PrairieCat News

NEWS: Conversion of generic records

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on August 24, 2020 - 9:36am

ACTION: Informational

PrairieCat staff are working on converting generic bibliographic records in our catalog to library-specific bibliographic records. For example, if your library’s hotspots were on a bibliographic record that was used by other libraries, they have now been moved to their own record that is reserved for use by your library. There are several advantages to having library-specific records for items such as hotspots, stem kits, library of things items, and other unique items:

NEWS: PUG Days Webinar Series - Upcoming

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on August 18, 2020 - 4:51pm

Action: Informational

It's not too late to register for the next round of PUG Days webinars next week! Registration links and program descriptions are on the PrairieCat website on the PUG Days page: https://support.prairiecat.info/conference.

UPDATE: Filling holds for PrairieCat libraries

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on August 17, 2020 - 8:29am

The overwhelming majority of PrairieCat libraries are now open and offering services to their patrons. For the purposes of filling holds for other libraries, it is not necessary for you to continue to refer to the RAILS Delivery Spreadsheet to see which libraries are open or closed. You can simply fills holds as you normally would.

NEWS: PC MARC Committee will meet Thursday, Aug 13, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time

Submitted by Sandy Tedder on August 7, 2020 - 8:38am

ACTION: Informational

The PC MARC Committee will meet Thursday, Aug 13, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time via Zoom.

The MARC/MARC trainee Catalogers meeting addresses cataloging topics and issues to ensure integrity of the database. The meetings are open meetings, so anyone is welcome to attend, but only the MARC/MARC trainee Catalogers vote. Meeting minutes will be shared with the Technical Services user community shortly after each meeting

When: Aug 13, 2020 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) 

NEWS: PC Technical Services Committee will meet Thursday, Aug 13, 2020 09:30 AM Central Time

Submitted by Sandy Tedder on August 7, 2020 - 8:05am

ACTION: Informational

The PC Technical Services Committee will meet Thursday, August 13, 2019 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM via Zoom.

The meetings are open meetings, so anyone is welcome to attend, but only the 11 members vote.

NEWS: How to Request Pink Condition Report Slips

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on August 5, 2020 - 10:26am

Action: Informational

TRAINING: Item Entry Certification Update

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on July 28, 2020 - 4:21pm

Action: Informational

Do you need to prepare for item entry duties at your library? The Item Entry Certification (formerly barcode test) has been updated and revised to make it easier for library staff to complete. The courses are online through PrairieCat’s training platform Talent LMS. The courses are free, self-paced, and on-demand 24/7. Sign up here to get started with TalentLMS: https://prairiecat.talentlms.com/

NEWS: L2 Freeze and Learning Reports

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on July 27, 2020 - 12:49pm

Action: Update Profiles / Save Learning Reports

Please see this important information from RAILS regarding the upcoming L2 freeze on this Friday, July 31.

NEWS: PUG Days Webinar Series - Registration Open

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on July 27, 2020 - 10:47am

Action: Informational / Register for Webinars

We hope your library staff are able to attend some of the webinars hosted by your colleagues from around the state!

NEWS: 2020 Patron Purge List Owing $10 or More

Submitted by Elizabeth Smith on July 20, 2020 - 4:45pm

ACTION:  Action required

This is the 2020 Patron Purge Information: Due to the COVID-19 shutdown, we are operating under a compressed timeframe. We need your replies no later than August 31, 2020.

We are beginning the process for this year’s annual patron database cleanup (also known as patron purge). I will be sending out two emails. This email has a link below to an Excel spreadsheet of all patrons in the database that meet the following criteria:

·         Last circulation activity on their account was before 01/01/2017

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