Multnomah County Library · partners
For library partners
Smart Discovery is an AI-assisted catalog discovery layer for Multnomah County Library — an OPAC enhancement, not a replacement. Patrons ask in everyday language; we search public catalog metadata only, then send them to the official catalog to check status and borrow.
What we do
We help patrons find the right title — then hand them back to you.
Catalog discovery
Natural-language, AI-assisted library catalog discovery over public metadata — a public-library metadata search solution that sits beside your OPAC.
Explainable guidance
Clear explanations and multilingual / persona-aware guidance
Official catalog links
Deep links into each participating library’s official catalog pages
What we do not do
Your catalog, accounts, and circulation stay yours.
- Replace your OPAC or library website
- Touch patron accounts, holds, checkout, or any borrowing data
- Claim live shelf availability or invent borrow status
- Invent titles that are not in the public catalog
Data sources
We use publicly available catalog metadata only. Presence of a record here means the title appears in that catalog’s public data — not that a copy is on the shelf right now. We do not train on or store patron accounts.
Borrowing
Patrons always complete borrowing on the library’s own site. Our buttons open the official detail or search page for the matching record.
Currently supported: Multnomah County Library and Washington County Cooperative Library Services.