January 23, 2017

SHARE Membership Vote—Have you voted yet? The polls will remain open until 4:00 on Wednesday, January 25, so there is still time. Can’t remember if you voted? Try voting again. If you’ve already cast your vote, SurveyMonkey will nicely tell you you’ve already done that. And here’s a link to the voting site -- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MemberVote2017

News from the Bibliographic & Cataloging Services Committee—RDA (Resource Description and Access) is coming! You’ve all been hearing about it for several years now, but it will become a reality for SHARE catalogers on July 1, 2017. AACR2 will become the cataloging practice of the past, and all catalogers will be expected to use RDA. Toward that end, several classes are being offered in March (see below) that catalogers will want to participate in. Classes are limited, so be sure to sign up soon!

Polaris Outreach Services Module—There have been several questions from library staff members attending various meetings recently about the value of the Outreach module. As this is the time of year when you will all be thinking about which modules you’ll want to add for the next fiscal year, it seemed like a good idea to present some information here. According to the SHARE website--This module is useful in serving homebound patrons and institutions. It can be set to automate title selection and delivery, set individual patron profiles based on reading preferences, generate selection lists, allow patrons to submit reader ratings, and alert library staff if the patron has already read a selection. There is a $100 annual maintenance fee for the Outreach module. Contact Traci Edwards or Sue Pearson for more information.

Sue Pearson and Lesley Zavediuk plan to demonstrate how to use the Outreach Services module at the next Circulation Forum on February 28.

SHARE + PayPal—SHARE now has its very own PayPal account! It is integrated with Polaris, so that patrons of SHARE (affiliate and transitional members) can pay for lost books using a credit card. When a bill is paid, SHARE staff will forward the information to the IHLS Finance ladies so that they can reimburse the item owning library.

Other SHARE fees can also be paid using a credit card now—like member fees, eResource fees, cataloging fees, etc. If you would like to pay any fees using a credit card, please notify Chris Dawdy (cdawdy@illinoisheartland.org) or the Finance ladies (finance@illinoisheartland.org) so that we can send you a PayPal invoice.

Please note that there will be a processing fee for all PayPal payments.

Please remember this:

Image result for don't forget finger clip art Academic, Public, and Special Libraries—be sure you run your overdue and bills at least once a week!

Dates to take note of—

1/24/17	1:00	SHARE Circulation Forum	https://zoom.us/j/102449110
1/24/17	5:00	IHLS Board meeting	v-tel
1/26/17	10:00	SHARE Finance/Policy Committee meeting	Zoom
1/27/17	9:30	Free Form Free for All	Lincoln Public Library District
1/30/17	10:00	My Media Mall Governance Committee meeting	v-tel
1/31/17	12:30	Medium Pubs Meeting	Lincoln Public Library District
2/1/17	1:00	IHLS Member Library Directors’ Chat	https://webjunctionillinois.adobeconnect.com/directors
2/2/17	9:00	Barcoding I—Searching & Matching	IHLS Edwardsville
2/2/17	1:00	Barcoding II—Item Records	IHLS Edwardsville
2/2/17	11:00	Zinio Users Group Meeting	Forsyth Public Library
2/7/17	9:00	Beanstack Webinar for SHARE Libraries	Web conference
2/8/17	9:00	Book Cataloging	IHLS Edwardsville
2/8/17	9:30	SWAYS Meeting	Columbia Public Library
2/9/17	9:30	Introduction to Authority Records	IHLS Champaign
2/9/17	9:30	Introduction to Authority Records	Marion Carnegie Library
2/9/17	10:00	SHARE Circulation & Resource Sharing Committee meeting	https://zoom.us/j/466329229
2/9/17	1:30	Library of Congress Subject Headings	Marion Carnegie Library
2/10/17	9:30	LibraryOnTheGo Consortium meeting	Forsyth Public Library
2/10/17	10:00	Small Public Libraries Get-Together	Tri-City Public Library District
2/10/17	1:00	Beanstack Webinar for SHARE Libraries	Web conference
2/14/17	9:00	SHARE Catalogers Training Session	https://webjunctionillinois.adobeconnect.com/share
2/15/17	9:00	Introduction to Authority Records	IHLS Edwardsville
2/15/17	9:30	Introduction to Authority Records	Olney Public Library
2/15/17	1:30	Library of Congress Subject Headings	Olney Public Library
2/16/17	9:30	Book Cataloging	Forsyth Public Library
2/20/17		President’s Day—IHLS closed
2/22/17	9:00	Library of Congress Subject Headings	IHLS Edwardsville
2/23/17	1:00	Metro-East Public Library Management meeting	Belleville Public Library
2/27/17	3:00	eResource Committee Meeting	https://zoom.us/j/637941356
2/28/17	1:00	SHARE Circulation Forum	Zoom
2/28/17	5:00	IHLS Board meeting
3/1 & 3/2/17	9:00	RDA Classes	IHLS Edwardsville
3/15 & 3/16/17	9:00	RDA Classes	IHLS Carbondale
3/29 & 3/30/17	9:00	RDA Classes	Decatur Public Library
4/18/17	10:00	IHLS Member Day	Keller Convention Center, Effingham

Be sure to sign up for events of interest to you on L2!

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