Weekly Update — December 3, 2014

Welcome Royal Center-Boone Township Public Library

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Despite the ice in central Indiana, Royal Center-Boone Township Public Library went live on December 2, 2014. This completed a 16 month automation process and included a weed of more than 5,600 holdings to make the collection more accessible.

De-Dupe Completed in Record Time

The 2014 deduplication project was completed in less than 24 hours over Thanksgiving. Over 180,000 weak or duplicate records were merged into higher quality records. We encourage staff to continue to be vigilant in identifying and merging remaining duplicates.

Wrapping up the 2.7 Testing

We are actively testing the 2.7 version of Evergreen. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far! If you would like to participate, please check the Support, Cataloging, or Patron Services Resource listserv archives for instructions and recommended testing procedures. We will be accepting feedback through Sunday, December 7, 2014 in preparation for the holiday upgrade.

Committee News

The final round of governance committee meetings for 2014 are just ahead:

  • December 4, 2014, 10am, Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library: Cataloging Committee
  • December 9, 2014, 10am, Indiana State Library (Room 425): eContent Committee (vendor offerings for CustomGuide and Ancestry)
  • December 9, 2014, 1pm, Indiana State Library (Room 401): Executive Committee
  • December 16, 2014, 10am, Greenwood Public Library: Patron Services Committee

Please submit your follow-ups and recommendations to the EI Coordinator or a committee member.

Support News

The 2.7 upgrade will begin at 8pm EST December 23, 2014. We anticipate the servers will be available again on the 28th. If possible, we will bring things back online earlier. Please be sure to sign up for the Support mailing list to keep apprised of our progress. During this upgrade window, the system will be completely unavailable, and you should use offline mode for any transactions.

Deadlines

The purchasing pool for Wowbrary is open until Friday, December 12, 2014; please contact the EI Coordinator if you’d like further information on joining the group. Current members are set to auto-renew unless written notice of cancellation is received.

Upcoming Evergreen Indiana Training Opportunities

December 12
Welcome to Evergreen 2.7, 10am-11:30am, Webinar (1 TLEU)
December 15
Welcome to Evergreen 2.7, 10am-11:30am, Webinar (1 TLEU)
December 16
Basic Circulation, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (3 TLEU)
Holds, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (2 TLEU)
December 17
Welcome to Evergreen 2.7, 2-3:30pm, Webinar (1 TLEU)
December 18
Basic Cataloging, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (3 TLEU)
Local Administration, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428 (2 TLEU)