{"id":62537,"date":"2019-12-06T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=62537"},"modified":"2023-10-24T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:28:52","slug":"new-academic-search-tool-for-brock-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/12\/new-academic-search-tool-for-brock-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of new library search tool now set for Dec. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brock community will need to wait a couple of extra days before putting Brock Library&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/10\/brock-library-to-launch-new-collaborative-academic-search-tool\/\">collaborative academic search tool<\/a>\u00a0to the test.<\/p>\n<p>Originally set for Tuesday, the launch of Omni, which will replace SuperSearch on the Brock Library <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/\">homepage<\/a>\u00a0is now set for Thursday, Dec. 12. Omni is a new, easy-to-use academic search tool that gives users access to high-quality resources from 14 Ontario university libraries, and a mobile-friendly user experience. Omni will also include 120-day loan periods, unlimited renewals, and no more late fees for regular print materials.<\/p>\n<p>To help launch the new system, there will be a demonstration at 2 p.m. Thursday next to the Ask Us Desk in the library with Omni-themed cake being served.<\/p>\n<p>As with any transition to a new system, users might experience some minor issues along the way. If you encounter any unusual challenges or have questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:libhelp@brocku.ca\">libhelp@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/library\/help\/omni-faq\/\">visit the Brock Library&#8217;s Omni FAQ website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brock community will need to wait a couple of extra days before putting Brock Library&#8217;s new collaborative academic search tool\u00a0to the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[2701,8507],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62537"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62577,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62537\/revisions\/62577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}