Announcements
GovDelivery Newsletter Archive
Did you miss something in a past MSC Update? We have a new Knowledge Base article, MSC GovDelivery Newsletter Archive which hyperlinks to every past GovDelivery Newsletter along with a brief listing of its contents.
Sunsetting MSC-Discuss as of January 1st, 2024
As of January 1st, 2024, MSC will no longer support the ‘MSC-DISCUSS@GOOGLEGROUPS.COM’ email. All MSC communications and updates will be sent via the GovDelivery platform. Please signup here to receive our newsletters. The newsletter subscription is open to any staff at your library or any that support your library who may need to know important system information. If you have any questions, please open a help desk ticket.
New BLUECloud Analytics (BCA) Reports
Circulate Checkbox
This new report can help with Collection Maintenance. This report, titled Find Items with Circulate Box Unchecked, lists your library’s item records that have the ‘circulate’ checkbox unchecked. If this checkbox is left blank, then the item will not be able to be circulated. MSC staff recommend not deselecting this checkbox, but instead using an item type to make items noncirculating. If you have any questions, please open a help desk ticket.
Shared Reports > Collection Maintenance > List Reports for Catalog Clean-up > ‘Find Items with Circulate Box Unchecked’
This new report provides a monthly count of SMS notifications sent to your patrons by library.
Shared Reports > SMS > ‘SMS Message Count’
If you have not yet requested this service for your library, see our two KB articles for more information:
Office Hours Holiday Schedule
Office Hours are on a modified schedule for the upcoming holiday months. For November, December, and January we will hold Office Hours one day per month rather than our typical two days per month. Each day will still have a session at 10:00 am and at 2:00 pm.
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Tuesday, November 7, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
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Tuesday, December 5, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
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Friday, January 19, 10:00 am & 2:00 pm
Meeting information can be found on ASPeN or simply join using this link.
MSL Tiny Tech Training – OCLC Connexion Browser To Be Discontinued
Join MSL's Bobbi DeMontigny and MSC staff for a Tiny Tech training on Tuesday, October 31 from 10:00-10:30. In this session we will talk about the upcoming end of life for OCLC cataloging software Connexion Browser and what that may mean for your work. Although this is not a MSC specific training, this may be of interest for MSC catalogers. If you cannot attend this session, a recording will be made available shortly after.
Did You Know?
Feeling unsure where to start with catalog clean-up projects? We have a KB article that will help you navigate our BCA catalog clean-up reports as well as provide best practice recommendations. |
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Upcoming Events
MSL Tiny Tech Training on Tuesday, October 31 at 10 am
Topic: The Change from OCLC Connexion From the Perspective of MSC and Non MSC Libraries
Location: Zoom. Event information can be found on the ASPeN Events calendar
MSC Office Hours on Tuesday, November 7 at 10 am & 2 pm
Location: Zoom. Meeting details can be found on the ASPeN Events calendar.
Members Council
The Members Council met on Wednesday, October 18. At that meeting the Members Council voted to approve the proposed Bylaws revision. With the dissolution of the MSC Executive Board the Bylaws revision touched every article within the Bylaws. There was interest in a future Bylaw Committee to explore specific bylaw articles based on discussion points during the meeting.
Meeting materials can be found on the ASPeN Event page.
A recording of the meeting can be accessed here.
Look for more updates in this newly added section of our newsletter.
New and Updated KB Articles
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