Weekly Update — October 14, 2014

Last Call!

The final regional roundtable will be here next week! There’s space available if you haven’t had a chance to register yet!
Southwest Region – October 22, 10am-Noon, Loogootee Public Library

Coming Soon: North Madison County Public Library

North Madison County Public Library will go live in Evergreen Indiana on October 21, 2014. A modified cataloging freeze will be in place. As a reminder, this means that bibliographic records may not be added or edited beginning at 8am October 17 until you are notified the system is available on the 21st.

Committee News

The eContent Committee met on October 14, 2014 at 10am at the Indiana State Library. Presentation notes and a recap will be sent out the eContent listserv later this week.

The Executive Committee met on October 14, 2014 at 1pm at the Indiana State Library. A recap will be issued later this week together with viewing links of the recording.

Member News

Congratulations to Gary Rubendall, director of the Dublin Public Library, for winning a 2014 Indiana Landmarks’ Servaas Memorial Award for his youth education programs at the library! (Press Release)

Support News

Our systems administrator is on vacation; thank you for your patience if technical issues take a bit longer than usual to address.

We have identified Thanksgiving weekend as our next planned de-duplication and have tentatively set a FULL cataloging freeze for November 27-30, 2014.

Job News

Pike County Public Library is seeking a new director. The job listing is available on the Indiana Library Jobs page.

Migration News

The Royal Center-Boone Township Public Library’s go-live is scheduled for December 2, 2014. There will be no cataloging freeze associated with this migration.

Upcoming Evergreen Indiana Training Opportunities

October 28
Advanced Cataloging, Part I, 9am-12pm, Webinar
October 29
Advanced Cataloging, Part II, 9am-12pm, Webinar
October 30
Fall 2014 Patron Services Roundtable, 10am-12pm, Webinar (1 LEU)
November 6
Fall 2014 Cataloging Roundtable, 10am-12pm, Webinar (1 LEU)