2019 NorCal IUG registration is open! We invite you to join us for a day of plenary session, focus group discussion and Innovative Product updates. A full agenda will be published soon. For registration, please go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/70308483567
We would like to invite you to submit a proposal for a 15-minute lightning talk presentation, Birds of a Feather, or a poster session. The topics should be beneficial to any type of library (academic, public, special) that uses products provided by Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
Suggestion for topics:
Please fill out the form at https://forms.gle/CacSyukKnKQgH5ay9 to submit proposals by September 23. Presenters will be confirmed before the registration opens on September 30. We thank you in advance for considering submitting program proposals.
For this year’s program, there will be concurrent sessions where we are hoping to provide III support staff participation for short “clinic” appointments to answer specific questions pertaining to your library, including deep drives into any open tickets. Once the exact III staff support availability is confirmed, a Google form will be sent to registrants for scheduling appointments.
After the program is finalized, registration will open shortly for about two weeks. Stay tuned for the updates or check the update on the NorCal IUG Blog site.
Here is a link to this years presentations. Please fill out the evaluation form so that we can improve next year!
Would you like to join the committee next year or host the event. Let me know.
Thanks for attending! Shannon
smm20@stmarys-ca.edu
The NorCal IUG registration is open! This event will be on Friday, October 26 at Hagerty Lounge/De La Salle Hall in St. Mary’s College of California, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road, Moraga, CA 94575. Campus map is linked here.
Please register online by Friday, October 19th using this link https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=2536713. We regret that we cannot accommodate same-day registration.
Registration cost is $30 per person. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. The food options will accommodate vegetarians and vegans but not necessarily other food allergies or restrictions; please plan accordingly.
St. Mary’s College campus is accessible via BART, CalTrain and County Connection bus. Parking is also available on campus for $3/day – This may be pre-paid during your registration or you may pay when arriving on campus. There will be guaranteed parking set aside for attendees who pay for parking with their registration. See visitor parking map. See directions here.
Please direct your questions about the event or registration to this year’s co-chairs: Shannon Meaney-Ryer (smm20@stmarys-ca.edu) and Vanessa Walden (vwalden@marincounty.org).
We look forward to seeing you there!
Agenda
Abstracts
Wrangling Renewals: Getting Your Print Subscriptions Under Control / CJ McCort and Sarah Frieldsmith, Sacramento Public Library
Do you have centralized magazine purchasing for multiple locations with differing subscriptions? Do you need to produce selection lists? Make reports on expenditures? Update annual budgets? All at the click of a mouse? Come see how you can leverage Microsoft Access to get it all under control. Also includes optional loading of order and check-in records. Sample database provided.
CJ McCort is the Acquisitions and Collection Development Supervisor for the Sacramento Public Library; Sarah Frieldsmith is the Integrated Library Systems Supervisor for Sacramento Public Library.
Why should I become a Link+ member? LINK+ Update and Operations Overview / Katie Carter, Santa Clara City Library
Are you looking for a way to streamline your interlibrary loan process while still providing your patrons with access to a wide range of materials? LINK+ provides your patrons with a convenient and easy way to request materials from over 60 public and academic libraries in California and Nevada. Find out about the benefits of becoming a member during this LINK+ update and operations overview.
Katie Carter is a Senior Library Assistant with the Santa Clara City Library. She has served as the chair of the LINK+ Operations Steering Committee since 2016.
Statistics with Decision Center / Dan McMahon, MARINet Administrator, Marin County Free Library
MARINet has used Decision Center (and before that Encore Reporter) for over 7 years. We use Decision Center both for routine circulation statistics, and for answering more detailed queries about the effect of policy changes, or for being aware of general trends. Typical statistics we pull from Decision Center include:
I will quickly outline how we do each of these searches, and show the results.
Registration for this year’s Northern California User’s Group Conference is now open! It will be held on Friday, November 17th at the Santa Clara University Library, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara CA 95053. Registration cost is $30 per person; refreshments and lunch will be provided. The food options will accommodate vegetarians and vegans but not necessarily other food allergies or restrictions; please plan accordingly.
Please register online by November 10th using this link: https://www.regonline.com/2017norcaliugconference. We regret that we cannot accommodate same-day registration. Please direct your questions about the event or registration to this years co-chairs: Vanessa Walden VWalden@marincounty.org and
Wen-ying Lu wlu@scu.edu.
Santa Clara University is directly across El Camino Real from a train station served by CalTrain, Amtrak Commuter Rail, and the Altamont Commuter Express (ACE). Parking is also available on campus for $8.00 per day per vehicle – this may be pre-paid during your registration or you may pay when arriving on campus. If you prepay parking, you may pick up your parking pass at the kiosk as you enter the main entrance to campus, directly across El Camino Real from the train station. Map and directions.
Agenda:
Registration is now open for the 2015 NorCal IUG meeting: https://www.regonline.com/2015norcaliugconference
Attendees must preregister online by Monday, November 16. We regret that we cannot accommodate same-day registration.
