1. Enhanced Services for Patrons
Next Title By
Enhanced Services for Patrons
Presented by Rohini Bokka, Technical Services Manager &
Mary Golden, System Administrator
Naperville Public Library, Naperville, Illinois

2. Naperville Public Library & our branches

3. TS Functions Collection Development & Selection of Materials
Acquisitions
Cataloging
Processing

4. Population
144,000
Materials Budget
$2.625 mil
Library Cardholders
74,642
Total Holdings
745,000

5. What is Next Title By?

6. Next Title By
Patrons can place a hold on the next title written by popular adult fiction authors prior to pub date.
This service, makes it easy for patrons to get in the hold queue for these popular authors.

7. Background Started this service in year 2009
Keep up with patron requests
Place holds for the patrons
Budget

8. Why did NPL consider this service ?
Major factors
Holds were overwhelming
Maintain patron holds
Staff time .

9. How does this work?
50 most Popular Authors were selected from AY list (automatically yours plan)
A dummy record is created in Sierra for these authors
A link to “Next Title By” is created on NPL’s website

10. How does a patron get started?
Patron needs to place a hold on the newly generated “Next Title By” record to ensure that he or she will be in the queue for that author.
When the title is announced, patron’s hold is automatically transferred to that new title.

11. On our website
To provide access to the Next Title By list of authors and to assist in publicizing this services we have a page on our website in the “readers corner” that provides a brief description of the service and a direct link to the list of available “Next Title By” authors.

12. In our Catalog
Clicking the url to view the complete list of authors takes you directly to the catalog and the result set. (Title search with a format of book as a limiter.
This list is all of the authors that have a Next Title By record. Customers can place a hold on any of the records. In addition we also provide a link to the “newest” or most recently published title written by the author that is in ourcatalog written. This

13. Behind the Scenes – Bib Records
This is an example of the NTB bib record – brief but gives important information.
Continuing on from the process …

14. Behind the Scenes Identify NTB authors in B&T cart
Suppress both NTB and new title records
Transfer holds
Attach new order record to NTB
Unsuppress NTB record
Once the AY cart is received, staff review it for NTB authors and suppress the NTB records noting the number of holds on each record.
Download the cart quickclick
After downloading the cart via OneClick, staff suppress the new title records. Staff then go to each NTB author record, and perform several actions.:
Transfer holds from NTB to the new Title records – select all holds to transfer AND make certain to REATAIN the source bib
Attach a new order record to the NTB Bib

15. Behind the Scenes – NTB Bib changes
Edit the 264
Change the 264 to reflect the new title from the B&T cart
Edit the 856 fields
Update the bib record number (7 digits)
Update the title to match the 264
Update the release date
Edit the NTB Bib record:
260/264:
change the title in this field to the new title from our B&T Cart
856:
change the bib record number to that of the new title from the B&T Cart
Change the title in this field to the new title from out B&T Cart
Change the publication/release date
Unsuppress the NTB Bib record
Go the the new title record
Delete the dummy order record
Unsuppress the new title’s bib record

16. Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
Patrons will no longer have to check author websites or listen for radio or television programs to learn if a new title is coming out.
Makes it easy for patrons to get on hold for these popular authors.
When the publication is cancelled.
When the publication is delayed.
Notify patrons.
Staff time.

17. Questions?

18. Technical Services Manager
Contact
Rohini Bokka
Technical Services Manager
ext. 6141 OR
Mary Golden
System Administrator
ext. 4983