LINKcat News

News Summary (10/1/2019-10/31/2019)

News (in case you missed it!)

• 10/29/19 6,884 bibliographic records were added and/or updated in the database between 9/25/19 and 10/28/19.
• 10/29/19 1,709 bibliographic records with no items attached (that were created before 7/1/19) were deleted from the database.
• 10/29/19 30,098 items and 3,717 bibliographic records (with only withdrawn items attached) were deleted in the monthly batch deletion of withdrawn items.
• 10/25/2019 A Bibliovation Migration Events page is now available for libraries. This page will be updated periodically with new information about the migration. 
• 10/23/2019 A page is available with resources from the Bibliovation training workshops here.
• 10/21/2019 A new Shelving Location, SDY (SERENDIPITY), is now available in Koha. See the LINKcat News blog post for more details. Click here for a full list of Shelving Locations.
• 10/21/2019 A new Collection Code, DBRAAN (DVD BLU-RAY AD ANIME), is now available in Koha. See the LINKcat News blog post for more details. Click here for a full list of Collection Codes.
• 10/16/2019 The deadline for requesting circulation rules prior to the ILS migration is November 1. Read more here. 
• 10/16/2019 The minutes from the October ILS Committee Meeting are available online.
• 10/2/2019 The monthly LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile reports for September are posted.
• 10/1/2019 The monthly Koha reports for September 2019 can be found online.

Bibliovation Migration Events page available

A web page with detailed information on events for the upcoming migration to Bibliovation is now available. We will update this page as new details become available, so check it frequently! It is available from a link on the sidebar of this blog and on the SCLS ILS Development page.

Bibliovation Training resources now available on ILS Support website

Resources from the Bibliovation Train the Trainer sessions are now available on the SCLS website for any library staff to look over.

Information on the page includes presentation slides from the workshops, checklists of things staff should know how to do in Bibliovation, crosswalks that compare Koha and Bibliovation, and drafts of the Manuals. This page will continue to be updated as more resources are completed.

New Collection Code and Shelving Location available in Koha

A new Collection Code and Shelving Location are now available in Koha:

• Collection Code: DBRAAN (DVD BLU-RAY AD ANIME)
• Shelving Location: SDY (SERENDIPITY)

This Collection Code and Shelving Location were approved by the ILS Committee at its October 2019 meeting.

The Collection Code and Shelving Location can be used by any LINKcat library. For a full list of Collection Codes and Shelving Locations, see the ILS Support Codes page at https://www.scls.info/ils/codes.

If you would like SCLS staff to batch change a group of items from an existing Collection Code or Shelving Location to one of the new codes, please fill out the Batch Change Collection Code/Shelving Location/Item Type Request form, available from the ILS Forms page.

Deadline for Circulation Rules changes on Koha

On October 2, the ILS Committee voted to approve a moratorium on Circulation Rules changes in Koha. From the minutes: "Due to the Bibliovation migration, we are asking for a moratorium on circulation rules changes between November 1, 2019 and January 31, 2020.  Any changes submitted by November 1 will be completed in Bibliovation before the migration (December 6). Changes submitted after November 1 will not take effect until after January 31, 2020.  It is advised that libraries may not want to make changes until after the migration."