NorCal IUG 2015 Conference
Friday, November 20, 2015 9:15 AM – 3:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge Street
Berkeley, California 94704
Your $20 registration fee includes a wonderful program with Innovative and IUG presentations as well as a coffee service and buffet lunch. Many thanks to the Berkeley Public Library for hosting this year’s conference event.
Vanessa Walden VWalden@marincounty.org
Thanks, and hope to see you there!
The 2015 NCIUG Annual Conference will be held Friday, November 20th at the Berkeley Public Library. Details coming soon.
Inquiries may be sent to the planning committee chairs, Vanessa Walden (vwalden@marincounty.org) and Erika Johnson (eljohnson5@usfca.edu).
We hope to see you there!
On behalf of the 2015 committee:
Erika Johnson (University of San Francisco) co-chair
Vanessa Walden (Marin County) co-chair
Bonny White (Marin County)
Kim Ginther-Webster (City College of San Francisco)
Alicia Abramson (Berkeley Public)
Rice Majors (Santa Clara University) past chair, IUG
Debbie Benrubi (University of San Francisco) past chair, NCIUG
Registration for NorCal IUG 2014 at Innovative Interfaces headquarters is now open:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/norcal-iug-december-meeting-registration-14583791513
Please do register if you are planning to attend so we can get an accurate
count for planning.
Thanks!
Rice Majors
Associate University Librarian
Resources and Digital Services
University Library
Santa Clara University
NorCal IUG meeting
Friday, December 5th, 2014
10am-2pm @ Innovative Headquarters, Emeryville CA
For additional information, please see the 11/13/14 email from Rice Majors below:
Hello everyone,
I’m delighted to announce that the rescheduled NorCal IUG meeting will be
taking place in a few weeks! This is a quick email so you can “save the
date” — we’ll have more information to follow as the date gets closer.
NorCal IUG meeting
Friday, December 5th, 2014
10am-2pm @ Innovative Headquarters, Emeryville CA
9:45-10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00-10:45 Welcome and III Update
10:45-11:30 Birds of a Feather sessions:
Circulation | Technical Services | Discovery | Systems Coordinators
11:30-11:45 Innovative building tour
11:45-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:15 Product breakout sessions:
Decision Center | Encore Duet | Mobile Worklists | LEAP
1:15-2:00 NorCal IUG – What’s next? (aka Happy Hour)
Thanks to Innovative Interfaces for stepping up with a venue for us, and
thanks to the various folks at USF, UCSC, SJSU, and Innovative for helping
to organize this event! (I’m sure I’m forgetting someone — so thanks to
you, too!)
Please do let me know what questions you have and we’ll try to post more
information to the list to answer them.
Regards,
Rice Majors
Associate University Librarian
Resources and Digital Services
University Library
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053
408-554-5429
rmajors@scu.edu
We are once again planning a get together with Innovative’s Kathleen
McCarthy and Marjorie McLaughlin for Northern California attendees at IUG
SF. This year we will meet for drinks at 5:30 pm (after the last session)
on Thursday, April 25, in the Hilton’s Urban Tavern. This is a wonderful
opportunity to get to know colleagues from other Innovative libraries, as
well as an opportunity to share information with Kathy and Marjorie in a
relaxed setting.
Marjorie would like to get an idea of how many people will be attending, so
please RSVP to Rae Ann Stahl by Friday, April 19, if you plan to attend.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
The agenda for this year’s November 16th meeting has been finalized — click here to open a Word version of the agenda.
Also, some general information:
See you in San Jose!
Thank you to the volunteers for NorCal IUG’s 2012 Steering Committee. We’ve held our first meeting and preparations are underway for this year’s NorCal IUG gathering at King Library in San Jose, November 16th. We will announce program and registration information very soon. Your 2012 Steering Committee members are:
Watch this blog for updates, and if you have questions, feel free to email us or comment here.
The joint Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose has agreed to host the 2012 Norcal Innovative User’s Group Annual Meeting on Friday, November 16, 2012. Katie DuPraw (SJPL) and Rae Ann Stahl (SJSU) will once again serve as co-chairs of the steering committee. We are currently hoping to get a few more people from the Northern California Innovative community to assist us on the steering committee.
The steering committee usually meets just one time, usually sometime in
September, to plan out the program. If you are unable to attend the
planning meeting in person, we can set up a conference call. If you have
any questions, please feel free to contact Rae Ann or Katie.
We look forward to working with some of you to plan a great program this Fall.
NorCal IUG 2012 will be held Friday, November 16, 2012 at King Library in San Jose. More information will be coming soon!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Tsakopoulos Library Galleria
Sacramento Public Library
828 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Registration is free. Parking is $10, payable via cash, check (made out to Sacramento Public Library), VISA, or MasterCard. (click here for map) Morning refreshments will be provided; lunch is on your own, but a list of restaurants will be available.
Registration check-in and Morning Session will be in the Galleria. Please pre-register here. Tentative program is as follows:
9:00 – 9:30 Registration and Coffee
Coffee provided by Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
9:30 – 9:45 Opening Remarks
9:45 – 11:30 Update Report from Innovative staff
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 1st Breakout Session Presentations
2:00 – 2:30 Afternoon Break
2:30 – 3:30 2nd Breakout Session Presentations
To download a copy of this info in Word format, click here. Questions, call Sarah Smith at 916-264-2892.
