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NCC Professional Development Day August 12, 2015

Welcome Jacy Nichols Westlake High School

NCC Update from John Mitchell

INFOhio Update NCC Staff

…we all need a little help now and again

Need an iCoach?

INFOhio / Sirsi Report Enhancements 8 reports revised. 1 created.

Sirsi Item Record New categories added to item record: curricular area, grade level (and genre to be activated later).

CAT: Shelf List When running shelf list, you can now select by new categories:

CAT: Shelf List Additionally, when running a shelf list report, you can output the item record categories and Lexile and/or AR data from the MARC record.

CAT: Shelf List Output:

CIR: Active Loans Call Number selection tab added: Useful for textbook databases.

CIR: Active Loans Coming soon – totals at the end!

PAT: List Users  Report displays patron status.  Coming attractions: - report totals at end! - Option to show total checkouts.  Include Alt ID in brief report.  Added output option for birthdate.

LBL: Item Labels Date modified added to Call Number and Item Selection tabs:

CIR: Overdues and Notices Limit by amount billed: Advantage – Go after the big bills only. Don’t harass kids for small change.

CIR: Receipts  Additional options added to bill selection makes report more flexible.  May select records based on payment dates.  5 most recent payment limitation – GONE.

PAT: Users with Lost Items New report – separates bills for lost items from bills for fines.

Librarian’s Favorites Located in the Workflows Handbook: Public Portals / Library Catalog Section

Have you Read - Librarian’s Favorites  Allows for hand selection of titles to suggest to readers.

Librarian’s Favorites  A link to the favorites appears on the basic search screen in CAT 2.0.

Keynote Presenters Eric Curts Anthony Luscre Technology Integration Specialists Stark Portage Area Computer Consortium (SPARCC)

Lunch Break 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch – Rotunda Pizza and salad and pop!

Elementary School Track Free Help: How to Get More Than What You Pay for Natalie Dickerson St. Michael School

Middle and High School Track Video as a Voice for Your Library April Hoy Lakewood City Schools

Elementary School Track Elementary Book Talk By Michelle Todd Olmsted Falls Children’s Librarian

Middle and High School Track MS/HS Book Talk By Kathryn Tatnall & Nicole Petruccio Lakewood Public Library

Materials All materials from today’s event will be posted to: (with permission)

Reminder: Training Schedule The Meeting/Training Schedule is available online at:

Time for a break