CLIC Courier Schedule

Due to member library closings between the holidays, the CLIC Courier will NOT deliver Wednesday, December 24th through Friday, January 2nd.  Regular delivery will resume on Monday, January 5th. 

End of the Year Delivery

Finals week is almost over, and our courier, James, is busy delivering bins full of returned items to CLIC libraries.

James delivering four full bins of returned books to Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library.

Thanks, James, for another year of great delivery service to CLIC!

Implementation Team Celebrates One-Year Milestone

In December 2013, the newly-appointed Implementation Team assembled to work on their first project: the deliverables section of the license. Today, the Team celebrated their one-year anniversary.

Seated: Greg Argo, Jon Neilson, Ruth Dukelow, Mike Bloomberg, Dani Roach, Rhonda Gilbraith. Standing: Nate Farley, Steve Waage, Amy Shaw.

The Team has accomplished a great deal in the past year:
~Completed license agreement with ProQuest.
~Hosted kick-off event to introduce library staff to Summon and Intota.
~Worked with catalogers to map CLICnet database to Summon.
~Transitioned member libraries to Summon 2.0.
~Hosted ProQuest training sessions (live and online).
~Set up the ERM component of Intota.
~Loaded member library data into Intota Assessment.

In the coming year, the Implementation Team looks forward to hosting more training and to beginning work on our migration to the remaining Intota components.

Stewart and Implementation Team Honored at Annual CLIC Luncheon

Library Staff at CLIC Awards Luncheon.

Eighty-eight staff from member libraries attended CLIC's 2014 Awards Luncheon at Northwestern on December 3. Our featured luncheon speaker was Sarah Bellamy who gave an inspirational and entertaining presentation on Penumbra Theatre Company's Summer Institute.

Luncheon speaker Sarah Bellamy of Penumbra Theatre Company.

David Stewart of Bethel University received the CLIC User Service Award for his professionalism and leadership throughout a momentous year for CLIC. As the CLIC Board President in 2013-14, David guided the board through discussions on the vendor RFP and selection process for a new shared library management system.  Throughout the process, David was a thoughtful and exemplary statesman on behalf of CLIC and is well-deserving of recognition for his work. 

CLIC Board President Ruth McGuire awarding the User Service Award to David Stewart.

The winner of this year's CLIC Group Effectiveness Award is the Implementation Team, including Mike Bloomberg, Rhonda Gilbraith, Greg Argo, Jon Neilson, Amy Shaw, Nate Farley, Dani Roach, and Steve Waage.  The amount of time and energy the Implementation Team has given, the persistence and patience they've shown, and their ongoing commitment are just a few of the reasons they were chosen for this recognition. The Implementation Team has been working steadily and diligently since January 2014 to implement the phases of Summon and Intota.  Their dedication to staying on top of issues has been impressive, even when the implementation workload seems daunting.

Implementation Team: Dani Roach, Steve Waage, Nate Farley, Jon Neilson, Amy Shaw, Greg Argo, Rhonda Gilbraith. [Not pictured: Mike Bloomberg.] 

Mike Bloomberg in 1970. For more recent photo of Mike, see CLIC's Facebook page.

Implementation Team Update, December 1, 2014

Summon 2.0
Testing of the fix to the duplicate records issue is now complete, and ProQuest will begin loading our revised data into Summon this week.  Users should see improvements in Summon searches by the end of next week.

Intota Assessment (IA)
ProQuest has completed loading data for Augsburg, Bethel, and Concordia into IA. Over the next few weeks, data for the remaining libraries will be loaded and tested. We expect to schedule IA training in early 2015 after all data is loaded successfully.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative.

Implementation Team Update, Nov. 17

Intota ERM Training. ProQuest would like to schedule ERM training for CLIC member library staffs soon. This training will be done via webinar. Your Implementation Team representative will advise you when the training is scheduled.

Summon 2.0.  ProQuest and the Implementation Team are completing testing of the data fixes this week and next week. You should see improvements in the Summon search results in early December.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative.

Register Now for the CLIC Annual Awards Luncheon!

Join us for CLIC's Annual Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, December 3, at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul's Nazareth Hall Blue Room.   Festivities will begin at 11:30 a.m. 

Come to socialize with your colleagues, to celebrate our accomplishments, and to enjoy a presentation from Sarah Bellamy, the Associate Artistic Director - Education for Penumbra Theatre Company.

The luncheon is free to all CLIC library staff, but pre-registration is required. Please RSVP by November 24, 2014 at: http://goo.gl/forms/RFCCAUZqh7

Your meal options are:  

Chicken Florentine (Chicken Breast with fresh Spinach, Sundried Tomatoes, and Fontina Cheese, served with a Wild Mushroom Sauce)

or

Vegetarian Seasonal Risotto (Roasted Butternut Squash with Sautéed Wild Mushrooms and Pecorino Romano)

Please contact Maureen Fitzgerald if you have any questions. 

