Montana Shared Catalog Updates- 3/22/2023

Montana State Library sent this bulletin at 03/22/2023 02:40 PM MDT

Date: 03/22/2023

Updates from the Montana Shared Catalog

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Announcements

MSC Office Hours: Friday, March 24 at 10 am & 2 pm

Join us this Friday for 'Office Hours!'

The MSC team is trying something new as part of our efforts to increase communication and provide more opportunities for member librarians to provide feedback. We’re going to start holding “office hour” drop-in meetings where one or more of the MSC staff will be available to answer questions, discuss the news from recent update emails, and provide troubleshooting.

We don’t currently have a permanent timeslot or day selected for these as we want to make sure that all members have an opportunity to attend if they wish so we’ll be making adjustments to the scheduling as we see how these go.

You can join the office hours through Zoom here:

https://mt-gov.zoom.us/j/86375038295?pwd=bjJlU2FGUXAzT2g2NDYvRU1sbVA5UT09

Meeting ID: 863 7503 8295

Password: 141090

MSC Member Meeting Materials

The FY24 budget and cost formula drafts have been added to the Aspen Event along with a notes document that provides more details. Please take a look at those in advance of the meeting to be prepared for the annual budget vote.

Enterprise Format Facet

There is a bug within the newly upgraded version of Enterprise (5.1.0.6) that does not populate the 'Format' dropdown menu in the 'Advanced Search' screen if you do not also have the 'Format' facet turned on in your search results display. To counteract this bug, we've turned on the 'Format' facet for all libraries.

Auto-Renew Poll - Deadline Extended

Auto-renewal would allow your users items to automatically renew their checkouts before they become overdue. Only items that are already eligible for renewal would be included, so if an item has other patron holds or if the maximum number of renewals has already been met, then it would not be renewed.

Would you be interested in auto-renewal as an add-on service? The MSC could add the service for individual libraries. Fill out the survey by clicking here: https://forms.office.com/g/BaFqatSiBW.

Please help us gauge interest!

Did You Know?

If a patron loses a card and gets issued a new barcode, their MTLIB2GO account does not automatically transfer over to the new card number. You will need to log into Overdrive and merge the cards or else the patron will lose any holds, checkouts, or history.

Upcoming Events

MSC Office Hours: March 24, 2023 at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm

Location: Online via Zoom. Meeting details can be found above.

MSC Spring Member Meeting: April 12, 2023 at 1:00 pm

Location: In-person at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Billings, Montana or online via Zoom. Details will be posted on the ASPeN Event page as we get closer to the meeting.