Overdrive, the vendor for MyMediaMall, is offering online training for staff during the month of September. Take advantage of 5 different classes, offered through the ReadyTalk web conferencing system. To sign up, visit the Overdrive web site.
MyMediaMall, as of July 9, now has 15 EPUB titles available for checkout. The MyMediaMall collection committee will continue building that selection with additional purchases.
A session of Digital Library 101 has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, 2 - 3:30 p.m. This web-based session will cover how to browse, check out, and download MyMediaMall (OverDrive) media. At the end of this course, staff should feel comfortable answering basic questions about MyMediaMall's Virtual Branch.
More and more libraries are using WebReporter and its various 150+ reports. Although we are pleased to see the increase in use, much of the use is occurring during the middle of the day when many staff are logged in and doing multiple Horizon processes as well. This additional load from WebReporter causes Horizon to slow down. Therefore, we are limiting use of WebReporter so it will not be available from 10 am to 3 pm. This restriction will only apply to weekdays, Monday through Friday.
A LINC automation staff person will be working at LTLS on Friday, July 3. Please call the automation extension, 217-352-0047, x1, for issues related to LINC during the day Friday. During evenings or on the weekend of July 4, contact the emergency number, 217-979-1182.
Overdrive, the vendor for MyMediaMall, is bringing its Digital Bookmobile to Champaign Public Library on Friday, July 17, from noon to 6 pm. The Digital Bookmobile is a community outreach vehicle that is used to promote downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video. Developed inside a 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer, the nationally touring vehicle is a high-tech update of the traditional bookmobile that has served communities for decades.
The Digital Bookmobile creates an engaging download experience around the host library's digital media collection and 'Virtual Branch' download website. The vehicle is equipped with broadband Internet-connected PCs, high-definition monitors, premium sound systems, and a variety of portable media players. Interactive computer stations give visitors an opportunity to search the digital media collection, use supported mobile devices, and sample eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video from the library.
Be sure to visit this interesting library-on-wheels!
For all automated non-cataloging center libraries:
In this year's OCLC contract, they have included a survey.
The survey asks questions about using Connexion, CatExpress, and the batchloading process. Since LTLS sets your holdings during the batchloading process, you can ignore the top portion of the survey. You can answer the bottom half about Resource Sharing.
Thanks! Donna
Are you interested in letting your new patrons do their own self-registration on your LINCPac profile? Self-registration means that a short borrower is created in Horizon, and staff can then locate this record and approve based on validation requirements of the library. This cuts down on staff doing hand-entry of name, address, city, phone, and email - the patron does it instead.
Since the upgrade, libraries have reported some instances of an error message when adding a new item. This happens when the staff member needs to correct one of the newly-entered fields. For example, if you entered a collection code and found it was wrong, then changed it to the correct code, the error message displays when trying to save the new item. The error message starts with this statement: "The column po# in table po_line_item does not allow null values.....".
