2020.11.05 - Agenda with notes

Leavenworth Public Library
Meeting switched to Zoom only
No recording of this meeting was made

  1. Announcements, news, brief items, etc.
  • Introductions
  • Additions to the agenda
  • Announcement
  1. Hoopla searching in Next Search Catalog
  • We will no longer be adding Marc records for Hoopla titles to the catalog
  • New feature allows patrons to search all of Hoopla when searching our catalog
  • Training documents at (this link)
  • Live now on our production server
  • At the meeting Jack suggested we look at Capria and we will follow up on Capria by the January meeting
  1. Placards for Flipster and Hoopla keywords
  • This is also live in our server now - adds “placards” some OPAC searches
  • See the page at this link for a quick example
  • Or search for “Atlantic Monthly,” “Hoopla,” or “Family handyman ebook” on the OPAC
  1. Item type changes
  • Video (Television) – Item type code = NVIDTV
  • Live on our server today
  • Every library now has a circulation rule for Video (Television) that matches their circulation rules for VIDEO
  • Contact nexthelp@nekls.org to change the circulation rule
  • You will need to update the item type on items owned by your library (instructions here) or ask for help at nexthelp@nekls.org
  • Other changes coming
  • At the meeting “Costume,” “Mask,” and “Video (digital player)” item types were also suggested and may be incorported into the timeline at this link
  1. Changes to patron category descriptions
  • 6 patron categories are not automatically billed for items when they have been overdue for more than 45 days
  • The names of those categories have been updated to include “(exempt)” after the name of the Category
  • The timeline of the automatic overdue item deletion process is at this link
  • To get a count of borrowers at your library in all categories plus an indication of which categories staff at your library can use, run report 3361
  • The Library associate (exempt), Student (exempt), and Teacher/Faculty/Administrator (exempt) all have corresponding non-exampt counterparts. If you want your patrons in any or all of those exempt categories updated to their non-exempt counterparts, let us know at nexthelp@nekls.org
  1. 942$h
  • Is now a mandatory field starting today
  • Training documents at
  • As stated at the last meeting, 942$c is next (it’s the difficult one)
  1. 2020 participation agreement (final)
  1. 2020 Privacy and confidentiality statement
  1. 2021 Meetings
  • 2021.01.19 (Tuesday)
  • 10:00 a.m. - noon
  • Zoom only
  • State statistical survey help from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  • 2021.04.01 (Thursday)
  • 10:00 a.m. - noon
  • Zoom only
  • 2021.09.02 (Thursday)
  • 10:00 a.m. - noon
  • Nekls office (in person and on Zoom)
  • 2021.11.09 (Tuesday)
  • 10:00 a.m. - noon
  • Leavenworth Public Library (in person and on Zoom)
  1. Next meeting
  • January 19, 2021
  • Zoom only
  • Zoom link