SierraPrairieCat will be closed on Monday, May 25th for the Memorial Day holiday. There will be no on-call support on that day. Support issues will be addressed on the next business day. There will be no RAILS delivery on May 25th.
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The Sierra 6.5 upgrade has been completed. It appears that Innovative has removed the “downloading software” message at the bottom of the login screen, so please allow a little more time than normal after you have input your username and password.
If you find any issues, please log a helpdesk ticket unless it is a “library down” situation in which…
PrairieCat will no longer host the Encore Catalog (search.prairiecat.info) effective July 1, 2026. Support and development for Encore will not be available. The Vega Discover catalog is the primary catalog. Please ensure any links to the Encore Catalog are removed.
This will not impact SMS messages for patrons as that is provided through the…
Update: The Sierra 6.5 upgrade will now occur on Tuesday, May 19 between 11pm and 2 am.
Due to a scheduling conflict, the Sierra 6.5 upgrade has been postponed until next Monday, May 18th, at 11pm.
Postponing the upgrade is the best way to help minimize complications.
PrairieCat is offering 4 drop-in Q&A sessions focused on gathering your Sierra-specific statistics for IPLAR reporting:
Friday, May 15, 2026, 10-11am
Monday, June 15, 2026, 2-3 pm
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 10-11am
Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 2-3 pm
These are informal sessions, so please join us with your questions!
An IPLAR worksheet is…
Join us for a PrairieCat Member Update next week on May 14. Hear the latest from PrairieCat staff and your colleagues from across the consortium.
Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 1 to 2 pm via Zoom | Registration Link
Innovative has given libraries the option to continue using the My Bookshelf bar for account maintenance instead of re-enabling My Account Portal until July 2026. We have taken them up on this and will not be relaunching My Account Portal for PrairieCat libraries until the July 2026 update. There continues to be known issues within the My Account…
11:00 am - Per RAILS, the issues with L2 authentication is resolved. Users should be able to log in to the PrairieCat website.
9:30 am - There is an issue with logging in to the PrairieCat website, which uses L2 library learning to authenticate. RAILS manages L2, and is aware of the issue. See the message below from RAILS:
We are aware of…
PrairieCat Nominations Open Through April 24th
PrairieCat is currently seeking nominations for the Administrative Council, Circulation Committee, and Technical Services Committee until April 24, 2026. The election for all open positions will be held from May 4-15, 2026. Details on the open seats for each committee are below. You may…
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | 10:00 am - 2:30 pm | DeKalb Public Library
PrairieCat Resource Sharing Summit: Patron Behavior Policy and Best Practices
The summit will be facilitated by Amanda Standerfer, Fast Forward Libraries Consultant. Guest speakers include
Attorney Anne M. Skrodzki, Partner at Klein,…