St. Thomas Library, Automating for the Future

In Jul of 2018, the Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) School Library System was approached by Thomas Kane, Principal of St. Thomas the Apostle School, a small, private Catholic school serving students in grades pre-kindergarten through eighth in Delmar NY about automating their library collection. Automating the school's collection of an estimated 4,000 titles would provide greater ease-of-use, more accurate records, and access to a wide network of libraries with which to share resources. The automation project was completed in Sep 2018; the students, faculty, and staff of St. Thomas have access to a fully-functioning, accurate and up-to-date library catalog capable of circulation, interlibrary loans, catalog searching, access to eBooks and audiobooks purchased by the School Library System, and patron maintenance.