Date: December 3, 2014, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Nazareth Hall Blue Room
Address: 3003 Snelling Avenue North

To RSVP:   http://goo.gl/forms/RFCCAUZqh7

CLIC Hosts Marketing Workshop

More than 75 library staff attended CLIC's annual professional development event, "Make Your Marketing More Effective," presented by marketing guru, Kathy Dempsey.  During the morning session, Kathy outlined the basics of library marketing, and participants met in small groups to apply the five steps toward a marketing plan to local library projects. In the afternoon, Kathy covered merchandising and social media tools for marketing library services.

CLIC Board President Ruth McGuire kicked off CLIC's Year of Marketing by announcing her newly-appointed Marketing Task Force.  Members of the Task Force include: Dixie Ohlander, April Youngblood, Megan Johnson-Saylor, Louann Terveer, Jessica Moore, Amy Mars, and Julie Kimlinger.  McGuire also asked participants to write their "CLIC success stories" on 3x5 cards, which will be used by the CLIC Value subcommittee of the Board later this month.

For additional photos, please see CLIC's Facebook page.  And while you're there, please Like our page!

Implementation Team update, November 3, 2014

Implementation Team update, November 3, 2014

Summon. A duplicates fix will be implemented next week to improve the display of results in Summon. 

Intota Client Center. ProQuest is installing an SQL upgrade at the end of November which will reduce the slowness problem in the client center. 

CONTENTdm Collections in Summon. The Implementation Team has begun discussions with ProQuest regarding the addition of CLIC’s CONTENTdm collections to Summon. 

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative.

Jeanine Gatzke and Belinda Lawrence published in Library Consortia book

We are excited to announce that librarians Jeanine Gatzke of Concordia University-St. Paul and Belinda Lawrence, formerly of St. Catherine University, have been published in a new book from ALA. Congratulations from all of CLIC!

Library Consortia: Models for Collaboration and Sustainability by Valerie Horton and Greg Pronevitz includes Gatzke and Lawrence's case study of CLIC's shared system, "Vendor-Based Shared Integrated Library Systems."

Thank you, Jeanine and Belinda, for sharing CLIC's collaborative project with the library world!

Implementation Team Update, Oct. 20

The CLIC Implementation Team met today and reviewed the results of testing Intota Assessment and Summon data loads.

Intota Assessment. We expect data from all CLIC libraries to be loaded by end of November. After data is loaded successfully, we will schedule Assessment training (most likely in January).

Summon. The Implementation Team is working with ProQuest to finalize a solution to the duplicates issue which involves some changes to the Locations filter.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative.

Deadline for CLIC Award Nominations is Nov. 20

It's that time of year again! Please submit your nominations for CLIC’s two annual awards for 2014: User Service Award and Group Effectiveness Award. When you submit a nomination, please indicate the reasons that the individual or group is deserving of the award.

The User Service Award is presented to an individual within CLIC who has done the most to improve service to users during the past year.

The Group Effectiveness Award is presented to a group within CLIC which has best exemplified group action for the benefit of CLIC and its mission.

For a list of past winners, please see: http://clic.edu/newclic/dir/awards/pastaward.asp

Please email your nominations to Maureen Fitzgerald no later than Thursday, November 20, 2014.

The awards will be given at the Annual CLIC Awards luncheon on Wednesday, December 3, at Northwestern.

Registration Open for OCLC Member Forum, Oct 22

OCLC is hosting an OCLC Member Forum for Minnesota libraries on Wednesday, October 22, 10am-3pm (includes a free lunch). Catalogers, ILL staff, and others are encouraged to attend. A big thank you to Macalester for providing local arrangements!

The Forum is free, but pre-registration is required. Because space is limited, early registration is recommended.

For online registration and further information, see:
http://registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=MemberForum_StPaul_141022

Implementation Team Update, October 6

On September 25, the Implementation Team and the CLIC Board met with Jane Burke and Jed Gilmore of ProQuest to discuss CLIC's implementation timeline. We are pleased that ProQuest is making it easier for the Implementation Team to provide and receive feedback on Intota components.

On October 1, Dani Roach and Kari Petryszyn of St. Thomas conducted a training session on the Intota ERM for CLIC member library staff.  Thank you to Dani and Kari for an excellent session!

The Implementation Team and ProQuest are reloading data for Intota Assessment this week.  When testing is completed, we will schedule Intota Assessment training later this fall.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative.

