Providing guidance to job-seekers can be a challenging process, so we're offering training to enhance your skills. Both sessions will cover resources available at the Job Center of Wisconsin website, and Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development staff will demo its features and ways it’s useful to both you & your patrons. Register here to attend one of these sessions:
• Oshkosh Public Library on October 18
• Wautoma Public Library on November 1
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What's New for Member Libraries
Posted by Joy Schwarz
Winnefox Library System
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 - 7:12am
What's New in WALS
Posted by Karla Smith
Winnefox Library System
Friday, January 31, 2025 - 2:15pm
Salutations!
Today’s Topic: How to get rid of all those Lost Item Alerts, or What to do when you get the “Item not found in Catalog” popup.
When a patron doesn’t return an item, after 30 days it becomes LOST and the patron is Billed for the item. For 18-22 months, the item stays in LOST Limbo and remains in the database and on the patron’s record as LOST bill. 3-4 times/yr I run a report that moves these items and bills from LOST Limbo to UI Purgatory. This process removes the item from the database (so they don’t show in the catalog or WF), and removes the LOST bill, and replaces it with a UI-ITEM bill. It also writes the item’s info to the patron record in the Lost Items Note field. Why do you care? ...Read more...
What's New in General
Posted by Karla Smith
Winnefox Library System
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 9:34am
Welcome WALS’ newest employee, Melissa Klein! Melissa comes to Winnefox from Lake Geneva Public Library where she worked the circulation desk. She is fresh out of grad school having completed her MLIS from UW-Milwaukee in May of 2013. Melissa has a strong background in cataloging and public service. As Melissa becomes more familiar with Winnefox and we become more familiar with her, we will start figuring out which questions can be directed her way.
