The draft copy of the August 9, 2018 PrairieCat Technical Services Committee and the August 9, 2018 PrairieCat MARC/MARC-Lite Catalogers Meeting have now been posted.
A Basic Serials class has been added for Friday, October 26th, 2018 from 9a-12p at the Coal Valley Service Center. Registration is now available for this class in L2 at: https://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=27927.
Who should attend: Fully Participating or Basic Online library staff
Prerequisites: Sierra Essentials and Cataloging Item Entry
Action: Action optional (register for member updates)
Happy Fall! Mark your calendars for the upcoming PrairieCat Member Updates. The agenda is posted below – lots of info you won’t want to miss out on! This is a great opportunity to hear the latest updates from PrairieCat and network with your PrairieCat neighbors.
All staff are welcome! Register in L2 for one of the sessions near you.
ALL PrairieCat members are encouraged to take this short survey, even if you did not attend PUG Day. This helps with planning for next year! Use this link for the PUG Day survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LP8SB5Y
This month's Tip of the Month reviews how to use the Fines Paid function in Sierra. You can generate a list of all fines paid, waived, forgiven, etc. at your library for a specific time period. Review the attached document for more details!
This month's Tip of the Month explains options for changing the font or font size, and/or the color for selected fields in Sierra. The changes are saved on your workstation and can be changed back to the defaults easily. Check out your options!
Congratulations to the Marseilles Public Library who "went live" for circulation on Monday using Sierra!
Marseilles PL (MABB-3) has completed the process of upgrading their collection, which was loaded into Prairiecat on August 23, 2017. Marseilles marks the 11th public library / school district in LaSalle County that circulates their collection using Sierra/PrairieCat.
Congratulations to the city of Marseilles and best of luck to Library Director Jan Ambrose and the library staff!!
The PrairieCat Resource Sharing Summit on Friday, August 17, 2018 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at DeKalb Public Library. Join us for a morning of collaborative problem-solving as we discuss ongoing resource sharing issues. These are issues that have frequently been raised by the membership. The two main issues for discussion are: ILL Policy - exempt items and borrowing/lending item types not owned by your library AND patron-initiated holds by non-PrairieCat reciprocal borrowers. The Summit will be facilitated by outside consultant Amanda E. Standerfer. We hope to see you there!
