UserCat1 is used to record where the user lives. The drop-down menu of choices is by county, with a two-letter code for each of the five Winnefox counties: FO, GL, MQ, WA, or WN. This is followed by I for incorporated area, or T for town. The is a code for each municipality and town(ship) in each of the counties. There are codes for counties adjacent to Winnefox counties.

Since county funding and cross-county payments are based on circulation by UserCat1, it is important to code the patron record correctly. WALS can run clean up lists for libraries, or set up report templates for libraries to run their own review lists.

For summer/part-year residents, it is correct to code the user for the property they use when living in our service area, even if they do not use that address for mail.

You can use one of our collection of resources, available on the Links for Finding Where Patrons Live page, to determine the political jurisdiction of a particular address.