May 2015 Liaison Meeting May 06, 2015

Announcements & Discussion Summer Upgrade – to Symphony 3.5 If WF installed under (each) user login to the computer, library staff member perform update. Unsure how installed? Ask your Tech Support staff to uninstall, remove Sirsi folders, and reinstall under each user login for that computer.

In anticipation of Blue Cloud … (coming soon) to Symphony!

Announcements & Discussion April 8,

Announcements and Discussion Beach Bags Explore the World of Work : Police Officer Explore the World of Work : President Explore the World of Work : Veterinarian Where Does the Garbage Go? Camp INFOhio Locate from INFOhio homepage  What’s New?

Announcements and Discussion End of year checklist Calendars Patron update forms Mitinet New Users Council Representative

Announcements and Discussion Next Year’s Meeting Schedule: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 (PD Day) Thursday, October 8, 2015 Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Wednesday, March 9, 2016 (PD Day) Wednesday, May 11, 2016 (AASL Conference – November 5-8, 2015)

Announcements & Discussion Training schedule for posted. Magazine records – please submit requests before summer break so we can load them over the summer. August Professional Development day. OELMA news and update.

INFOhio Updates Ebsco WorldBook Learning Express Library

INFOhio Updates – Recognize this?

INFOhio Updates …and of course you recognize this:

EBSCO Interface Changes April 8, Ebsco retiring Searchasaurus, Kids Search, and Student Research Center interfaces 6/30/15.

New Explora Interface  Released in February  Available via INFOhio web site in mid-May  Resembles the Literary Reference Center and Points of View Reference Center EBSCO Interface Changes April 8,

New Explora Interface  Let’s take a look:  Grades 9-12 (Explora Secondary Interface)  Grades 6-8 (Explora Secondary Interface)  Grades K-5 (Explora Primary Interface) Available statewide by mid-May EBSCO Interface Changes April 8,

New Interfaces released March 22  Streamlined appearance  Content remains largely the same  Most items available from ‘Take me to’ or ‘Find it by’  Articles contain navigation tabs similar to iSearch  ‘My Research’ account should carry over to new site World Book Student & Advanced April 8,

What is missing?  Surf the Ages discontinued World Book Student April 8,

What is ‘hidden’?  Explore Ohio World Book Student April 8,

What is missing?  No longer search “Student + Kids” World Book Student April 8,

New Interfaces released March 22  Roll-out:  Statewide implementation mid-May World Book Student & Advanced April 8,

LearningExpress Libraries  Improvements to interface  Device agnostic  New search engine  Enhanced design to improve workflow  April release And that’s not all! April 8,

Cherwell Overview Cherwell customer guides are available at: Create/manage tickets via the online customer portal or via from your school address. If you wish to use the online customer portal, login prior to the end of the school year; otherwise, your portal access will be revoked for security purposes.

Time for a break

I Search! You Search! We All Search With ISearch! ISearch Local

OverDrive We welcome Stephen Reyes, OverDrive

Acknowledgements Retiring: Yvonne Morbitzer, Rocky River High School Laurie Scriven, Berea-Midpark High School

Materials Materials from today’s event will be posted to: