From the Librarian’s Desk

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial recently hired a new librarian, Dustin B. Smith, who has been working with Larissa Watkins from the Supreme Council, in order to effectively update and organize the collections of the Memorial. Through this library partnership, a unique opportunity has arisen. Both libraries were in need of a library catalog that could be accessed on the Internet. The Supreme Council has purchased a new catalog that the Memorial will also be using in the future. Beginning this summer, patrons will be able to access the catalog from both the Supreme Council Library and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Library online. Provided by the Sirsi Corporation, the new catalog will be fully searchable and the librarians of each library will be able to share data and cataloging information. An important feature of the catalog is its ability to store images, text, audio and video, which will allow non-book materials from the collections to be added to the searchable database. Sirsi serves more than 10,000 individual libraries of all types and sizes including academic, consortia, corporate, government, public, school and special libraries and will enhance our libraries for our patrons use. Watch our library web page for additional information on our new library catalog.

Yours sincerely,

Joan K. Sansbury
Librarian/Curator