Welcome to Aspen, Our New Online Catalog

The new catalog for Robbins Library is now available at arlington.minlib.net
It is a new catalog interface made available by all Minuteman Library Network Libraries
It is an open-source tool that works with a variety of library software platforms, so you will see it in lots of catalogs beyond Minuteman’s
Learn more in this Quick Start Guide

Aspen Discovery gives you a better way to find out what is in your library’s collection, like
Better Browsing: Scroll through book covers of your libraries latest additions, best-sellers, or special collections or staff picks your library has selected
Grouped Search Results: Different editions of the same title are grouped together in your search results so that you can find them more easily. (See how Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” displays. You can reserve the one most likely to be found first, or click “Show Editions” and reserve one of the specific editions.)
Better list Management: It is easier to add titles to your “want to read” list and manage your lists as you like. If you also want to turn on a record of your reading history, it will start to include things you read or hear on Libby or hoopla too.

The first thing to do on the new catalog is Sign On to your account. You’ll want your library card number (or username) and password used on the old catalog. If you have a card, but never set up a password before, you can do it now on Aspen Discovery.
Check out the information about your account in the box at the left of the screen after you sign on.
If you had lists on the old catalog, click on “Your Lists” in Aspen Discovery and find the “Import from old catalog” button. Your lists are now in Aspen Discovery
If you want the catalog to remember what you have read, click on “Reading History” and turn it on. If you had already done that in the old catalog, your reading history will be copied to Aspen Discovery. You can turn this off at any time, and delete specific titles you don’t care about from your list.
Finally: Click “browse” on the top menu and enjoy browsing through the books your library has collected for you!