2024-01-25 - Agenda and notes

2021-01-25 - (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Northeast Kansas Library System / online

Agenda

1. Announcements, news, brief items, etc.

   • Introductions

   • Additions to the agenda

2. Cataloging committee update

3. Last week’s upgrade

   • Hold fill digests

     • New message option

     • Selected by default for all new borrowers

     • All old borrowers will be updated soon

     • Example message

   • Guarantor - guarantee stuff

     • Relatives charges and fees in the OPAC

     • Update to “Charges for patron’s guarantees message”

   • Limit editing ability to groups natively (bug)

   • Records that cannot be batch deleted/batch modified are highlighted better

   • Mark items as returned in batch item modification

   • List/export batch modification results

   • Call numbers added to accountline information

   • Cancel holds on second check-in (new option)

4. Advanced Reading Copies and Bootleg materials

   1. Advance reading copies

   • AKA: Galleys; ARCs; Review Copies

     • What is an “ARC”

   • ARCs are for the purpose of reviewing books before publication for sites like

     • Book Marks

     • Library Journal

     • Book Reporter

   • Cataloging and circulating ARCs is confusing to borrowers

   • Cataloging and circulating ARCs is unethical

   • Cataloging and circulating ARCs is not a best practice

   2. Bootleg or pirated materials

   • Pirated DVDs/Blu-rays/CDs/Books are illegaly made copies of media sold without paying royalties to the producers of the original media

   • Circulating bootleg or pirated materials is illegal

   • Buy from a reputable seller - Midwest Tapes is a good example

   • If buying on Amazon, make sure the item is “Sold by Amazon.com”

   3. Addition to the policy manual

   • Proposed addition to the policy manual

   • Voting starts tomorrow lasts two weeks (Create voting survey)

5. Aspen Discovery

   • On-boarding starts in March

   • Customization March-July

   • Training for library staff in August

   • Demo-ish stuff

   • Lida App

6. Next meeting

   • 2024.04.16 (Tuesday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Osage City Public Library / online

   • 2024.08.27 (Tuesday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Tonganoxie Public Library / online

   • 2024.11.14 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Mary Cotton Library, Sabetha / online

Video recording on YouTube

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