Prospector News

June 16, 2025

High Plains Library card holders currently cannot request items through Prospector due to some technical issues.  We are troubleshooting the issue now and hope to have a fix soon.  In the meantime, if you are a High Plains cardholder, please ask your local library to place your request through traditional interlibrary loan outside of Prospector.  We apologize for the temporary inconvenience. 

On Tuesday 4/8/25 at 8pm MT Prospector-Encore will be down for a 2-3 hours while the system is upgraded.  We apologize for the temporary inconvenience.  Prospector should be restored by the morning of April 9th at the latest. 

2/14/25

The following libraries are currently unavailable in Prospector for lending and or borrowing.

Unavailable for lending

• Aurora Public Library
• Bemis Public Library
• Buena Vista Public Library
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) 

Currently unavailable for lending and borrowing

• Loveland Public Library
• CU-Boulder and CU-Boulder Law libraries 

January 6, 2025

Loveland Public Library is currently unavailable in Prospector and for the foreseeable future.  If you are a Loveland card holder, please contact your local library about requesting items through traditional interlibrary loan outside of Prospector.  Loveland items in Prospector are not available for request. 

During the Winter Break from December 11, 2024-January 5, 2025,  Prospector is unavailable to Colorado College patrons and their items are not requestable.  On January 6th we will restore lending and borrowing for Colorado College.  Please contact the library directly if you have any questions.  

Prospector-Encore is currently down due to system maintenance.  Please search and place requests through the Classic Catalog.   We apologize for the inconvenience.

Prospector staff 

Prospector is migrating to a new software platform with the same vendor. The conversion to the new system is scheduled for March 28th 4-8pm. During this period, Prospector will be unavailable for searching and requesting. Barring any complications, Prospector will be back online around 9pm that evening. Thanks for your patience as we update Prospector.

Requesting through Prospector is currently unavailable. Our vendor is looking into the issue right now and we hope to have Prospector fully restored soon. Thanks for your patience.

Douglas County Libraries were suspended in Prospector over the last few weeks due to some internal networking issues. We are pleased to announce that all issues have been resolved and they are fully restored in Prospector for lending and borrowing of items.

Douglas County Libraries have been experiencing some network connectivity issues. As a result, their items aren't requestable in Prospector and borrowing has also been suspended. If you are a patron of DCL, please contact your local library to request items through traditional interlibrary loan, outside of Prospector. Email: help-at-dclibraries.org