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ROBERT McLAUGHLIN, Cataloging Services |
If you need to send in materials for cataloging, update, revision, correction – ANY reason – please send them in with pink “Please process” forms so we can keep track of them. This is especially true if you check in an item from your library that you think is on Dynix, but you get a “NOT FOUND ON COMPUTER” message. With 30+ libraries on Dynix, some orderly process of keeping track of literally thousands of items has to prevail.
PLEASE send in cards, forms, messages, etc. separately to the Cataloging Dept. Do not include them with other requests or messages for other departments such as interlibrary loan requests.
Once again, PLEASE rubber band, clip, wrap, or send in an envelope your vendor cards. When they come in loose, they can easily be lost or misdirected.
Try to come to the Falcon meeting next week. I’ll be presenting a review of how to match newly acquired materials with bib records on Dynix. It’s really not as hard as it seems.
If you have any questions, please call me.
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DIANA McFARLAND, Youth Services Coordinator |
I will be out of the office from Monday, August 12 to Monday, August 26.
Summer Reading Calendar Update
Here is Nichol’s summer reading calendar:
July 11: Take a Tromp through the Swamp with Tom Seiling
July 18: Quack with the ducks on the Susquehanna and Gerald Mirra
July 25: Swim with the fish in the Finger Lakes with Sue Heavenrich & Trish Engelhard
August 1: Float through the Erie Canal with Lynn Koch
August 8: Dive into a Book with Jim McCarthy
August 15: Take the Plunge in the Chenego with Fred Gee
August 22: Croak with Frogs in your own back yard with Greg Pedroza
Professional Reading
I have two professional reference books to give away. They are both older editions of tride and true references. Both are still applicable, just not as up-to-date. Please e-mail me (dianam@flls.org) if you’d like one for your library. I’ll send them out when I get back.
5th edition of A to Z00: Subject Access to Picture Books (1998)
1st edition of Connecting Young Adults and Libraries, by Patrick Jones (1992)
If you would like to borrow the latest editions of either of these books, please request them through Dynix.
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KATHY PARKHURST, Interlibrary Loan & Reference |
Deposit Collection Deliveries
We are in the process of making some adjustments to the delivery schedule of deposit collections to help even out some of the work load for our drivers, and so that you are not receiving more than one collection on the same day. As a result, there may be occasions within the next two months, when you might not receive a new collection from us on the same day that you are returning the old collection. The new collection will be delivered within one or two days of your original exchange date. We will try to keep you informed as we are able, and hopefully most of you will not be affected. If you have any questions, please call me or Marisa.
"Library Statistics Now Accessible On State Library Web Site"
For the first time ever, library managers and staff, trustees, library educators, researchers, and the media will have comprehensive data about New York State's 750 public libraries and their 334 branches via the New York State Library web site at their fingertips.
Bibliostat Connect, a powerful web-based software program that lets users access and manipulate library-specific data, has been customized for New York's tremendous warehouse of public library data. The program can be accessed on the New York State Library's web site at www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/index.html. Users now have quick access to information about libraries in New York State. They will also have access to the latest national data from the Public Library Association's Public Library Data Service (PLDS), and the National Center for Education Statistics' Federal State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). Three years of New York public library annual report data (1998, 1999 and 2000) are available now. As soon as the 2001 data set is complete, the 2001 annual report data will be available.
"New York has some of the best public libraries in the world and people across the nation are interested in finding out more about them," said Ms. Welch. "This information is crucial to library managers, who use this important data to benchmark the local library's progress, see if the library is keeping up with trends in information resources and how it compares with other libraries of similar size. As local communities and school districts move forward in implementing Regents policy to voluntarily create public library districts, accurate information about local library services and funding is critical."
The State Library worked with Informata and New York's Public Library System Directors Organization (PULISDO) to customize Bibliostat Connect, a powerful web-based software program, for New York's tremendous warehouse of public library data. Informata is Baker & Taylor's e-commerce unit that develops web software applications tailored for libraries, educational institutions, traditional and internet retailers and publishers.
Bibliostat Connect is a web-based software product that lets users access and manipulate library-specific data, without needing a degree in statistics or proficiency in spreadsheets. This simple software links the user to the data and to colorful graphs that powerfully illustrate the information.
With Bibliostat Connect, people can quickly identify peer libraries and then compare their library to peer libraries on any of hundreds of measures. Users can easily compare rank order tables and bar graphs, view averages and percentiles, and drop the results into a report or presentation. Bibliostat Connect can help people identify the compelling data and statistics they need to make an effective presentation to the library board, the city council, or other organizations. Or, they can simply use Connect to answer the local newspaper's inquiry on circulation per capita or the number of people visiting the library each year.
The State Library website also includes on-line tutorials - including "Getting Started in Bibliostat Connect". Help screens throughout will assist the user in navigating the software.
The New York State Library's Public Library Data Collection and Dissemination Program is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. LSTA is up for reauthorization in 2002. These federal funds are critically important for New Yorkers. Without reauthorization and refunding of the LSTA Program, New Yorkers stand to lose millions of federal dollars that help support all types of libraries across the state. For information on LSTA reauthorization please visit the New York State Library website at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/lsta/index.html or contact Janet M. Welch, State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries, jwelch2@mail.nysed.gov.
A series of half-day training sessions across the State for library staff will be announced this fall by the New York State Library. Watch for further postings of workshop information.
For technical assistance using Bibliostat Connect, please call Informata Customer Support at (800) 775-3700. For further information regarding the data collection process for New York State's Public and Association Libraries, please contact Maria Hazapis, State Data Coordinator, at the New York State Library (518) 486-1330 or by e-mail at mhazapis@mail.nysed.gov.