SierraNews
Update: Innovative was not able to do the semaphore reset in Sierra last night on 12/19/2024.
PrairieCat has setup a new time for this reset. It will be on 12/26/2024 at 10:00pm CST. Library staff will need to log off all your accounts including the self checks. The next day staff will have to log in to all your accounts including the self checks…
Thank you to Michele Thurston, library director at Annawan Alba Township Library, for volunteering to serve as a PrairieCat Union List representative. Union List representatives participate and vote on behalf of the Union List members at the quarterly Delegates Assembly meetings on such matters as the budget, contracts, and policies.
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As of 6:53 this morning, Microsoft officially gave the all clear on the outlook issues from yesterday. If anyone is still having problems logging into their PrairieCat ill accounts, please submit a ticket.
11/25/24 10:30am: Microsoft sent a bad update to their outlook email system and they are reporting issues with both the web based and…
In observation of the Thanksgiving Holiday, PrairieCat will be closed:
Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 28 (RAILS closed – no delivery)
Day After Thanksgiving – Friday, November 29
No PrairieCat support coverage Thursday & Friday
Standard PrairieCat off shift coverage Saturday & Sunday (November 30th & December 1st)
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PrairieCat will be closed on November 28th and 29th for Thanksgiving. There will be no staff or phone coverage on those days.
Due to a configuration change in the software, necessary re-ingestion of Overdrive Advantage Accounts will begin tomorrow night. This only affects those libraries with Overdrive materials included in your Vega catalog and should not cause any disruption as these changes will be made overnight. Each library will have approximately 1 hour of…
Congratulations to the Manhattan-Elwood Public Library District on their opening of the Elwood Branch on Wednesday, November 20. Elwood as a location in the Hold Pickup listing will appear on Nov 20. The branch will begin filling system-wide holds next week.
Delivery Code: pending RAILS
Sierra Code: EW
Congratulations to the greater…
11:38 AM - The interruption in service has been cleared, Innovative is investigating the source of the issue.
11/11/24 11:17 AM - Alert: Vega Discover Currently Down - The Vega Discover online catalog sites are currently down. The issue has been reported to Innovative. We will provide updates as they come in.
Thank you for your patience.…
There was a disconnection with the Sierra API that has been resolved and now holds can once again be placed in Vega Discover.
10/4/2024 ALERT: Vega Discover Currently not Allowing Holds to be Placed: PrairieCat has been alerted to patrons attempting to place holds through their library's Vega Discover site and getting an error message. We have put…
UPDATE: 9/26/24 Innovative has reported that the server upgrade was completed successfully last night. Please let us know if you are still experiencing slowdowns.
ALERT: Sierra Production Server will be unavailable late tonight - 9/25/24 Innovative will be taking the production server offline this evening starting around 10pm. They will be…