This month’s Tip of the Month provides some information on using the email address variable-length field effectively in a patron’s account in Sierra. Did you know you can email a patron directly from their account in Sierra?
This month's Tip of the Month is a brief reminder of how to correctly process the Old Billed monthly report posted on the support website. Remember that all PrairieCat libraries should process the report, and should check their shelves for their items on the list.
Attached is the agenda for the upcoming PrairieCat Member Updates. Join PrairieCat staff and your neighboring member libraries to hear the latest from PrairieCat. The updates are April 17-20. Some highlights of what will be covered include New PrairieCat On Order Template to Allow Holds, Launch of Training Videos and PrairieCat YouTube Channel, and New PrairieCat Website Focus Groups.
All staff are welcome! Register in L2 for one of the sessions:
PrairieCat Member Updates will be coming to a library near you! Join PrairieCat staff and your neighboring member libraries to hear the latest from PrairieCat. The updates are April 17-20. The agenda will be posted soon. Some highlights of what will be covered include New PrairieCat On Order Template to Allow Holds, Launch of Training Videos and PrairieCat YouTube Channel, and New PrairieCat Website Focus Groups.
All staff are welcome! Register in L2 for one of the sessions:
PUG Day 2018 is now scheduled for Friday, September 28, 2018, at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, IL. The PUG Day Planning Team 2018 has recommended that PUG Day be move around the PrairieCat service area. As the event continues to grow, this provides more options for suitable venues. Tentatively, PUG Day 2019 is planned to be held in Rockford, and PUG Day 2020 to be held in the greater Joliet area. More information on PUG Day 2018 will be available by April. It is not too soon to be thinking about a poster session that your library might want to do for PUG Day.
This month's Tip of the Month is a brief reminder of how to correctly mark items for withdrawal in PrairieCat. Remember that the item should NOT be checked out when it is marked for withdrawal (always check it in first), and that two fields in the item record must be updated for the withdrawal to be completed by PrairieCat staff.
A Union List Circulation / Encore class has been scheduled for Friday, February 16, 2018, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM, via GoTo Training. Registration is now available for this class in GoTo at: https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/3914495979603847169
The Illinois State Library Annual Certification Process deadline for completion is Saturday, March 31st, and RAILS and PrairieCat staff are here to help. Every RAILS member must complete the two-step certification process, or risk suspension of RAILS membership and no longer be eligible to be a member of PrairieCat or receive RAILS services.
