Library Automation Updates

							LLIS Meeting

      September 3, 2009
Announcements


   OELMA
   Library usage database
   Summer software upgrade
   Reminder: remind staff to check email!
   Committees:
    ER, PR, and Automation/Other
LLIS Meeting – 9/3/2009

Report from John Mitchell
LLIS Meeting - 9/3/2009


INFOhio Updates
INFOhio Updates
 Electronic Resources Core Collection
See: http://www.infohio.org/PriceList2009.pdf

   Toolkit updated!
See: http://www.infohio.org/Toolkit.html

Username? Password?
INFOhio Updates

Introducing eLibrary (aka CAT 2.0)
  - Cherie Pandora and Betsey Lee

See: http://sirsi1.lnoca.org/opac/
INFOhio Updates

Research Project Calculator

See: http://www2.infohio.org/rpc/
Research Project Calculator
LLIS Meeting - 9/3/2009


Library Systems Updates
Back-to-school reminders
   OPAC URLs: CAT or CAT 2.0 (eLibrary)
    CAT: http://web2.lnoca.org/
    eLibrary: http://sirsi1.lnoca.org/opac/
   No change for CAT Jr.
   Please, pretty please, cleanup templates
    and scheduled reports.
   Check Sirsi manual for updates.
Patron Verification & Cleanup
Run the PAT: List Users report and sort on
    library/grade/name or library/room/name.
Benefits:
1) You’ll see how homeroom data is entered (for
    running barcode reports or notices).
2) You’ll be able to identify students who may have
    withdrawn but were not expired.
    - example: A handful of students in a homeroom
    are in a different grade or there are only 3 students
    in a given homeroom.
PAT: List Users
Run the PAT: List Users report.
On the Users Option tab, change Active status
  to both. On the User Selection tab, enter
  expiry date <tomorrow’s date.
PAT: List Users
Benefits:
1) If you have no expired users and are a DASL
    school, LNOCA may have to ‘turn on’ the
    expiry functionality.
2) If you have expired users, LNOCA can batch
    delete them. Those with open transactions
    will be identified for manual resolution by
    library staff.
PAT: List Users
If you run the PAT: List Users report in
  spreadsheet format, you’ll be able to
  select the fields you wish to display
  (name, barcode, alt ID, expiry date,
  etc.), then sort every which way. Errors
  are usually at the beginning or end of a
  sort.
Library Systems Website

Bookmark or save as fave:
http://www.lnoca.org/departments/library/default.aspx
StaffWeb documentation
See our handbook…
under Training:
Intra-district ILL: demo
See our handbook…
under WorkFlows:
Reports Release

RTF default output option added to CAS: Age of
   Collection, CAS: Value of Collection, and CIR:
   Receipts.
All INFOhio tab reports follow the same rule before
   viewing: uncheck ‘View log’ and uncheck ‘Format
   report’ before viewing.
CIR: Active Loans
User ID tab added to select specific users
CIR: Active Loans
Call number and program sort added.




Hint: Exclude DISTRICT building from user selection.
CIR: Active Loans
Item Selection tab added.




Now you can enter your library code under item
  selection and exclude your library under user
  selection to find out which of your items are
  circulating at other buildings!
LBL: User Labels
Produce scannable Alt ID barcodes!
LBL: Item Labels
Created by, modified by, and date modified selection
  options added to Title tab! Add your library code and
  date created on Item tab and produce barcodes or
  spine labels for items created on any date or during
  any date range.
CAT: Shelf List
Same selection options added to Title tab
  on Shelf List report if you wish to
  document or list items added (or MARC
  records created) on a certain date or
  during a specified date range.
PAT: List Users
Expiration date and Internet use added to
  output options tab (long version).
CIR: Overdues and Notices
   *FINE* replaced with more appropriate term
    (*BILL* *PROCESSFEE*) on Notices.
   $ inserted before replacement cost on
    Notices.
   Call number sort added (long version).
   Show Lost Items removed from output
    options.
   Alt ID added to output options tab
Helpful Hint
If you run reports in spreadsheet format,
  change (one time only!) your Report
  Session settings:



Then click Print (instead of View) before
 viewing the report:
LN Report Templates
On the ITC Custom tab:
Next LLIS Meeting

Wednesday, November 18, 2009