Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff Training Roundtable

Jennifer, That's a great idea! I would be interested in that. -Seth Seth Erickson Director of IT Systems Traverse des Sioux Library System 833-837-5422 ext. 703 507-237-6085 (cell) serick...@tds.lib.mn.us Submit a Tech Support Ticket ---

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff Training Roundtable

This is definitely I'm interested in hearing more about. [cid:42701024-87f3-4471-b436-af06cfb01df5] Cheryl Middleton ​She/Her Branch Manager/Librarian, System Trainer Buncombe County Public Libraries Oakley/South Asheville Branch Library 749 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803 p. (828)

[Evergreen-general] Staff Training Roundtable

Hi everyone, Is there any interest from people who train library staff on Evergreen to get together to talk specifically about training? I don't think we need an official interest group but I think it would be useful to talk about what training people are doing, what's working, what isn't

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff training

Hi Millissa, I agree with everything that’s already been said. Our libraries use a combination of age hold protection and specific circulation modifiers to restrict items as needed from being part of reciprocal borrowing. I think it helps libraries to know that they can keep parts of their

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff training

Libraries can also enable settings that bring items home when their patrons place holds, overriding the holds queue. Some people are more nervous about change than others. That's o.k. But the benefits of resource sharing are fantastic. My consortium shares over four million items! Diane Disbro

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff training

In addition to the age hold protection, we have a few libraries that use the high demand circulation modifiers to keep new things local. Using the modifier allows them a little more control when a movie, show, or reboot comes out based on a title and interest spikes again. Otherwise, a lot of

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff training

We have found exactly the same thing that Terran describes. Oftentimes, we’ve had larger, more well-funded libraries indicate that they’re afraid the smaller libraries will “clear their shelves” of new materials. In reality, we’ve found that the smaller libraries contribute a ton because they

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff training

This may seem obvious, but I suggest that you demonstrate how many more resources they'll have access to by running side-by-side searches of their current collection and the shared collection. Is it possible to compare the library's current hold turn around time to what it will be projected to

Re: [Evergreen-general] Staff training

My suggestion is to put the emphasis on how much it will improve the patron experience by being able to offer them so many more titles than they currently have access to. We have done resource sharing in Georgia since the beginning of PINES and one of the things that we have found is that

Re: [Evergreen-general] [External] Staff training

We've found that resource sharing is one of the most popular aspects of our consortium. We've had some systems that expressed hesitancy out of concern for the extra work, their materials not being on the shelves, being damaged/lost, etc. When patrons suddenly have access to so many more

[Evergreen-general] Staff training

For anyone who does staff training - Our system is in the process of beginning to share resources between libraries. I have one library with a large number of staff members who are reluctant and unhappy about the changes. Any suggestion on how to alleviate the fears surrounding sharing resources?

[Evergreen-general] Reminder: Permissions Working Group Meeting Today

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