LINC Update

School Library Dates

As the school year winds to a close, remember to notify LINC staff about important dates so we can change your settings in Horizon.

Please send an email to Donna Schaal, dschaal@illinoisheartland.org, with the following information:

-Select one date-either April 27, May 11, or June 1-for 'turning off' holds

-Date you want to use as a 'fixed due date' (last day of school or last day library will be open, etc.)

-Date you want the above 'fixed due date' implemented.

 

Also, remember to update your school calendar (Calendar Exceptions) in Horizon to reflect the summer days the library will be closed so that we can coordinate the stopping of delivery.  Thank you!

Misplaced Items

Please take a moment to look for the following items:

The first item is 3 DVDs of the Ten Commandments. 
Barcode:  36110000385950 (owned by JFN)
This item currently has the status of "Item hold expired".  Check your hold shelves.

The second item is Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz. 
Barcode:  35935000233425 (owned by JFN)
This item currently has the status of "Item hold expired".  Check your hold shelves.

The third item is The Templars: the Secret History Revealed.
Barcode:  31220000697919 (owned by ZLN)
This item currently has the status of "Transit".  I have contacted the library that it was in transit to and they put it back in delivery.  Check your shelves.

 

Thank you for checking on these items.  Donna

LINC Training

I will be holding a series of LINC training in February.

Dates:

LINC - Getting Started - February 21 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
LINC - Basic Circulation - February 22 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
LINC - Adv. Circulation - February 23 - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
LINC - Adding Items - February 23 - 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm


The workshops are $40 a piece or $120 for the series.

To register, email Donna at:  dschaal@illinoisheartland.org

Uncorrected Proofs Versus Published Editions

Please be careful not to attach item records for published copies of books to bibliographic records for uncorrected proofs, advance reading copies, uncorrected galleys, etc.  Whatever the publishers choose to call these, they  are prepublication releases for reviewers and, because they have not received final editing, constitute different editions from their published counterparts.

Records for advance reading copies have edition statements that distinguish them from published editions of the same work, and we try to make sure that we add the genre heading "Proofs (Printing)" to each bib record.

If in doubt, please call the LINC cataloging center. We'll be happy to help.

 

 

Searching for Playaways? Use "Playaway (Preloaded audio player)"

Effective today, the LINC Cataloging Center has substituted the genre heading "Playaway (Preloaded audio player)" for the local subject heading "Playaways" in all LINC Playaway records. We have done so because our preference is to use a term from the Library of Congress's subject headings whenever possible to describe new formats. When we first began cataloging Playaways no such term existed. The heading we are using exclusively effective today has since been established.  

Playaway records can now be retrieved by a subject browse search that begins with "Playaway" as well as subject keyword or combined keyword searches that use the term "Playaway".

 

Serial Title Change from Your Big Backyard to Big Backyard = New Bib Record

Effective with the September 2011 issue (Vol. 15, issue 8) the periodical Your Big Backyard (ISSN 0886-5299), published by the National Wildlife Federation,  has undergone a title change to Big Backyard (ISSN 2162-2981). Holdings for issues from September 2011 forward should be attached to OCLC 740740611 in LINC.

MyMediaMall and Newly Issued Barcodes

When issuing a borrower a new barcode for whatever reason, please be aware that their account in MyMediaMall stays with the old barcode.

For instance, recently a library gave a borrower a new barcode and then marked the old one "lost".  The user tried to logon to MyMediaMall.  Logon was successful with the new barcode however the borrower's  hold queue items were gone.

The hold queue list did not disappear they were still with the old barcode.

Illinois Heartland cannot transfer the hold queue ourselves but we can ask Overdrive's technical support to do so. 

I asked if the "wish list" could also be transferred -- unfortunately Overdrive cannot transfer a wish list.

Please share this with your circulation staff.  Thanks!  Donna

Local Holds at Urbana Free LIbrary

Urbana Free Library will soon begin using Local Holds for new items. For most books and for CDs, DVDs, and BODs, the new Local Holds Period is defined as 5 months plus the current month.  For best sellers and for easy/easy-to-read books the new Local Holds Period will be 9 months plus the current month (reduced from 1 year).  These changes will occur sometime within the next few weeks as the lists are compiled and items are moved to the new itypes.

MyMediaMall adds support for iPhone, iPod, and Android

OverDrive, the vendor for MyMediaMall, recently released an update to the OverDrive apps for iPhone and Android, which adds support for eBooks from the MyMediaMall library. Now your customers will be able to download both EPUB eBooks and MP3 audiobooks directly to their iPhone, iPod touch, or Android phone/tablet.   Click on the link above to read more about this update.

LINC Training Added

Due to some turnaround in a couple of libraries, I have added a series of LINC training.  If you have someone who needs training, consider sending them to this session.

LINC - Getting Started Tuesday, December 14 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LINC - Basic Circulation Thursday, December 16, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LINC - Advanced Circulation Monday, December 20, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LINC - Adding Items 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sorry for the short notice.  Donna