LINKcat News

News Summary (4/1/2024-4/30/2024)

News (in case you missed it!)

• 4/23/2024  The Bibliovation upgrade was completed last night.
• 4/19/2024  A Bibliovation upgrade is scheduled for Monday, April 22 at 9pm. See the Release notes for a full list of fixes.
• 4/17/2024 12,562 items and 1,661 bibliographic records (with only withdrawn items attached) were deleted in the monthly batch deletion of withdrawn items.
• 4/17/2024 2,754 bibliographic records with no items attached (that were created before 1/1/24) were deleted from the database.
• 4/11/2024 The registration is open for the Circulation Refresher: How Holds Work in LINKcat on April 24 at 1:30 pm via Zoom.  Register online.
• 4/11/2024 On 4/10/2024, the ILS Committee approved a recommendation that allows libraries to add newly published LP (Adult) materials as Local Hold materials. 
• 4/11/2024 The ILS Committee approved revision of Labeling Multipart Items Policy on 4/10/2024.
• 4/11/2024 The ILS Committee approved revision of the Barcode Placement Policy on 4/10/2024.
• 4/8/2024 The monthly LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile reports for March 2024 are posted.
• 4/2/2024 The monthly Bibliovation reports for March 2024 can be found online.

Full cataloging moratorium COMPLETE

All updated records have been imported, and the full cataloging moratorium has been lifted. You can resume cataloging and creating BSEs!

Full cataloging moratorium starting TOMORROW, Saturday, April 27

We are continuing our work on the authority control project to update existing OCLC bibliographic records in our database with up-to-date author, subject, genre, and uniform title (series) headings.

LibLime will be importing and overlaying bibliographic and authority records. This means that there needs to be a full cataloging moratorium this weekend with no work done on bib records (including BSEs). This will start tomorrow, Saturday, April 27.

During this time, staff cannot:

1. Create, edit, or overlay records (BSE and MARC).
2. Use "Send to Catalog" from GetIt to create bib records.
3. Create new LOCAL or PERM records.
4. Delete or merge bib records.

During this time, staff can continue to:

1. Create, edit, withdraw, and delete item records for items owned by your library.
2. Use "Send to Catalog" from GetIt to create item records.
3. Work with Purchase orders in GetIt (as long as you don't send bibs to the catalog).
4. Work with Receiving and Invoicing in GetIt.
5. Update and create GEN records.
6. Do serials checkin in Serials.

This is planned to be completed for Monday, April 29. Once completed, cataloging and acquisitions staff will receive an email (should be early in the morning) when it is ok to resume creating new BSE records and sending to catalog from GetIt.

Bibliovation 7.02.40 upgrade, Monday, April 22, 2024

We are pleased to announce that there will be an update to Bibliovation starting at 9pm on Monday, April 22, 2024. The upgrade does not require system downtime. This release, 7.02.40, includes fixes to Circulation. See the Release Notes for a full list of issues addressed in this upgrade.

This upgrade includes fixes that have been tested by SCLS staff. To the best of everyone’s assessment, the fixes are working well and any bugs identified during testing have been fixed. However, as we learned with past upgrades and patches, we may experience unexpected results following the upgrade. We may also discover new problems. We will use the Known Problems page to document any post upgrade problems. After the upgrade, please clear your browser cache before using Bibliovation.