Announcements
CMC Meeting Wednesday, September 3
The CMC will hold an online quarterly meeting on Wednesday, September 3, from 11:00 am -12:00 pm. Zoom meeting link and meeting materials are posted on the ASPeN event page.
All MSC members are welcome to attend.
OCLC WorldCat Holdings Update
In addition to our regular monthly OCLC holdings updates, we recently initiated a full collection sync of MSC member library holdings in OCLC WorldCat. This update adds holdings to matching WorldCat bib records and removes inaccurate holdings. The update does not modify bib records in WorkFlows or in OCLC WorldCat. We anticipate scheduling this process to run quarterly.
We are reviewing the output from the update to determine what automated or manual work that can realistically be done to resolve holdings that do not sync. We will look at our cataloging guidelines and practices across the MSC and target specific areas for improvements.
You should already see the items that your library owns more correctly reflected in WorldCat, resulting in better ILL requests and research inquiries. Please open a help desk ticket with any questions.
Fall School Survey and Grade Roll-ups
If your library is a K-12 School, School/Community, or Academic please complete the Fall 2025 School Survey here so that your closed dates and other 2025-26 info are reflected correctly in the system: https://forms.office.com/g/1mWmRFagi7.
If you didn't request grade level roll-ups for your students at the end of the last school year via a helpdesk ticket and would like MSC staff to do this for you, please open a help desk ticket.
If you have any questions about preparing for the new school year, please check out our KB article Orientation for School Libraries at the Beginning of the School Year.
Deadline to complete the survey is Tuesday, September 30.
MSC Office Hours - Friday, 8/15
Join us Friday, 8/15 at either 10 am or 2 pm for MSC Office Hours. We will be available the whole hour to troubleshoot specific issues, help brainstorm how to get a new project started, or answer any questions you may have! Drop in for a few minutes or stay for the whole time.
Meeting information can be found on ASPeN or simply join using this link.
Did You Know?
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Welcome back to school to our school and college librarians!
In the MSC, we currently have 92 K-12 school libraries, 9 community-school libraries, and 6 academic libraries.
Here's to a great 2025-26 school year!
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Upcoming Events
MSC Office Hours on Friday, August 15 at 10 am & 2 pm
Location: Zoom. Meeting details can be found on the ASPeN Events calendar.
CMC Meeting Wednesday, September 3 at 11 am
Location: Zoom. Meeting details can be found on the ASPeN Event page.
KB Articles
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