Delphos Public Library employee Cathy Hellman uses the SEO catalog database, which allows patrons to access millions of materials. The library became the 87th library in the SEO Consortium at the beginning of January.

“In some ways it’s like the library is open 24 hours,” library employee Doris Suever said. “Patrons can go online with their pin number and library card and download content and place holds. If you’re like me and you want to read it now, you can narrow the search to show only available items.”

In a world where it seems like everyone has a digital reader, be it a Kindle, tablet, iPod or smart phone, it was only a matter of time before local libraries started offering digital content in addition to traditional materials.