In Memory of Chris Olson (updated 10/2/14)

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Chris Olson who passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2014. The funeral will be held on October 4 (see obituary for details). 

There will be a Celebration of Life for Chris on Thursday, October 30, from 5:30 - 8:00 at Rauenhorst Hall (ballroom) in the Coeur de Catherine building of St. Catherine's University. Sponsored by MELSA, Ronald L. Erickson, and the MLIS program at St. Catherine's.

Chris Olson was the Executive Director of CLIC from October 16, 1995 to September 30, 2005.  When he left CLIC to head up MELSA, the CLIC Board of Directors presented him with a plaque reading:

With thanks and appreciation for your dedicated service to CLIC. Over the period of ten years of service to the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium, Chris has worked to provide improved and more comprehensive library resources and services to library users through the enhanced sharing of materials, operate and manage an integrated, automated library system, develop entrepreneurial initiatives in order to deliver new/expanding content and services, and provide opportunities for staff collegiality, leadership and training.

Chris served on the board of the MN Association of Library Friends for 15 years. He was a former President of the MN Library Association as well as a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the St. Catherine University School of Library and Information Science.

Chris was the recipient of many awards in recognition of his work and charitable efforts with Minnesota Libraries:

2013 Library Friend of the Year – In appreciation of a lifetime of work as a friend of Minnesota Libraries (from MN Association of Library Friends)

2007 President’s Award – In recognition of his significant contributions to the Minnesota library community (from Minnesota Library Association)

2007 SSPiN Advocate Award – In recognition of his outstanding advocacy for and support of paraprofessional library staff (from Minnesota Library Association)

2004 President’s Award – In recognition of your significant and major contributions on behalf of the Minnesota Library Association (from Minnesota Library Association)

1994 Minnesota Library Association Certificate of Merit in recognition of his personal commitment to the Association and his work in the areas of Intellectual Freedom, Public Relations and Youth Services.

Arts Advocate – Minnesota Citizens for the Arts.

Chris was an avid pottery collector and book enthusiast. He also enjoyed traveling and the theatre. He was a kind, thoughtful person who cherished the many close friends that he had. He is survived by one sister, Doreen Tollefson, of Detroit Lakes, MN; three brothers, Larry Olson, of St. Louis, MO; Russell (Bonnie) Olson, of Dilworth, MN; and Bruce (Michelle) Olson, of Detroit Lakes, MN; his partner, Ronald Erickson; six nieces; four great nieces; two great nephews; Aunt and Uncle, Jeanine and William Kivi; and numerous longtime friends.

Memorials can be sent to the Moorhead Public Library at 118 5th St S, Moorhead, MN 56560.        

Implementation Team Update, September 15

Highlights from today's Implementation Team meeting:

SUMMON 2.0 IMPLEMENTATION
The Implementation Team is making headway on the duplicates issue and is testing a possible solution in UST's sandbox this month. 

FILMS ON DEMAND RECORDS IN SUMMON
The Implementation Team is working with ProQuest to encourage Films On Demand and other vendors to allow inclusion of their records in the KnowledgeBase.

INTOTA ASSESSMENT
ProQuest is currently testing Augsburg's and Bethel's Millennium data in Intota Assessment.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative. 

CLIC Committees 2014-15

Welcome back! It's a new school year, and CLIC Committees are beginning to reconvene this week.

2014-15 CLIC Acquisitions Committee

2014-15 CLIC Cataloging Committee

CLIC Libraries Represented at MLA Conference in October

Are you registered for the Minnesota Library Association’s annual conference in Mankato? We are proud to see staff from CLIC member libraries on the program schedule!

Rebecca Ganzel, Cataloging/Metadata Librarian, Lindell Library, Augsburg College, is one of the presenters for “Tech Services Time Travel,” on Wednesday, October 8, 3:45-4:45pm.

LeAnn Suchy, St. Catherine University, is one of the presenters for “MILE and ALA Emerging Leaders: Why Leadership Programs Matter,” on Thursday, October 9, 8:00-9:00am. In addition, LeAnn will present at "Appy Hour Breakfast" at 7:00am on Thursday - her third year in a row for this event!

Amy Mars, Information Literacy & Outreach Librarian, St. Catherine University, and Alexis Logsdon, Research and Instruction Librarian, Macalester College, are presenting “The rocky path to full employment: Offroading your way to the job of your dreams,” Thursday, October 9, 9:15-10:15am.

