Have you registered for PUG Day 2018? You won’t want to miss out on this day of training, professional development, and networking. The event is on Friday, September 28 in Moline, IL. See the great lineup of presenters and session descriptions here, or the attached document.
So you’ve got a truck of books that you want to make the same change to in the item records … and you don’t have a lot of time to go through each item one… at… a… time. PrairieCat staff can make that mass change for you!
Register now for the PrairieCat Resource Sharing Summit on Friday, August 17, 2018 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at DeKalb Public Library. Join us for a morning of collaborative problem-solving as we discuss ongoing resource sharing issues. These are issues that have frequently been raised by the membership. The two main issues for discussion are: ILL Policy - exempt items and borrowing/lending item types not owned by your library AND patron-initiated holds by non-PrairieCat reciprocal borrowers.
A basic responsibility of PrairieCat membership is to add your new library acquisitions to the database. This month's Tip of the Month shares some tips on how to request that a new OCLC record be loaded into the database. Please see technical bulletin 33 for more detailed instructions.
The Sierra Patron Type listing has been updated, is now dated June 21, 2018 and can be found under Resources : Code Lists on the Support Site. You do have to be logged into the Support Site to see and access the listing, which is available in Excel and PDF formats.
This month’s Tip of the Month provides an overview on how to place holds correctly in Sierra (staff-placed holds). Please share with staff to ensure holds are placed and filled effectively!
PrairieCat Users Group (PUG) Day is on Friday, September 28, 2018 from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, IL. This is an annual event to provide training, professional development, and networking opportunities to the PrairieCat membership. PUG Day sessions are provided on both PrairieCat-specific topics as well as topics of interest to all types of libraries. Attached is the draft event program with session topics and descriptions.
