Sierra Vega Discover eCommerceThis Committee recommends policy and procedures for resource sharing between libraries, striving to ensure fair and equitable practices that follow agreed PrairieCat resource sharing philosophies.
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The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
The Administrative Council is PrairieCat's board of directors and consists of 11 elected representatives from the Delegates Assembly. This governing body sets policy, receives and approves recommendations from the Ad Hoc and Standing Committees, and approves recommendations to go to the Delegates Assembly including new members, contracts, the budget and major purchases outside the budget.
Who should attend: Members of the Council and any other interested parties. This meeting is open to the public.
Meeting Documents: Visit the PrairieCat website to access meeting documents.
ACTION REQUIRED: The deadline to complete the census is Friday, April 18th, 2025.
RAILS announced on Monday, March 17th, 2025 that their School Library Census has begun. This census will collect data from school libraries, both public and private, to allow RAILS to better support school libraries.
You can find the RAILS announcement here along with links to instructions and the form to be completed.
The census does ask for information about your collection and PrairieCat can assist you by supplying the needed statistics! Below, I have included that portion of the census with information on how to collect the data you need.
If you have other questions about how to complete the census (that are not PrairieCat-specific), please contact RAILS Data Analyst Janette Derucki.
School Library Collection
| Does your library have an automated catalog? | Yes |
| What automated catalog platform or integrated library system do you use? |
Innovative’s Sierra
IF your library also uses another vendor’s ILS for circulation (for example, Follett), list this also. The form may not allow multiple answers, in that case choose “Other” and list both in the box provided. |
| Is your library’s collection accessible to students outside the building? | Yes or No |
| Is your library’s collection accessible and viewable by the public? | Yes or No |
| Does your library conduct an annual inventory? | Yes or No |
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Average age of your library’s collection (year)
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RAILS wants the average year of publication of materials in your collection. Log a help desk ticket with PrairieCat to receive this data. |
| Collection Details: | Enter the number for each category; if none, enter “0” |
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For physical collection data, log a help desk ticket with PrairieCat to receive this data. For digital collection data, you will need to check the dashboards of your ematerials vendors. |
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eBooks |
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Audio Materials (physical) |
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Audio Materials (digital) |
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Video Materials (physical) |
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Video Materials (digital) |
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Realia |
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Equipment |
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This committee creates training resources for staff and patrons, reviews and recommends potential enhancements suggested by the PrairieCat staff and members for submission to Innovative, and reviews and recommends approved Innovative enhancements for voting by PrairieCat.