By an edhat reader
The Blackgold library system appears to be the cyber-glue that holds together patron account info, library holds, access to digital resources where a sign-in is needed, catalog search, etc. It appears a single point-of-failure failed.
The website states, “On Monday, January 4th, the Black Gold Library Cooperative catalog suffered a hardware failure and is offline. Black Gold staff are working to restore the catalog and we hope this is completed by the end of the week.”