Free Oklahoma books!

A message from ODL:

For many years the Oklahoma Department of Libraries has been collecting books by Oklahomans and/or about Oklahoma. Whenever we get a copy of an item we already have in the Oklahoma Room, we keep the item in a surplus section. These books are often out of print or otherwise hard to find.

We are anxious to find library homes for these free materials!

The materials are listed here. Please check this list for items that you would like for your library. E-mail Linda Jordan at ljordan@oltn.odl.state.ok.us with your list of selections. She will prepare these for you on a first come, first serve, basis.

Change in ILL will be seen on Workflows

A couple of branches are trying out a new method for keeping track of ILL borrowed items (from outside SEPLSO). There will now be new “Brief Records” in our catalog for these items. They will be added by me (Linda) when an item is shipped to us, and deleted when we send it back.

Although these items will come up in a Workflows title or subject search, they are *not* SEPLSO’s items. Branches can not place holds on them.

The items will look like this in the catalog:

* ILL - The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Cou
OCLC 42908730 copy:1 id:42908730

And they will look like this in a patron’s checkout list:

CHECKOUTS:1($.00) display options...
* ILL - The nine: inside the secret worl due:6/29/2008,14:05

This method allows the borrowing SEPLSO branch to check the item out to their patron using the OCLC Request number (which is the Call # and Item ID in the top example above), thus eliminating the use of “dummy” bar codes and also allowing staff to see the titles of patrons’ ILL items.

If you’re interested in starting to use this method for checking out ILL’s, or have any other questions, please let me know. — Linda Wilkinson

SEPLSO network on Facebook

Following on the discussions of Facebook at the AMIGOS conference, SEPLSO is now a “work network” on Facebook, so any staff who have accounts there can identify themselves with our library system.  I also found Tulsa City-County Library on there; they have a whole “application” and page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=30392540197 .

AMIGOS conference

I attended four breakout sessions at the AMIGOS conference in Dallas on May 7. There was a lot of new information about how OCLC is working to connect more directly with library users (patrons) — by making it easier to locate resources in their own local library and through WorldCat. For example, by accessing www.WorldCat.org through Google, Yahoo!, or even on Facebook, patrons searching for a resource can “click through” to our SEPLSO catalog. There were 92 click-throughs from WorldCat.org to the SEPLSO catalog in April 2008 from patrons at home, work or school.

WorldCat has also made it possible for patrons to log-in and create bibliographies and booklists, write & share book reviews, and do other types of social networking.

If anyone is interested in more information about these new features, please contact me.

OEDb lists Top 25 Librarian Bloggers

Here are the top 5 librarian bloggers as listed by Online Education Database (OEDb). Check out the OEDb blog for the rest of the list and how they compiled it.

1. librarian.net

2. The Shifted Librarian

3. LibrarianInBlack

4. Free Range Librarian

5. Law Librarian Blog

 

OLA Conference

Conference was awesome as usual. Loved the easy parking and the rooms were pretty nice. I want to share with everyone a fantastic program I went to about new technology.AMIGOS put it on. Most of it does not directly affect libraries right now but probably will someday. I am putting a link to her powerpoint and you techies out there should really enjoy it. The links on the powerpoint are live and will take you to some really cool sites. Enjoy! http://www.amigos.org/training/peterson/OLA/tech.pdf (presentation)

ALA’s report on status of Libraries - Public Libraries link to report

Check this out to find out how folks are using public libraries in the U.S.

http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/presscentera/piopresskits/2008statereport/publiclibraries.cfm#$468558

Library Rate increase May 2008

On May 12, 2008 postage rates will increase yet again.  Here’s how the increase will affect the Library Rate:

Lbs.     Current       New
1            $2.02         $2.12
2             2.34            2.45
3             2.66            2.78
4             2.98            3.11
5             3.30            3.44
6             3.62            3.77
7             3.94            4.10
8             4.26            4.43
9             4.58            4.76
10           4.90            5.09 

NOTE: Info pertaining to ILL is also posted on the SEPLSO ILL blog .

PSA for Summer Reading Programs

If you would like to link to the PSA’s to use on your websites here it is.  http://www.cslpreads.org/psa.htm.  This will take you to a page that has the PSA downloads.

Deep Freeze

If anyone is having any problems with their Deep Freeze here is an 800#.  I called and got help.  The people were extremely patient and courteous.  I recommend you call if you having any trouble, because you will understand how it works and maybe you will then be able to do a lot of it yourself.  The # is 1-800-943-6422.