DALNET Board Approves Upgrades for Horizon System
The DALNET Board has approved upgrade plans for Horizon/HIP.
Upgrading to the newest version of the system will provide many new
features, bug fixes, and support for newer computers. The
Project Managers will discuss the upgrade at their February meeting and
will be asked to convey project information back to their
libraries. A committee of volunteers from DALNET member libraries
will be formed to assist with preparing member institutions for
anticipated changes in the way the HIP OPAC is configured and how it
will operate. These changes will better situate the consortium to
operate like most other shared systems. The upgrade is planned
for this Spring/Summer. Look for lots more information coming in
the following months.
Report from ALA Midwinter Meeting
Steven
Bowers met with several vendors at the American Library
Association's Midwinter Meeting, January 7-11, 2011. Bowers
gathered information regarding currently available integrated library
systems (ILS) and their features, and how those systems meet the needs
of a consortium like DALNET. He also met with representatives from
SirsiDynix, vendor of the Horizon ILS, our current ILS vendor.
DALNET Grant Applications Due
The
next round of applications for the DALNET Program Initiative Reserve
Grant ends on February 19, 2011. If your library has a grant idea that
will support DALNET’s mission of being a “community of libraries
working together to provide access to information for research,
cultural enrichment, and lifelong learning opportunities,” then be sure
to turn in your application by February 19th. For assistance
and/or questions please contact the DALNET office. More info
online at:
www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/grants
Webinar Archives
The
ALCTS RDA Webinars (and accompanying materials) that were presented
during the Fall of 2010 are available online at DALNET’s webinar
archive page:
www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/dalnet/training/webinars/.
The titles available are “Introduction to RDA,” “RDA:
Benefits for Users and Catalogers,” and “FRBR as a
Foundation for RDA." Access to these webinar materials require login.
