Prospector News

Hello Prospector was upgraded the night of June 8, 2026.  There were issues with the upgrade and requesting is currently down and all text on the Encore interface is centered.  We are working closely with our vendor and hope to have Prospector fully restored as soon as possible.  Thanks for your patience.  

Prospector will be unavailable for approximately 3–4 hours on the evening of June 8, 2026 while the system is upgraded to a newer software version. During this time, searching and requesting materials through Prospector may not be available. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Prospector is currently unavailable.  We are looking into the issue now and hope to have it resolved soon.  

Thanks for your patience. 

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. 

1/12/26

The following libraries are currently unavailable in Prospector

• Buena Vista Public Library-Lending 

• Loveland Public Library-Lending and Borrowing

   

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.