Glossary
Agencies:
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Institute of Museum and Library Services (AKA IMLS) is an independent federal agency that provides library grants, museum grants, policy development, and research. You can learn more about the Institute of Museum and Library services at the IMLS website
- Kansas Library Express
- Kansas Library Express (AKA KLE) is the courier system that ships materials between member libraries in Kansas. KLE also allows libraries to ship materials to couriers on the Blue Sky courier system in Colorado and Trans Amigos in other states. Northeast Kansas Library System administers the courier system. For more information see the KLE website at https://kslibexpress.mykansaslibrary.org/
- Northeast Kansas Library System
- Northeast Kansas Library System (AKA NEKLS) is one of seven regional library systems in Kansas. You can learn more about the Kansas regional library systems at the State Library of Kansas page on regional library systems
- State Library of Kansas
- The State Library of Kansas (AKA SLK) acts as the library for the governmental offices of Kansas and helps provide library services to all residents of the state of Kansas. You can learn more about the State Library of Kansas at the State Library of Kansas website
Software, languages, and outside services:
- Koha
- Koha is the name of the open source integrated library system software used by Next Search Catalog. You can learn more about Koha at the Koha Community website
- SIP
- Standard Interchange Protocol - A protocol for sending messages between an ILS and third party software. SIP was originally developed by 3M in the 1980s.
- SIP2
- Standard Interchange Protocol, version 2 - A protocol for sending messages between an ILS and third party software. An update to the original SIP protocol developed by 3M in the 1980s.
Item statuses:
- Overdue
- An item is considered “Overdue” when it is checked out to a patron beyond its due date.
Lost item statuses
- Lost
- An item is considered “Lost” when it has been overdue for a long period of time and the borrower has been billed for the replacement cost of the item.
- Missing
- An item is considered “Missing” when, according to the catalog, the item is supposed to be checked in and on the shelf, but staff are unable to locate the item on the shelf.
- Claims returned
- An item is considered “Claims returned” when an item is checked out to a patron, but the patron claims that they have returned it, and library staff are unable to locate the item on the shelf.
Notices and slips
- First valid email
- Next Search Catalog sends e-mails to the “First valid” email address on a borrowers account and it checks for valid email addresses in this order:
- Primary email
- Secondary email
- Alternate address > Email
- Please note that a valid email address does not necessarily mean the first working email address – valid just means the email address meets the IETF standards for a properly formatted email address (see Valid email address format for more information)