Weekly Update—September 16, 2014
Welcome to the Roadshow!
On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 18 staff from 12 libraries braved the stormy weather to gather in Monticello. We had a great time talking about the next steps in resource sharing throughout the consortium and appreciate everyone taking the time to gather and share their recommendations and experiences! A special thanks to Monticello-Union Township Public Library for being great hosts.
Still Ahead
Northeast Region – October 2, 10am-Noon, South Whitley Community Public Library
Southeast Region – October 3, 9:30am-11:30am, Greensburg-Decatur County Contractual Public Library
Southwest Region – October 22, 10am-Noon, Loogootee Public Library
Participants will receive agendas, hospitality, and parking information. We encourage you to submit requests for inclusion on the agendas or bring your ideas for other updates, changes, and improvements for on-the fly discussion. Frontline staff members are encouraged to participate and share their perspectives!
Space is limited, so please register if you would like to participate in any of the roundtables.
Attention Catalogers: Mark your Calendar
The 2014 Fall Cataloging Roundtable webinar has been set for November 6, 2014, 10am-Noon EST. We will be taking a look at what you can do at your library to help clean up the catalog in preparation for authority control implementation. Registration is now open.
Committee News
At the September 4, 2014 meeting, the Cataloging Committee approved the addition of Parts creation and assignment permissions for the Cat2 profile. Parts are used primarily in Evergreen Indiana to identify individually cataloged elements of multi-disc sets and periodical issues. Additional training materials will be made available shortly.
Member News
Lebanon Public Library welcomes interim director Yvonne Welty.
Support News
We have identified Thanksgiving weekend as our next planned de-duplication and have tentatively set a FULL cataloging freeze for November 27-30, 2014.
Migration News
The Royal Center-Boone Township Public Library’s targeted go-live is December 2, 2014. There will be no cataloging freeze associated with this migration.
The North Madison County Public Library migration is scheduled for October 17-21, 2014. A modified cataloging freeze is anticipated during that weekend. Further information will be forthcoming as available.
Deadlines
The next barcode and library card purchasing pool is now open. Please get your orders in by the end of the week!
Upcoming Evergreen Indiana Training Opportunities
September 18
Basic Cataloging, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428
Local Administration, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428
October 28
Advanced Cataloging, Part I, 9am-12pm, Webinar
October 29
Advanced Cataloging, Part II, 9am-12pm, Webinar.
November 6
Fall Cataloging Roundtable, 10am-12pm[EST], Webinar.