, no check out needed, honor system. Have a look, if you need more books to pile on yr bedside table.
If you haven’t recently (or ever) taken a look at the Sitting Room online catalog, we urge you to give it a try: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/Sitting_Room
You don’t even need to have a specific author or title in mind--the opening screen has a wonderful parade of book jackets to browse, not so very different from scanning the shelves of a bookstore, just to take in what is there and available, and maybe remind yourself of something you “always meant to read.” If something intrigues you, just click on the title to retrieve more information and the book’s location in the Sitting Room. It is a rich parade—we now have over 6,000 titles!
Of course you can also be specific in your searching by using the “advanced search” option-- any title words, words in authors’ names or collections will work. A good sample search for browsing this way is graphic novels, or Afghanistan. The results are clearly and simply displayed—indicating where to find the item on the Sitting Room shelves.
Links to the Women Writers Archive
Our exciting new enterprise this year is to link catalog records for individual authors with their files in the Women Writers Archives. For example, a search on Jane Austen has a tag, See also Women Writers Archive, to indicate that there is an archival file for this author in the Archive Room. As a reminder—the Archive contains primary materials and unique, esoteric information, not only on famous women authors, but on some lesser-known treasures as well.
This is an ambitious project was launched last fall, and we hope to complete it over the coming year with the help of our wonderful interns Krista Anandakuttan, Brianna Wallen and Lucas McKuen.
Of course, nothing compares to an in-person browse, but Sappho can keep you company until you pay a visit to the Sitting Room, and she can then direct you to specific books once you’re here.
Check it out at home or use the Mac located in the non-fiction area of the Sitting Room. You are also welcome to request a one-on-one tutorial. For more information/questions contact Karen Petersen, kpetaluma@gmail.com.
Sappho lists books in our permanent collection, of course — the non-circulating books. The many (about 800) books on the BOOKS TO GO shelves, as you come in the front door of the Sitting Room — and some are indeed duplicates of the books on Sappho, others just darn good reads by women authors. They are there for the taking, no check out needed, honor system. Have a look, if you need more books to pile on yr bedside table.
Librarians Raye Lynn Thomas and Karen Peterson working on Sophia.
Look at that comfortable chair.
What a great opportunity to lounge and read!
What a great opportunity to lounge and read!