Media Services Advisory Meeting. September 29, 2015

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1 Media Services Advisory Meeting September 29, 2015

2 Welcome Introducing Noah Himes Contacting NEOnet

3 Library Mini Conference Thanks to all who helped plan, presented and attended! Resources from the presentations are available on the NEOnet website Should we pursue planning for next year?

4 Back to school checklist Quick list of items to check when you get back to your library to prepare yourself for the new year

5 Mitinet Mitinet will insert reading scores into your bib records for $60/building All buildings in a district must participate Two updates per year This pricing expires in December 2015 David Ingraham Sales Representative Mitinet Library Services Tel: ext 5208 Fax: davei@mitinet.com

6 TRAILS Kent State University Libraries still supports their Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills ( This free resource helps librarians and classroom teachers measure grade 3, 6, 9 and 12 students information literacy

7 The INFOhio toolkit now features the Blizzard Bags, as well as updated flyers

8 INFOhio Webinars are available live or recorded for CEUsthere are new ones each month

9 The Pearltree/Tech Skills for Online Testing flyer was updated to reflect the change from PARCC to AIR

10 EasyTech Online Safety curriculum Free program through Learning.com was renewed for all K-12 schools for the school year Exceeds CIPA and E-Rate requirements Register at Learning.com/ohio

11 World Book Student has gone from this

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13 World Book Advanced has gone from this

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15 Databases are moving to a discovery layer layout, which prepares students for college research.

16 World Book Kids has gone from this

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18 EBSCO s Professional Search has gone from this

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20 Searchasaurus and

21 Kids Search have gone from this

22 to this: Explora for K-5.

23 Student Research Center has gone from this

24 to this: Explora 6-8 and 9-12.

25 Science Online has gone from this

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28 LearningExpress Library Substitute Meet Owen with OhioMeansJobs

29 Academic Library Research Visits for High School Students College Credit Plus Library Resources INFOhio for Education Majors INFOhio Instructional Bags INFOhio Maker Movement INFOhio Road to Readiness Ready for College, Ready for Work, Ready for Success! CTs cover these topics: libguides.infohio.org

30 INFOhio LibGuides

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47 Report Enhancements Eight reports updated and/or enhanced. One new report.

48 Sirsi Item Record New categories added to item record: Curricular area, Grade level and Genre (to be activated at later date). If you have genrefied, please let us know!

49 New categories now available when generating shelf list: CAT: Shelf List

50 Ability to output the item record categories and Lexile and/or AR data from the MARC record. CAT: Shelf List

51 CAT: Shelf List Example of Shelf List Output:

52 CIR: Active Loans Call Number selection tab added:

53 CIR: Active Loans Corrected spreadsheet page-break issue. Coming soon totals at the end!

54 PAT: List Users Report displays patron status. Coming attraction: report totals at end! Option to show total checkouts. Include Alt ID in brief report. Added output option for birthdate.

55 LBL: Item Labels Date modified added to Call Number and Item Selection tabs:

56 CIR: Overdues and Notices Limit by amount billed: Advantage Able to pin-point a specific amount.

57 CIR: Receipts Additional options added to bill selection makes report more flexible. May select records based on payment dates. 5 most recent payment limitation GONE.

58 PAT: Users with Lost Items New report separates bills for lost items from bills for fines.

59 Librarian s Favorites Located in the Workflows Handbook: Public Portals / Library Catalog Section

60 Allows for hand selection of titles to suggest to readers. Have you Read - Librarian s Favorites

61 Librarian s Favorites A link to the favorites appears on the basic search screen in CAT 2.0.

62 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release CAT has undergone a complete renovation based on the newest HTML provided in v3.5 of Symphony. CAT Jr. has seen only minor changes and has NOT been migrated to v3.5 base code yet.

63 Changes specific to CAT Jr. Feedback forum has been removed. Discovery Portal has been replaced with Isearch. Added new EAUDIO material type. Increased the Lexile range to 1800.

64 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release

65 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release Removed Area Media Center from Other Resources. Corrected INFOhio ER and Other Resources URL in Other Resources

66 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release Removed obsolete New York Times Children Chapter Books from Best Seller List Removed Suggestion Box and Feedback Form

67 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release Navigational images reverted back to text Removed Discovery Portal and replaced it with Isearch

68 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release Expanded lexile range to 1800

69 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release Re-arranged results list Removed Show Details button

70 CAT/CAT Jr. Summer Release Moved Browse Call Numbers and Browse Heading search to Advanced Search page Removed Check for Tests in reading program search All pages now support customized library lists

71 SmartPort issues Several users have reported that they are unable to access SmartPort Jim ed tech directors over the summer and told them about a change in IP addresses that must be allowed If you are still having problems, please let us know so we can resend the information to the proper people.

72 Sharing AASL Conference- November 5-8 th - Columbus Convention Center Any other business?

73 Future meetings Wednesday, November 18 th Wednesday, March 3 rd Thursday, April 21 st Please consider signing up to bring a snack to share!

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