LINC Update for January 3, 2006

January 3, 2006

2006 - 001

LINC MEETINGS

LINC Policy Council – January 18, 1:30 p.m.

2006 - 002
ST. JOSEPH MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW ONLINE

As of January 3, the new St. Joseph Middle School building is open and the library is online. Congratulations to Barb Turner for her work in moving into the library and automating the collection in the months of November and December.

2006 - 003 COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE MAINTENANCE

SirsiDynix staff will be performing maintenance on the Horizon Community Resources Database only. This is scheduled for Friday, January 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The process will take about an hour. From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., the Community Resources database will be unavailable for searching and record editing, in both LINCPac and Horizon.

We will post a message on the LTLS Online System Status blog, http://www.lincolntrail.info/systemstatus.html, when this database is again available Friday.

2006 - 004
HORIZON 7.4, LINCPAC 4.1 UPGRADE INFORMATION

In the last LINC Update we announced that the upgrade to Horizon 7.4, LINCPac 4.1 has been scheduled for February 7. Most of the new functionality in this upgrade will affect LINCPac. Here are some of the features that will happen as a result of this upgrade:

•LINCPac will have a new look, although tabs will still be prevalent.
•Users can set defaults and preferences if they choose to set up an individual login/password account.
•Users can set up content alerts to be emailed when items are added to the catalog. For example, if users want to know when a new cookbook is added to the catalog, an email will be sent to them.
•Users can set a default search type that they prefer to use (ex: general keyword), default limits and sorts, and a default search location.
•LINCPac will provide a spell checker and thesaurus options to help further refine search terms.
•Patrons are able to create their own library portal.

2006 - 005
ADDING NEW ITEMS

When barcoding and adding new items to Horizon, the final step in finishing this process is to check the item in (in CKI). This tells Horizon the item is available for holds and is on the shelf. We have a default status of ‘li’ (local in) for newly-added materials that displays as ‘on shelf’ in the catalog, but ‘li’ (local in) does not tell the system these materials can be requested on the pull list. Only through checking items in (through CKI) does this status change to the requestable status of ‘o’, or ‘on shelf’.
So, please remember to run all new items through CKI as the final step in processing new materials.

2006 - 006
CMC CATALOGING REQUESTS

As a result of a state grant, the statewide Cataloging Maintenance Center at Lincoln Trail is upgrading some older cataloging records in LINC. If you receive a request for one of your materials from the Cataloging Maintenance Center, treat the item as an interlibrary loan request. On the gold band, write CMC-LTN and put the item in transit to Lincoln Trail. The item will be checked out at Lincoln Trail to the CMC staff. Items requested for cataloging will be returned in two weeks.

January 3, 2006
2006 - 001	LINC MEETINGS
	LINC Policy Council – January 18, 1:30 p.m.

2006 - 002	ST. JOSEPH MIDDLE SCHOOL NOW ONLINE
	As of January 3, the new St. Joseph Middle School building is open and the library is online. Congratulations to Barb Turner for her work in moving into the library and automating the collection in the months of November and December.

2006 - 003	COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE MAINTENANCE
	SirsiDynix staff will be performing maintenance on the Horizon Community Resources Database only. This is scheduled for Friday, January 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The process will take about an hour. From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., the Community Resources database will be unavailable for searching and record editing, in both LINCPac and Horizon. We will post a message on the LTLS Online System Status blog, http://www.lincolntrail.info/systemstatus.html, when this database is again available Friday.

2006 - 004	HORIZON 7.4, LINCPAC 4.1 UPGRADE INFORMATION
	In the last LINC Update we announced that the upgrade to Horizon 7.4, LINCPac 4.1 has been scheduled for February 7. Most of the new functionality in this upgrade will affect LINCPac. Here are some of the features that will happen as a result of this upgrade: •LINCPac will have a new look, although tabs will still be prevalent. •Users can set defaults and preferences if they choose to set up an individual login/password account. •Users can set up content alerts to be emailed when items are added to the catalog. For example, if users want to know when a new cookbook is added to the catalog, an email will be sent to them. •Users can set a default search type that they prefer to use (ex: general keyword), default limits and sorts, and a default search location. •LINCPac will provide a spell checker and thesaurus options to help further refine search terms. •Patrons are able to create their own library portal.

2006 - 005	ADDING NEW ITEMS
	When barcoding and adding new items to Horizon, the final step in finishing this process is to check the item in (in CKI). This tells Horizon the item is available for holds and is on the shelf. We have a default status of ‘li’ (local in) for newly-added materials that displays as ‘on shelf’ in the catalog, but ‘li’ (local in) does not tell the system these materials can be requested on the pull list. Only through checking items in (through CKI) does this status change to the requestable status of ‘o’, or ‘on shelf’. So, please remember to run all new items through CKI as the final step in processing new materials.

2006 - 006	CMC CATALOGING REQUESTS
	As a result of a state grant, the statewide Cataloging Maintenance Center at Lincoln Trail is upgrading some older cataloging records in LINC. If you receive a request for one of your materials from the Cataloging Maintenance Center, treat the item as an interlibrary loan request. On the gold band, write CMC-LTN and put the item in transit to Lincoln Trail. The item will be checked out at Lincoln Trail to the CMC staff. Items requested for cataloging will be returned in two weeks.