Technology & ILS 2019
Technology 2019-2020: Enterprise Wireless Phased in beginning 2019 Access points and licenses will be @ $1,000 Cost will be supplemented: TBD
Bibliovation Receiving final codebase fusion upgrade this week Testing and bug fixes will continue Target is completion of all development and bug fixes by end of 2019 Documentation, training and migration prep January and February, 2019 Migration before end of March, 2019 If development and bug fixes are not complete by end of 2019, migration will be in September, 2019
LINKcat Vote: Purge of Charges Under $100 That Are More Than 10 Years Old The Circulation Services Subcommittee has submitted a proposal to purge charges on Koha accounts that are under $100 and more than 10 years old. Waiving the charges under $100 would be an opportunity to clear a large number of accounts with “Old Debt” that will likely never be recovered. An added benefit would be that accounts that are expired would be deleted during the annual SCLS purge of inactive patrons and before the migration to Bibliovation.
Circulation Rules Standardization Work Group Margie Navarre-Saaf (MPL), Angela Noel (BRD), Eric Norton (MCM) Heidi Oliversen (SCLS), Cindy Stankey (SUN) Vicki Teal Lovely (SCLS)
Reasons for change The setup is different in Bibliovation There is wide variation in rules resulting in 13,776 rules in our current system Libraries have an opportunity to review their setup and make adjustments Moving closer to standardization makes things easier for library staff and patrons
Recommendations Consolidate Fine Rates To Most Common: NO FINE, 5 CENTS, 10 CENTS, 25 CENTS, 50 CENTS, $1.00 Review use of Grace Periods Review Max Checkouts of certain formats (like DVD) Consolidate Max Fines to Most Common: $0, $5 and $10 More standardization of renewals
Next Steps Work Group Members will contact libraries to review existing rules that fall outside of the most common rules Proposals will be discussed at December 5 ILS Committee Meeting Clusters discuss and libraries go to their Boards Recommendations approved at February ILS Committee Meeting