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The PrairieCat Annual Report FY26 is now available on the About page. This resource highlights the progress PrairieCat has made in the four strategic directions: Engagement, Training, Governance, User Experience.
PrairieCat Annual Report FY26, web view
PrairieCat Annual Report FY26 pdf
Accessible PrairieCat Annual Report FY26 pdf
The demo has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Nov 04, 2026 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm.
PrairieCat was notified that Innovative has a staff emergency and needs to reschedule the demonstration that was scheduled for tomorrow (10/27). When we have more information about rescheduling the Vega Web Builder Demo, then we will share the details.
For school libraries: RAILS has announced that the 2026-2027 SLATE Census is now open. The deadline to submit your census form is February 28, 2027. The data that’s collected for the census is used in the Illinois School Library Data Dashboard, which provides a wealth of information about the state of school libraries in Illinois. You can view…
PrairieCat Users Group Day (PUG Day) is an annual event dedicated to professional development, networking, and continuing education for member library staff. We hope to see you there for the in-person event in 2027.
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2027
Where: NIU Rockford Conference Center | Rockford, IL
PrairieCat has been analyzing our existing standing group and committee structure. We put together an advisory group made up of members of our committees and standing groups, and they recommended changes to the Administrative Council. The Council met on 10/2, and made the following decisions regarding standing groups and committees:
The…
Thank you for a great PUG Day 2026! We appreciate the folks who were able to attend the live sessions. And thank you again to our presenters.
The survey links for each session and the recording links for each session are available on the PUG Day site: https://prairiecat.libguides.com/pugday2026. Any slides that presenters shared have also…
The mission of the Wisconsin/Illinois Innovative Users Group (WILIUG) is to facilitate communication and to help create learning opportunities, both online and in-person, for Innovative libraries in the area. The WILIUG Steering Committee invites you to join us for our upcoming virtual meeting on Friday, October 16th, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.…
Responses to questions to the PrairieCat RFI have been posted. Please see the RFI page for details.
Update: Showcases are updated. Kiosk sites will only display titles that are owned by the library. If you are noticing missing Showcases or see repeating titles, it's because there is a lack of materials to populate that Showcase. To create your own Showcases and edit the collection/kiosk site homepages, complete the Vega Discover Showcases and…
PrairieCat will be closed next Monday, September 7th, in observance of Labor Day. No phone or online support will be available.
Rails delivery is also closed so there will be no delivery that day as well.