OWWLUG Meeting, Friday, December 9, 2011

Administrivia

• 2012 Meeting dates
  • 2/24, 4/27, 6/29, 8/31, 10/26, 12/21
• 2012 Snack sign up

New in the catalog: Patron Reviews

• Draft Catalog Reviews Flier
• Lindsay gave a demo of the coming-soon ChiliFresh review functions being added to the OWWL catalog.
  • Each title (excluding electronic materials) will be reviewable
  • Reviews in English or Spanish will be posted
  • Reviews are sortable
  • Libraries can create reviewer accounts that can be used by readers advisory groups, summer reading groups, etc.
  • Reviews are moderated
  • User logins are separate from OPAC logins
  • A "soft" roll-out is expected by the end of December. Lindsay is creating an informational flier to alert users.

Legacy Bills Browser

• Legacy bills are searchable by Patron name or barcode and Item title (this is new)
• Go to the Pioneer home page and click on About Us, then click on Staff Login and enter your login
• Individual bills of $5.00 or more are included in this database. This is not a cumulative amount of bills a patron may have. Those items will just appear on their account as Legacy bills without further available information.

Holdings update: Bad Stat Cat report clean up project (Ellen Reynolds)

• Ellen discussed the necessity of cleaning up the bad/unset Statistical Categories in Item Attributes and demonstrated how to fix them.
  • If not cleaned up, these may negatively impact a library's annual report statistics
  • Most attending libraries agreed to take care of their items -- Kathryn will send lists

Other

• Questions brought up that need investigation:
  • Can library staff access patron login information for Chilifresh?
  • New version of Evergreen will be coming shortly
    • One of the new features is the Wish List.
      • Related to holds, not exactly sure how it works
    • Adding items to bookbags: will this be more direct or user friendly?
  • WIL hold limit on magazines. Is there a copy level hold limit?
  • Will patrons blocked or expired accounts ever be blocked from accessing WiFi?