News

As you know, we have been working with Innovative for several months to bring our new online catalog, Vega Discover, to a point where we feel it can launch to the public.  We would like to announce that November 30, 2023 will be the official cut over date for public libraries in PrairieCat.  At this point, we would like to have our… Read More

During the late hours of October 24, Innovative will be upgrading the Sierra Production environment to Sierra 6.0. This is the latest Sierra release. As before, this will occur after hours and will be completed prior to the start of the business day on October 25. The Sierra client will take longer than normal to start on October 25 as it… Read More

We will be closed on Monday Sept. 4th in Observance of Labor Day. No phone or one line support will be available on that day as PrIrieCat will be closed. RAILS delivery will also be closed that day so no delivery will occur that day either.

PrairieCat staff have been working on the issue of paging list spacing being “off” for quite some time. The outcome of our investigation, however, is not what we would have desired. To summarize this issue: Sierra creates the notices and sends them to PrairieCat webmail accounts (your email accounts that you check for paging lists). We know that… Read More

PrairieCat has facilitated a contract for opt-in IT services and support provided by Office Specialists, Inc. (OSI). If you are interested in learning more about how OSI could support your library's IT needs, contact OSI representative, Trent Pearson. OSI has helped several of our members over the last year with projects such… Read More

PrairieCat is gathering preliminary information to help plan the annual Resource Sharing Summit. The topic for this year’s Summit will be Serving the Unserved. This is an in-person only event that will be scheduled in March 2024. Please help us structure the upcoming session by answering this brief survey. We appreciate your input and look forward… Read More

Call for Poster Sessions Poster Sessions are passive poster displays on any topic relevant to library service and may include a description of an innovative library program; an analysis of a solution to a problem; or any other presentation that would benefit the library community. The posters will be setup on tables in the main event space for… Read More

Attention School Libraries PrairieCat is hosting a Virtual Back to School Session on Tuesday, Sep 12, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm. Join PrairieCat staff and your fellow School Libraries 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, Help Desk… Read More

PrairieCat is offering two Zoom training sessions in July that will focus on gathering IPLAR statistical data. To gather the data, we’ll use 4 PrairieCat-supplied reports (with tips to isolate your library’s data) and 1 Decision Center report that you will need to run for your library. These sessions are useful for all PrairieCat public libraries… Read More

Informational PrairieCat will be closed Tuesday, July 4 for the Holiday. There will also be no after hours phone coverage that evening.