LINKcat News

News Summary (6/1/2025-6/30/2025)

News (in case you missed it!)

• 6/25/2025 14,301 items and 2,026 bibliographic records (with only withdrawn items attached) were deleted in the monthly batch deletion of withdrawn items.
• 6/25/2025 3,484 bibliographic records were newly cataloged and/or updated in the database between 5/29/2025 and 6/24/2025.
• 6/13/2025 The minutes from the June 4 ILS Committee meeting and April/May 2025 ILS Report is available online.
• 6/5/2025 The 2025 Mid-year Serials Clones Memo has been posted.
• 6/4/2025 The monthly LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile reports for May 2025 are posted
• 6/4/2025 A new Shelving Location is available in Bibliovation: CRSP (Creative Space). See the LINKcat News blog post for more details.
• 6/4/2025 The following Shelving Location was deleted from Bibliovation: CON (Consumer Collection). See the minutes from the June ILS Committee meeting.
• 6/4/2025 The monthly Bibliovation reports for May 2025 can be found online.

New Shelving Location available in Bibliovation

A new shelving location is now available in Bibliovation:

• CRSP - CREATIVE SPACE - Creative Space

This Shelving Location was approved by the ILS Committee at its June 2025 meeting.

The Shelving Location can be used by any LINKcat library. For a full list of Shelving Locations, see the ILS Support Codes page.

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

News Summary (5/1/2025-5/31/2025)

News (in case you missed it!)

• 5/28/2025 22,089 items and 2,835 bibliographic records (with only withdrawn items attached) were deleted in the monthly batch deletion of withdrawn items.
• 5/28/2025 4,092 bibliographic records were newly cataloged and/or updated in the database between 4/24/2025 and 5/27/2025.
• 5/21/2025 The minutes from the May 14 Collection Maintenance Subcommittee Meeting are available online.
• 5/21/2025 The minutes from the May 13 Circulation Services Subcommittee Meeting are available online.
• The revised SCLS Guidelines for Registering Patrons were approved by the Administrative Council in April 2025. Please review the changes to this document, Circulation Manual, Section V Patron Records and Registration, Part C.  The revisions are highlighted in green.
• 5/2/2025 The monthly Bibliovation reports for April 2025 can be found online.
• 5/2/2025 The monthly LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile reports for April 2025 are posted.