Weekly Update — December 2, 2015
Committee News
The Cataloging Committee will be meeting at 10am on December 3, 2015 at Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library.
The eContent Committee will be meeting at 10am on December 8, 2015 at the Indiana State Library. We will be hosting a presentation by SkillSoft for consideration as a consortium discount purchase.
The Executive Committee will be meeting at 1pm on December 8, 2015 at the Indiana State Library. Agenda topics include SRCS participation, BIBFRAME development, and the membership fee assessment. This meeting will be broadcast and recorded for those who are not able to attend in person (Broadcast).
The Patron Services Committee will be reviewing the Circulation Matrix in response to several requests at this fall’s regional and thematic roundtables at their December 15, 2015 meeting. Please take a couple of minutes and fill out this survey to provide us with some input to guide the discussion.
eIDC News
We are soliciting sponsors for the 2016 periodicals platform fee through Friday morning. The more libraries participate, the lower the per-library sponsorship cost. Thanks to the libraries that have already volunteered! Invoicing for sponsorships will be done directly by OverDrive.
Deadlines
- We’re more than a group of libraries with a shared catalog. We are resource sharers extraordinaire! Share your programming and marketing success stories and inspire your peers. The Call for Proposals for presenters at the 2016 Annual Conference is now open.
- The Gale Analytics on Demand group buy deadline is December 18, 2015. Please contact John Pellegrino (john.pelegrino@cengage.com / 1-800-877-4253 x8205) if you want to participate.
Upcoming Evergreen Indiana Training Opportunities
December 7
Basic Circulation, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (3 TLEU)
Holds, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (2 TLEU)
December 9
Basic Cataloging, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (3 TLEU)
Local Administration, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (2 TLEU)
December 16
Advanced Cataloging, Part I, 9am-Noon, Webinar. You must register for and attend both parts to be eligible for your Cat1 and receive your 6 TLEUs.
December 17
Advanced Cataloging, Part II, 9am-Noon, Webinar. You must register for and attend both parts to be eligible for your Cat1 and receive your 6 TLEUs.