The 2011 NorCal IUG Steering Committee is meeting this Friday, October 7th, so watch this space for information on this year’s meeting and registration — details are coming soon.
This just in — The fall NorCal IUG meeting will be held Friday, November 4th at Sacramento Public Library. Save the date on your calendar and watch for more information to follow. Our thanks to Sacramento Public for hosting this year!
One function of this blog is to provide a posting place for presentations given at the annual NorCal IUG meetings. The first presentation to be added is “Mobile WebPacs” by John Wenzler. If you were a 2010 presenter and would like to share your powerpoint with the group, please email the attachment to me (Carole Correa-Morris) and I’ll post it to the blog. The Presentation Archive can also house presentations from earlier NorCal IUG meetings, so feel free to send those via email as well.
Thanks!
Carole Correa-Morris, NorCal IUG Blogger
The 2019 NorCal IUG Conference will be held on Friday, November 1st at Santa Clara City Library, 2635 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA 95051.
Please register online by the end of Monday, October 28 using this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/70308483567. We regret that we cannot accommodate same-day registration.
Agenda
Please direct your questions about the event or registration to this year’s NorCal IUG Steering Committee Local Arrangement Coordinator Yu-Lan Chou (ychou@santaclaraca.gov).
We look forward to seeing you there!
Abstracts
Patrons – From School District to Sierra / Sarah Frieldsmith, ILS Supervisor, Sacramento Public Library
LINK+ Update and Operations Overview / Katie Carter, Senior Library Assistant at Santa Clara City Library, Chair of the LINK+ Operations Steering Committee
Overview of the Acquisitions workflow in Polaris / Sarah Harbison, Manager of Collection Management Services, Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Map and DirectionsNorCal IUG Conference 2018 – Friday, October 26th, 2018
Registration fee: $30 per person
Your registration fee includes a wonderful program with Innovative and IUG presentations as well as a coffee service and lunch. Many thanks to the St. Mary’s College of California for hosting this year’s conference event.
9:00 – 9:30 Registration with coffee & light refreshments (included with your registration fee)
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome – Vanessa Walden and Shannon Meaney-Ryer
9:45 – 10:30 Innovative update, Q&A – Innovative representives:
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:15 Presentations from NorCal IUG libraries
Do you have centralized magazine purchasing for multiple locations with differing subscriptions? Do you need to produce selection lists? Make reports on expenditures? Update annual budgets? All at the click of a mouse? Come see how you can leverage Microsoft Access to get it all under control. Also includes optional loading of order and check-in records. Sample database provided.
CJ McCort is the Acquisitions and Collection Development Supervisor for the Sacramento Public Library; Sarah Frieldsmith is the Integrated Library Systems Supervisor for Sacramento Public Library.
Are you looking for a way to streamline your interlibrary loan process while still providing your patrons with access to a wide range of materials? LINK+ provides your patrons with a convenient and easy way to request materials from over 60 public and academic libraries in California and Nevada. Find out about the benefits of becoming a member during this LINK+ update and operations overview.
Katie Carter is a Senior Library Assistant with the Santa Clara City Library. She has served as the chair of the LINK+ Operations Steering Committee since 2016.
MARINet has used Decision Center (and before that Encore Reporter) for over 7 years. We use Decision Center both for routine circulation statistics, and for answering more detailed queries about the effect of policy changes, or for being aware of general trends. Typical statistics we pull from Decision Center include:
o How much are our self checks used?
o What is the most popular item requested at each library?
o How busy is each library by hour, each day of the week? (Impact on staffing.)
o How much material moves between locations within the consortium each year?
I will quickly outline how we do each of these searches, and show the results.
12:15 – 1:25 Lunch on DSL Lawn and Tours (included with your registration fee)
1:30 – 2:50 Breakout Sessions
BREAK 2:10 – 2:15
o 1:30 – 2:50 Polaris
2:55 – 3:00 Wrap up from steering committee, evaluation, and outreach for leadership opportunities in NorCal IUG
Notes:
This event will be on Friday, October 26 at Hagerty Lounge/De La Salle Hall in the St. Mary’s College of California, 1928 Saint Mary’s Road, Moraga, CA 94575. Campus map is linked here.
St. Mary’s College campus is accessible via BART, CalTrain and County Connection bus. See directions here.
Parking is also available on campus for $3/day – This may be pre-paid during your registration or you may pay when arriving on campus. There will be guaranteed parking set aside for attendees who pay for parking with their registration.
Attendees must pre-register online by Friday, October 19th. We regret that we cannot accommodate same-day registration.
The food options will accommodate vegetarians and vegans but not necessarily other food allergies or restrictions; please plan accordingly.
Questions about the NorCal IUG registration process should go to:
· Shannon Meaney-Ryer at smm20@stmarys-ca.edu
· Vanessa Walden at vwalden@marincounty.org
