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What's New for Member Libraries
Posted by Angela Schneider
Winnefox Library System
Friday, June 30, 2023 - 2:38pm
What's New in WALS
Posted by Karla Smith
Winnefox Library System
Monday, March 3, 2025 - 11:32am
Salutations!
Today's Topic: Spring Housecleaning! aka Database Maintenance
Today's Tech Tip: Schedule sending an email
Just as one cleans out one's garden at certain times of the year, so I do periodic cleaning of our shared database and it is getting to be about that time. It is frustrating for patrons and staff to wade through search results with copies that say "Withdrawn" or "LongOverdue" or "Missing."
The obvious ones to clean up are all those items you weeded. You check out weeded items to your WD-XX user (ex WD-PO, for PoySippi), and that changes the status (Current Location) to WITHDRAWN2 which patrons can't see in the catalog. The next step is a report to move all those withdrawn items to a special, system-location of DISCARD. As I said, those are the obvious ones, but there are a bunch more. For example...
What's New in General
Posted by Joy Schwarz
Winnefox Library System
Friday, March 10, 2017 - 3:57pm
This is a great chance to get bargains on new and gently-used children's and young adult books, including series and trade non-fiction, picture books, and fiction for children and teens.
$4 hardcover picture books and non‐fiction ($3 Friends members)
$2 paperbacks ($1 Friends members)
$2 hardcover fiction and board books (everyone)
Location: Teacher Education Building, Room 401 (CCBC Conference Room), 225 N. Mills St. on the UW-Madison Campus (map and parking information)
8 - 9am — Friends members only (anyone can join at door)
9am - 1pm — All are welcome
Noon ‐ 1pm — All newer (c2012 and later) books $1
Payment: cash, check, or institutional purchase order (please bring tax exempt number)
All proceeds benefit the Friends of the CCBC, Inc., which supports the work of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center and publishes CCBC Choices.
