OWWLUG Meeting, Thursday, January 25, 2024

Remote via Zoom. Link will be sent to the system list and registrants the week of the meeting.

Links to recordings are shared in the following week's OWWL Post.

• OWWLUG Meeting, Thursday, January 25, 2024
  • Recent Evergreen changes
  • Old business & Q&A
  • Evergreen upgrade discussion
  • Aspen catalog refresher
  • List Items by Copy Status and List of Lost Items reports
    • List Items by Copy Status
    • List of Lost Items
  • Top 10 Circs
  • Scenario discussion
  • Announcements and reminders

Recent Evergreen changes

Changelog review

Old business & Q&A

Evergreen upgrade discussion

• How is everything going?
• Speed issues -- some issues initially, through at least mid-December. How are things now? Patron searches? Catalog searches? Adding holdings?

Aspen catalog refresher

Now that Aspen's the only OPAC option available, let's have an Aspen refresher!

• Using facets effectively
• Administrative options
  • Lists
  • Browse categories
  • Placards

List Items by Copy Status and List of Lost Items reports

• Reminder that these exist!

List Items by Copy Status

How to process:

• Cataloging
• Damaged
• Discard / weed
• In process
• Lost and paid
• Missing
  • Claims Returned gotcha!

List of Lost Items

• How to process
• What to do if an item has been on this report for a long time?

Top 10 Circs

• How this ad hoc report works
• How is your library using it?
• What improvements would you like to see to this report?

Scenario discussion

• Parent visits library with child and would like to know what is out on the child's card
  • What if the parent is not listed on the child's account?
  • What if the child normally visits with a different parent and a staff member knows that the parents are divorced and that the visiting parent is the noncustodial parent?
  • What if the child is not with the noncustodial parent but they still have the child's card?
  • Any other variations to discuss?

Announcements and reminders

• Future OWWLUG meetings
  • Next time: Fun with receipts (finally!)
  • What else would you like to see at OWWLUG this year?
• New Resources!
  • Ground News
  • Law Depot