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PrairieCat Users Group Day (PUG Day) is an annual event dedicated to professional development, networking, and continuing education for member library staff. We hope you can join us for virtual sessions this September!
Registration links for sessions are now available. Register for the sessions you plan to attend. Sessions will be…
PrairieCat has been connecting member libraries for 20 years. The membership has grown and changed during the past 20 years, but the strong commitment to resource sharing effectively and equitably has remained.
PrairieCat currently supports 136 member libraries, including public, school, and academic libraries. Members share an integrated…
The Vega Discover update that is bringing the My Account Portal to the PrairieCat libraries seems to have been released earlier than expected. You and/or your patrons might notice the removal of the blue Bookshelf bar at the bottom of the page for some accounts, but not all.
If you have a Login button for Vega Discover on your library's website,…
Starting Wednesday, July 8th, 2026, My Account Portal will be added back in Vega Discover. This update will begin overnight on July 7th. Full functionality is expected for the morning of July 8th.
My Account Portal was initially launched earlier this year before we requested to roll back to the previous/current…
PrairieCat will be closed on Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th. There will be no phone coverage. Normal coverage will resume on Sunday, July 5th.
Registration is now open for the Wisconsin/Illinois Innovative Users Group (WILIUG) Spring Conference. You do not have to be a member to attend. The mission of the WILIUG is to facilitate communication and to help create learning opportunities, both online and in-person, for Innovative libraries in the area. A preconference will be held…
PrairieCat 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.
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.