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Posted by Joy Schwarz
Winnefox Library System
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 8:56am

Registration is now open for the 8th annual Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference on Wed & Thu Jan. 22 and 23, 2020.
Topics include Making the Most of the Space You Have; Help Your Patrons Cut the Cable Cord; Programming With Purpose; Social Media Trends 2020; Managing a Multigenerational Library Staff; and Displays On a Dime.
There are 14 sessions in 4 tracks — small & mighty, tech trends, adult services, and library management — plus opening and closing sessions.

What's New in WALS

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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 Mark Arend
Winnefox Library System
Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 11:42am

We've now completed 8 READ posters.  Two more photo sessions are scheduled for the next week and I have sent letters to the final 6 legislators and will be setting up appointments in the next couple of weeks.  So far only one legislator has been reluctant and has asked to be put off until after the budget is finished.  The final photo, for the 20th Senate District, will have to wait a few months as that district is vacant until the spring elections.

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