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The Elementary School of Putnam County SD 535 will be going live for circulation on Monday, August 17. Putnam County SD 535 is a fully participating member of PrairieCat and staff have been working on getting the elementary school into the system. This is the 4th and final location in the district to participate in PrairieCat. Congrats to the…
PrairieCat is hosting a Back to School session for member library staff on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm via Zoom. Join us to hear the latest from PrairieCat and get some refreshers on PrairieCat procedures as you get back into the school year. Topics will include Vega Discover, Sierra searching tips, QA, and more. The session…
PrairieCat is a multi-type library consortium in northern Illinois and is primarily funded by member library contributions. PrairieCat functions as a resource-sharing consortium underpinned by a common ILS. PrairieCat’s members are 136 independent public libraries, school districts, and academic libraries across 22 counties in northern and north…
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.