Bulletins from the Automation Librarian keep ILS users up to date on the system. SELCO migrated all holdings on September 2, 2003 to a Dynix Horizon ILS. SELCO previously used a DRA Classic automation system. Migration Bulletins issued during the 6 months following the migration are available below.
ILS Bulletin 2008-9: Web Reporter Shared Login Fixes.
September 29, 2008 02:16 PM
Full Bulletin:
A fix has been identified for the shared logins that are used in Web Reporter. The issue of concern was caused when a user would check “Do not prompt me again” in the report export options. Once this was checked, others using that login would have formatting issues when exporting reports to Excel, on some of the shared logins. SELCO has implemented this fix to reset the export options, and will be periodically be resetting the logins to avoid the persistent issues with this. This maintenance will be done monthly, and SELCO staff can repair the issue if a call comes into the helpdesk requesting assistance.
Please contact the Help Desk if you have comments or questions.
ILS Bulletin 2008-8: Web Reporter report enhancements.
July 01, 2008 03:45 PM
Full Bulletin:
Enhancements are being made to some of the reports available in Web Reporter. These enhancements have come from requests made in the past by SELCO libraries. These enhancements are currently being worked on, and by nature of the Web Reporter product, they are visible to anyone using Web Reporter. Work on these enhancements is scheduled to finish by July 15. Any reports that are being worked on will have (TESTING) designated in the title of the report. This signifies that the report has been changed, but may not be in its final form. Once the testing work is complete, the report title will change to (UPDATED). This will signify that the enhancement has been finalized. Once all enhancements associated with this project have been completed, (UPDATED) will be removed from the titles of these reports. The following is a brief description of all the enhancements planned:
1. Add ability to break down CKI/CKO/IHU Report by collection code.
2. New Borrower Count broken down by btype.
3. New Borrower Count broken down by city/county.
4. New Borrower Count broken down by state.
5. Add videos, CDs and other A/V materials to Titles with Best Circ report.
6. Remove Iowa Patrons from the Bad CI/CO report.
7. Add columns for created date, last CKO date, item status, status date, barcode and copy to the Titles with Best Circ report.
8. Limit for items added since a given date in the Titles with Best Circ report.
9. Collection code added to Titles with Best Circ Report.
10. Include last CKO date in Statcat Item List.
11. Expired Holds report should have both the location that owns the item and the pick-up location of the item included on the list. The barcode of the item could be substituted for the owning location.
12. Add copyright date to the Weeding Report
Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions or comments.
ILS Bulletin 2008-8 (PDF, 71k)
ILS Bulletin 2008-7 : Expanded Title Search added to the iPAC.
May 16, 2008 01:47 PM
Full Bulletin:
An additional search option will be added to the iPAC on 5/15, found both in Basic and Advanced Tabs. This will be called Expanded Title and will be a browse search that includes the 730 / Uniform Title field.
The 730/ Uniform title is equivalent to the title contained in the 130 field of the same record. It links equivalent headings within a system or from different thesauri or authority files. Staff should understand that this new search’s remay be more than a patron is looking for and may wish to be familiar with.
This is a recommendation by the ILS Operations Committee to add additional search options to your staff and patrons’ results when using the iPAC.
Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions or comments. For more information, please see the pdf of this bulletin.
ILS Bulletin 2008-6 : New Collection Codes for High Definition and Blu-ray DVDs
March 25, 2008 12:00 PM
Full Bulletin:
SELCO staff are creating a number of new collection codes to provide proper identification of both High Definition and Blu-ray DVDs that are waiting to be added to our Online Libraries’ collections. In order to facilitate cataloging and adding these items, these codes are being added to the collection immediately.
Please restart your Horizon sessions at the end of business day, March 25, to see all new codes. The list below is included for your information, and the pdf to make it more convenient to share with your staff.
Please contact the Help Desk if you have any questions or comments. For more information, please see the pdf of this bulletin.
ILS Bulletin 2008-5 : Creation of PEMSHS and Transfer of Borrowers and Items
March 25, 2008 05:50 AM
Full Bulletin: As school districts change, so do their legal names. In a response to the merging of the Elgin-Millville and the Plainview Public School Districts, SELCO staff modified all visible references to Plainview Schools in Horizon and on our Online Catalog. We cannot, however, modify the location code of an existing location. So that the two schools of the Plainview-Elgin-Millville School District follow the same naming convention throughout, we have created a new location named Plainview-Elgin-Millville High School and coded pemshs.
In order to complete the process we are going to move all patrons, items and request locations to code pemshs from plas on March 30. Mike Cabaya and staff’s logins will be modified to be pointing to the new location. This should be a completely seamless move and will not affect the function of Horizon.
In the near future, SELCO staff will be deleting the plas location code. This also will not affect your use of Horizon.
If you have any comments or questions, please contact the Help Desk.
ILS Bulletin 2008-5 (PDF, 19 KB)
