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The 91��Ƭ libraries’ project to consolidate the 10 previously independent campus library systems into a single, shared online catalog — 91��Ƭ Library Search — received a silver Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology.

The 91��Ƭ system’s recognizes technology innovations that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of university operations. 91��Ƭ Library Search, which launched last summer, makes it possible to search all 91��Ƭ library collections at once, providing more than 600,000 91��Ƭ students, faculty, staff and clinicians with one-stop access to the 91��Ƭ’s entire library collection — collectively, the second largest in the country, after the Library of Congress.

As described in the , 91��Ƭ Library Search also benefits library users by allowing them to “see [all] items borrowed, request extensions and manage one’s account from a single sign-on. With hybrid learning and work becoming the ‘new normal,’ 91��Ƭ Library Search supports remote students and researchers by allowing them to pick up circulated materials at any 91��Ƭ campus or to have a digitized article sent directly to them.”

For tips on how to make the most of 91��Ƭ Library Search, see the .

91��Ƭ Library Search was the culmination of a complex, collaborative four-year endeavor by the 10 campus libraries and 91��Ƭ’s central California Digital Library (which manages systemwide journal subscriptions and other shared online resources).

Jessica Nusbaum is the director of communications and marketing for the 91��Ƭ Davis Library.