SierraGot IPLAR questions? We can help! Drop in for an open Q&A. PrairieCat staff will be available during the sessions to assist with answering your questions about compiling your Sierra-specific statistics for the IPLAR. The sessions are via Zoom and the events are posted in L2 and on the PrairieCat website.
Please register in advance for…
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PrairieCat has received numerous reports of issues when printing receipts in Sierra. Sierra will either fail to print or print gibberish, no matter which printer is selected as the receipt printer. The problem is affecting other Sierra libraries and consortia beyond PrairieCat. Innovative is working on the problem.
Sometimes it is possible to…
Save the date for the upcoming PrairieCat Users Group (PUG) Day. The in person event is scheduled for Friday, September 26, 2025 at the Bend XPO in East Moline, IL.
PUG Day is an annual event dedicated to professional development, networking, and continuing education for member library staff. There is no registration fee and attendees…
It's finally here! The Showcases TalentLMS Course is available for all circulating PrairieCat member library staff.
What are Showcases?
Showcases can be used to customize your library's Vega Discover homepage in the Homepage Builder with the Site Admin or Content Creator role. (course coming soon!)
Showcases can be embedded in a…
A handy Vega Guide will be enabled for all PrairieCat Discover sites this Monday, January 13th.
This guide was approved by the PrairieCat User Experience Committee and we hope it serves as unobtrusive assistance for all our patrons while browing the catalog.
We have modified the language to better fit out sites, but you can view an…
In observation of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, PrairieCat will be closed on the following days. There will be no PrairieCat support coverage:
Christmas Eve | Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Christmas Day | Wednesday, December 25, 2024
New Year's Eve | Tuesday, December 31, 2024
New Year's Day | Wednesday, January 1, 2025
We wish you…
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.
You can…
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)
A…