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Pathfinder Central 2013 1st Quarter Meeting
- Published on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 17:20
- Written by Maribeth Turner
2013 1st Quarter Meeting--February 19, 2013
Friendly Reminders
CD and DVD cleaning available at CKLS--Send your dirty and scratched discs to Missy in Techincal Services. Make sure your library's name is somewhere on the disc.
When placing holds, mark Next Available Copy, unless a specific copy is needed. If you mark a specific copy please put a short explanation in the notes field when placing the hold.
Check for updates on bugs and developments on Pathfinder Central Online Forum: http://pathfindercentral.freeforums.org
Please protect DVDs and CDs that you put on the courier! Wrap them with bubble wrap! Remember to treat the lending library's materials with as much respect as you want other to treat your materials.
With all the little tasks, plus changes in the Koha system, it is nice to have a designated helpline. With a Pathfinder Central mentor, a fellow Pathfinder librarian will be paired with you for support, commiseration, insider tricks and more.
Resoure Sharing Timeline--a list of daily, weekly, and monthly tasks for PILL and ILL.
Koha version 3.10 Update Webinar
Here's a link to a Koha 3.10 demo you can play with.
http://l20-staff.load.bywatersolutions.com
u: koha310
p: koha310
The above user has most permissions, but not all of them since you will all be playing on the same demo and I don't want things turned on/off and breaking. We will not be refreshing this demo, so please be considerate of your fellow ByWater partners while they learn (no changing the log in info for your users please).
If you want to log in to the OPAC you can do that too:
http://l20.load.bywatersolutions.com
u: demo
p: demo
Maribeth's Notes (PDF)
Official Koha v3.10 Release Notes
Ideas from Pathfinder Central Trail Blazers Committee Members
Mentors for librarians who need support and additional training (DONE)
Customizing a favorites list of Reports for easy navigation to the reports each library uses the most (In Development)
Making reports searchable by number (In Development)
Using a pre-printed card to note damages on items as the arrive at a borrowing library on PILL (Coming Soon)
Nominations for Committee Member
Jan Williams has completed her first term as a Trail Blazers Committee Member. She is eligable for a 2nd 3 year term.
Jan Williams at Russell is nominated for a 2nd term
To nominate, click here. Nominations end Friday, March 8, 2013.
This is a new Pathfinder User Agreement form for all participating libraries to consult and sign. This new form presents aspects that each individual library is responsible for in keeping with the spirit of Pathfinder Central. Please have the library directory and library board chair sign this form and return to CKLS by Monday, April 1, 2013.
The Trail Blazers committee created a plan for remedial action to help libraries struggling with PILL get the training and support they need to be an efficient and active member on PILL lending and borrowing.
Dates for Next meetings:
2nd Quarter Meeting: Session During Spring Forward May 14 or 15
3rd Quarter Meeting: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10 a.m.
4th Quarter Meeting: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10 a.m.
CKLS/GBPL Absence Report/Request Form
- Published on Wednesday, 07 November 2012 16:47
- Written by Maribeth Turner
For CKLS and GBPL Staff.
Please fill out and submit this form for any absence requests or reports including: funeral leave, sick leave for self or family, vacation requests, floating holiday requests, birthday holiday requests, and off without pay requests.
Pathfinder Central 3rd Quarter Meeting
- Published on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:48
- Written by Maribeth Turner
Monday July 9, 2012
Hays Public Library Gallery
Fixes in the Works:
3.10 Release—allow items to be transferred back home when “IndependentBranches” and “canreservefromotherbranches” are both enabled. (As we had with LibLime—We will share materials, not patrons)
3.8 Release—add the Holds Notes on the Holds Queue display
3.8 Release—Patron Credit Errors
—that manual credits do not update the outstanding amount
—use the Pay tab and never use the manual credit tab again
IN PROGRESS
—Overdue Report display error—cannot click on link to patron record
Long Overdue (Lost) Status
Click ^ (computer icon on bar) for FULL Screen
Generic Password for Patron Accounts—The System does not automatically assign a default password.
—You will see **** in the display for the password—this only indicates that the password is encrypted…there is NO PASSWORD automatically generated.
—MANUAL FIX—When creating a patron account, input a generic password for the account. Have the patron change the password once they log in.
—Password suggestion: library OR read OR books
Helpful Reports
#1352 *Patrons—Complete List
Patron Catalog Tips and Tricks
- Published on Monday, 23 July 2012 21:12
- Written by Maribeth Turner
Patron Catalog Tips and Tricks
Patron Tutorials:
Pathfinder Central 2012 1st Quarter Meeting
- Published on Thursday, 08 March 2012 16:21
- Written by Maribeth Turner
Welcome to Lucas Public Library and Palco Public Library, who are joing Pathfinder Central this year with the help of the LSTA grant!
Koha Committee
Official Koha Committee Description
PILL Replacement Fund
Definition of PILL Replacement Fund
PILLMaterialsReplacementClaimForm.pdf
Koha State Statute on Overdues
Helpful Reports
Patrons: #1277 *2011 Patron Count for Annual Report
Materials Added: #899 *2011 Total Added in 2011 (by item type)
See also the same report ordered by collection or by shelving location.
Total Holdings: #1219 *2011 Total Holdings for annual report (by item type)
See also the same report ordered by collection or by shelving location.
ILL Circulation Counts
Borrowing: #1242 *PILL Counts of Holds by Month
Lending: #897 *PILL Lending for Previous Year
Handy Reports:
SuperWeeder: #1358 *SuperWeeder Call Number
Collection Cleanup *Collection Clean-up
Deleted Item: Find Deleted Record Timestamp
Unfilled Holds: #707 *Unfilled Holds for Library
Patron Categories: #1199 *Patrons in a Category (linked)
Pill Procedures Review
Coming Soon!
Impending Improvements
Koha 3.6 Change in Marking Lost Items
Handy CKLS Tips
Koha Issues and Troubleshooting
When an item that is checked out is marked lost, the patron it is checked out to is automatically charged a replacement fee. If the item is found and checked back in, then the patron's account is automatically credited the replacement fee.
I have turned Circulation Sounds. This will cause a chime during circulation to help catch when an item isn't scanned in correctly. Should we decide we don't like it, I can turn it off again.
 Impending Improvements.pdf | [ ] | 363 Kb |
| Koha Committee Description.pdf | [ ] | 34 Kb |
| Materials Replacement Fund Guidelines.pdf | [ ] | 53 Kb |
| PILL replacement fund--Final.pdf | [ ] | 92 Kb |
| PILLMaterialsReplacementClaimForm.pdf | [ ] | 274 Kb |
| State Statute on Overdue Materials.pdf | [ ] | 43 Kb |