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Welcome to Aspen Discovery

It's here! Aspen Discovery has arrived.

We invite you to log in and explore all that our new catalog has to offer:  

  • Powerful, user-friendly search engine
  • Keep track of your borrowing history
  • Create and share lists
  • Save your favorite searches
  • Get reading recommendations and find read-alikes
  • Explore ratings, reviews and author bios
  • And more!

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Mobile App Transition

Our new full-featured mobile app is here!

The new app features reading recommendations, a virtual library card, My Account management for renewing checkouts and easy catalog searching for placing holds. Search for Westlake Porter Public Library in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

SearchOhio and OhioLINK Requests

OhioLINK Downtime
Starting May 23, 2025, OhioLINK will be unavailable until November 2025 as the OhioLINK Libraries upgrade to a new software system. Any OhioLINK materials that you currently have checked out will not be able to be renewed after May 23 and will need to be returned to the library. 

SearchOhio Downtime 
Starting August 1, 2025, SearchOhio will be unavailable until November 2025 as the SearchOhio Consortium upgrades their system. Any SearchOhio materials that you currently have checked out will not be able to be renewed after August 1 and will need to be returned to the library. 
 
Any holds you have placed prior to those dates will be preserved for when access to SearchOhio and OhioLINK resumes. 

Interlibrary loan requests can be made for items that are not available from either WPPL or SearchOhio.

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Important Dates

November 20
SearchOhio and OhioLINK requesting is suspended
December 1
Last day to renew, place holds in the old system
December 2-3
Checkouts are available in-library only
Catalog information and searching is unavailable
Mobile app no longer works
Most online resources are unavailable
December 4
Aspen Discovery goes live!
Early January (TBD)
SearchOhio and OhioLINK requesting resumes
Mid to Late January (TBD): 
New WPPL Mobile App debuts!

Catalog Lists

If you used the list-making feature in our old catalog, those lists were automatically migrated to our new catalog system on November 20. Any changes made to your lists after November 20 were not transfered to our new Catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Aspen Discovery
    • Why is WPPL making this change?

      Aspen Discovery offers a more user-friendly, modern browsing experience that makes it even easier to find the materials you want. It also offers exciting personalization features and search tools designed to help you more easily discover all that WPPL has to offer.

    • What is Aspen Discovery?

      Aspen Discovery is a new way of discovering books, eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, movies, music, toys and more. This powerful new search engine includes features like predictive search text, curated lists, personalized recommendations and greater control over your user account.

      Other exciting features include:

      • Filter search results by format, language, Accelerated Reader Level, Lexile measure and more
      • Search results display in groupings, making it easier to find your preferred format
      • Explore Featured Lists
      • Create your own lists and save your favorite searches
      • Keep track of your borrowing history
      • Get reading recommendations and find read-alikes
      • Easily find all of the books in a series
      • Explore ratings, reviews, author bios and more
    • What is SearchOhio? / What is OhioLINK?

      Westlake Porter Public Library is a member of SearchOhio, a sharing consortium that lets WPPL customers borrow from the collections of other public libraries across the state. You can use SearchOhio to request items we don't own in our collection and have them delivered to the Westlake library.

      OhioLINK is a similar consortium of college and university libraries around the state of Ohio.

      You'll find more information about borrowing from SearchOhio or OhioLINK on our SearchOhio, OhioLINK and Interlibrary Loan page.