Montana Shared Catalog Updates - 5/8/2023

Montana State Library sent this bulletin at 05/08/2023 04:13 PM MDT

Date: 5/08/2023

Updates from the Montana Shared Catalog

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Announcements

Workflows: 'Receive Transit' & 'Trap Holds' Wizards

We will be limiting access to the 'Receive Transit' and 'Trap Hold' wizards starting this week due to a bug within the system. The wizards can override an item from being in-transit which causes it to appear as available at its home library while it is still being transported. If you are not already, please use the 'Check-in' wizard to trap all holds.

Enterprise: MSL Programs Logo Changes

As you may have heard, the Montana State Library has recently gone through a rebranding process which has included updated program logos and names. We are going through all the MSC Enterprise pages and updating the logos to reflect this change. If you have any State program logos displayed on your library website, could please update them as well? We would greatly appreciate it! If you need access to an image file, please open up a help desk ticket.

Projects

Have an idea for a project? Ask us how we can help! MSC staff may be able to help in unexpected ways.

Want to set up a patron self-check? Are you offering a pop-up library at your day care or farmers market this summer? Thinking about doing an inventory for the first time? Want to talk about genrefication? We can help with that!

It's never too early to reach out. We can often save you work when you include us in your project planning. Just open a help desk ticket or log on during an upcoming office hours session and let us know your ideas.

Office Hours: Friday, May 19 10 am and/or 2 pm

Join us online for our next Office Hours on Friday May 19th at 10 am & 2 pm.

Mark your calendars! Through the end of July, MSC Office Hours will be held on the 1st Tuesday and the 3rd Friday at 10 am & 2 pm. (The only except will be the first week in July. Since it falls on the 4th, Office Hours will take place the second Tuesday of the month.)

MSC staff will be available to answer all your questions! Here are some topics that we’ve discussed in the last few sessions: The Serial Control module, Inventory, MobileStaff, New Products, & Cataloging.

You can join Office Hours using the ASPeN event pages for 10 am and/or 2 pm.

https://mt-gov.zoom.us/j/86375038295?pwd=bjJlU2FGUXAzT2g2NDYvRU1sbVA5UT09 [lnks.gd]

Meeting ID: 863 7503 8295 Password: 141090

Did You Know?

If you are discarding an item and want to reuse the barcode number or if you are adding in a placeholder item for something on order, in the 'Call Number and Item Maintenance' wizard you can change the item id to 'AUTO' which inserts an unique generated barcode instead of modifying your existing item barcode.

Upcoming Events

MSC Office Hours: Friday, May 19 at 10 am and/or 2 pm

Location: Zoom. Meeting details can be found on the ASPeN events calendar.