There will be no CATS meetings for the months of July and August. The next meeting will be Wednesday, September 9th.
Enjoy your summer!
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SCLA Bylaws Vote – through May 2, 2015
Please vote!
Suffolk County Library Association is updating all association and division by-laws to coincide with our merger as a regional chapter of the New York Library Association.Voting to approve bylaw changes is open NOW through May 2, 2015. Bylaws require a majority membership vote for approval.
A complete list of all bylaws changes is available here:
http://www.nyla.org/max/4DCGI/cms/review.html?Action=CMS_Document&DocID=1226&MenuKey=scla
To vote, click on the “Vote” button.
The next screen will ask for your log-in and password. Your SCLA account information will allow you to login to NYLA’s page. (If needed, you can request your password from the NYLA office.)
Enter your information, then click “Log On”
Click on “Voting – Polls / Elections” from the left-hand menu.
The next screen will display a list of the ballots that you are currently eligible to participate in.
Vote on each eligible ballot separately.
Complete the voting process and click “Submit”.
Your vote is anonymous. You will only be able to submit your ballot once.
For security purposes, it is recommended that you “log out” of your browser window when you have completed your visit to the NYLA-SCLA website.
If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact Membership Chair Lauren Bernat (lbernat@smithlib.org).
Please contact SCLA President Laura Panter with any bylaws questions or concerns (laura.panter@sachemlibrary.org).
At the April 2015 TIF meeting, Stephen Ingram was presented with a plaque for his years of service on the CATS board. Congratulations Stephen!
TIF Meeting – Thursday, February 5, 2015 – Sachem Public Library
The February Technology Information Forum meeting is scheduled for this Thursday at the Sachem Public Library. Chris DeCrisofaro will be our host and will open up with a lively presentation entitled “Makerspace: It’s more than just a 3D Printer”
Why a makerspace? What is the need for this? Is now the right time? How would a library go about starting this initiative? What would the steps be to logistically roll out a makerspace and see it through to completion? We will have insight into the answers behind these questions and so much more at our next meeting.
Please join us for what promises to be a very lively discussion among your peers and professionals.
Details:
What: February 2015 – Technology Information Forum Meeting
Where: The Sachem Public Library
When: Thursday, February 5, 2015
Time: 9:30 am coffee 10:00 am meeting
Host: Chris DeCristofaro
Directions: http://www.sachemlibrary.org/
RDA Interest Group Meeting 10/22
Please join us for our second RDA Interest Group Meeting on October 22nd from 10-12 (coffee at 9:30) at Sachem Public Library!
Please RSVP to Tom Cohn by October 17: tom_cohn@huntlib.org
Long Island Library Conference Followup
Congratulations to Erin Schaarschmidt from the Port Jefferson Free Library for winning our iPad mini at the Long Island Library Conference.
We are also posting presentations from the conference for those who missed our programs.
Chromebox OPAC Settings
Guide to setting up a Google Chromebox as an OPAC courtesy of Melanie Hedgespeth of the Salinas Public Library, as presented by Eric Cohen of JJML at the TIF meeting on 4/3/2014.
Melanie’s document contains a long list of Blacklist exceptions because she allows patrons to use the Chromebox for other library-related purposes in addition to accessing the catalog. Also her list has exeptions for her catalog, not the PALS catalog. If you would like to set up a your Chromebox as a more traditional (and limited) OPAC with access to the PALS catalog, use the following for your Blacklist extensions:
alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
btol.com/
encore.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
johnjermain.org/
lilink.org/
pals.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
www.johnjermain.org/
live-brary.com/
encore.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
lib.syndetics.com/
contentcafe2.btol.com/
imagesa.btol.com/
imagesb.btol.com/
imagesc.btol.com/
imageserver.ebscohost.com/
ebscohost.com/
novselect.ebscohost.com/
www.goodreads.com/
downloads.live-brary.com/
Of course, this list may be modifies to suit your needs.
Address questions to Eric at ericc@johnjermain.org or Melanie at melanie@salpublib.org.
Rescheduled TIF meeting
Tomorrow’s (Thurs Feb 6) TIF meeting has be RESCHEDULED for the FOLLOWING Thursday… it is now Thursday, February 13th.
Same location (Quogue Library). Same times: 9:30am for coffee/tea, bagels and 10:00am meeting.
CATS Board 2014
Executive Board 2014
President
James Matias
VP/President Elect
Xibe Solis
Treasurer
Eileen DeSimone
Secretary
Kelly Harris
Past President
Stephen Ingram
Members at Large (8)
Bob Johnson
Dominic Iadicco
Tom Cohn
Lisa Bitran
Mary O’Grady
Paul Zukowski
Danielle Zubiller
Min Liu
(RDA): Changes for Users and Catalogers.
Cats RDA 2013 FLYER
RSVP cats@scla.net
No registration required
Wednesday, November 13th
SCLS Auditorium
627 N. Sunrise Highway, Bellport, NY
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Coffee and refreshments served at 9:30)
Resource Description and Access (RDA): Changes for Users and Catalogers. A presentation by Natalia Tomlin.
Resource Description and Access (RDA) launched in 2010 as the successor to Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Revised, Second Edition (AACR2). The rules of this new cataloging code, as enumerated in the online utility RDA Toolkit, have led to the current period of transition for the cataloging community. RDA represents a shift in cataloging practice aimed to support the digital environment and to improve the user experience by heightening the discoverability of materials and collections. Join Natalia Tomlin, Technical Services Librarian at B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library at LIU Post, for a morning of learning about RDA principles, vocabulary, new content in bibliographic records and resulting changes in OPAC display. This presentation will be of interest to working catalogers and other Technical Services personnel, as well as Reference Librarians and everyone else who is curious about the changes they see in OPAC records.
No registration required
RSVP cats@scla.net