Welcome to the Spring MYDAS Meeting Linda Manfredo Prepared for MYDAS April 15, 2015

MYDAS Meeting Agenda Rome purple slip/sticky printing why? why? why? Stop mailing the pull-list and use dynamic Onshelf Holds Wizard? Jervis new DVD dispenser aka Media247 Report on $money$ collected from patrons paying bills online Report on $money$ collected from ‘Buy it Now’ ILS Server Migration coming this fall Changing Passwords (workflows, google, wordpress...) Mobilecirc update Filling Holds and New item proposed changes to improve service Automated changing profile from JUV to ADULT Break Network equipment replacement, Cisco to Meraki Bluecloud product update Hands on eResource Central training Other

Rome purple slip/sticky printing why? why? why?

Rome sends an average of 100 items per day to other libraries

Handwriting all the blueslips was time consuming and…

Staff (and Lisa) got very very tired

They changed to transitting items from the Onshelf Holds screen using a laptop on a cart

They changed to transitting items from the Onshelf Holds screen using a laptop on a cart

After clicking the button to ‘Put Item In Transit’ the transit slip is automatically printed, stuck on the back of the book and a purple slip is inserted

Why the back of the book?? While Rome handles over 100 items a day, the Mid York delivery staff handle an average of 2,000! The Mid York sorting staff requested that the Rome transit stickers be put on the back of the books in order to maintain efficiency when sorting materials.

The barcodes are located on the back inside of the books and the most effective routine is to turn the book over to determine its destination. That’s why the Midyork sorters requested the sticker be put on the back.

Problems: White stickers are hard to see on some items White stickers can be difficult to remove Libraries are not removing the stickers so they come back through and it’s not clear whether they are coming or going Added work and expense for Rome to add purple slips

Proposed Solution: Rome will purchase blue sticky paper Rome will leave some of the sticker above the book (or material) that is being sent. The top exposed half is not sticky to the touch, flags the book as a hold, and is easy to remove.  

I hope this will make everyone very HAPPY!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvmS13cUDeQ&t=0m25s

Jervis new DVD dispenser aka Media247

Jervis new DVD dispenser aka Media247

Jervis Media247 Items

Jervis Media247 Items

Jervis Media247 item ids are 7-digits

Paying Bills Online in Enterprise For March there were 65 transactions and $667.92 was collected!

Buy it Now update Started participating October 2013 As of March 31st we have $3,026.69 to spend with SirsiDynix or $1,513.35 cash

ILS Server Migration Planned for Fall Current server purchased in 2007 and is now 8 years old Solaris operating system is getting expensive to maintain Exploring migrating to Linux operating system Exploring using Sirsidynix’s hosting services called SAAS which stands for software as a service More information to come over the summer Proposed migration is planned for Fall 2015

Changing Passwords Your computers carry a lot of sensitive and important data, so keeping work data safe is a major priority. We will be contacting you to change your Workflows password and there are handouts to walk you through changing your Gmail and Wordpress passwords. Thank you for your cooperation!

Mobilecirc Update

Filling Holds and New item proposed changes

Automated changing profile from JUV to ADULT

BREAK!! Resume in Computer Training Lab

The new equipment will provide better management, better connectivity and several new capabilities. Below are a few of the more important points. A Public Wireless Splash Page:  When a user connects to the Public Wireless network they will see a page with a message and a button to continue to the internet.  This page can be used to display your wireless policy, internet policy or other message. We provide a basic splash page which can be modified as the library wishes. Wireless Statistics: The new equipment will provide reports including usage statistics for your wireless network. Staff Wireless: The new equipment will provide a second wireless network (separate from the public wireless) for secure staff use only; that is password protected. Bandwidth Management: Along with reporting, the new devices provide better management capabilities that allow a more equal distribution of bandwidth to users and prevents a single user from monopolizing the internet connection.

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