There are also several presentations by St. Catherine University’s MLIS Program, including:

Laura Morlock and Danae Ostroot are presenting on “Diversity! Books for a Better Today,” Wednesday, October 8, 10:00-11:00am

Deborah A. Torres, Assistant to the Associate Dean/Assistant Program Director, is one of the presenters for “Gearing up for MILE 2015: MLA Institute for Leadership Excellence,” Wednesday, October 8, 1:30-2:30pm.

Dr. Anthony Molaro, Assistant Professor, is presenting “Customer Service is Dead: Long Live the Customer Experience,” on Wednesday, October 8, 3:45-4:45pm.

David Lesniaski, Associate Professor, is presenting “Visualizing RDA,” on Thursday, October 9, 9:15-10:15am.

Looks like a great line-up!

CLIC's Marketing for Academic Libraries Workshop, Oct. 30

Registration is now open for our annual CLIC-wide conference.  This year’s program, “Make Your Marketing More Effective,” features library marketing guru, Kathy Dempsey.

Register online at:    http://goo.gl/m5JyiT

When: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where: University of St. Thomas, Anderson Center, Woulfe Alumni Hall

Cost: Free to CLIC member library staff; $70 non-CLIC members (buffet lunch included)

Program Description: Kathy Dempsey, who published The Accidental Library Marketer in 2009, will explain what true marketing is, including tools, strategies, and steps in the process. Attendees will brainstorm and share ideas while doing a 5-step exercise that will form a basis for their own marketing plans. This morning workshop will concentrate on segmenting customers into target markets and crafting specific messages to reach them most effectively. In the afternoon, we'll cover how Merchandising can upgrade your space and increase circulation. Finally, we'll discuss Getting Attention on Facebook. You'll have plenty of time for Q&A too, so come and learn how to make all your promotions more effective, inside and outside your library!

Speaker Bio: Kathy Dempsey is a consultant and trainer through her business, Libraries Are Essential, and is the author of The Accidental Library Marketer (Information Today, Inc., 2009). Her work is dedicated to helping librarians and information professionals promote their value and expertise in order to gain respect and funding. Kathy has been the Editor of the Marketing Library Services newsletter for 20 years and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Computers in Libraries magazine. She also blogs at The 'M' Word. Kathy is an active member of the New Jersey Library Association and serves on its Newsletter Editorial Board.

Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Maureen Fitzgerald (maureen.fitzgerald@clic.edu) at CLIC if you have questions.

Implementation Team Update, August 18

Implementation Team Update, August 18

COUNTER AND INTOTA 101 WEBINARS
Did you miss last week's Intota webinars? Recordings of CLIC's August 14 training sessions for Counter and Intota 101 are now available to view online. Please see your library's Implementation Team representative for links to the recordings. 

SUMMON SEARCH RESULTS
The Implementation Team is aware of the problem of duplicate records showing up in Summon search results, and we are working with our Proquest implementation manager to help troubleshoot the issue.  Proquest is processing a new CLIC data load this weekend, which should eliminate a portion of the duplicate results. In addition, Proquest's Intota development team is working with our implementation manager to resolve the overall duplication problem for CLIC.

ERM TRAINING AT UST
A big thank you to St. Thomas for offering to provide additional ERM training for the Implementation Team and e-resources staff. Training will be scheduled in late September.  See your Implementation Team representative for further information.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions or concerns related to CLIC's Summon and Intota implementation, please do not hesitate to speak with your library's Implementation Team representative. 

CLIC Chair Camp 2014

Steve Waage hosted CLIC's annual Chair Camp today and updated the committee chairs on current procedures.

Our thanks to all member library staff who serve on CLIC committees and COIs.  Your participation is crucial to CLIC's success!

Assessment Training Coming Soon

Implementation Team Update, August 4, 2014

INTOTA ASSESSMENT
ProQuest is processing and testing CLIC's data sent in by the Implementation Team. Training on Intota Assessment will be offered in two sessions.  First, the Implementation Team and others responsible for inputting data will have Counter training in mid-August.  This training webinar will be recorded for staff who are unable to attend. Later in September, after all of CLIC's data has been successfully ingested, ProQuest will schedule Intota Assessment training for CLIC library staff interested in generating reports.

INTOTA MANAGEMENT
The next phase of CLIC's implementation of Intota will be Intota Management components, starting with Resource Manager.  The Implementation Team's work on Intota Management will overlap with the Team's continued implementation of Intota Assessment. The Team's first step is review of ProQuest's recorded training session, Intota 101. CLIC library staff interested in the Intota 101 training video should contact their Implementation Team representative for information on how to access the recording.

SUMMON 2.0
The Implementation Team is continuing to work with ProQuest to improve CLIC libraries' data and search results in Summon. We hope to have most of the issues resolved before the start of the new semester.

Questions? Please see your library's Implementation Team representative.

CLIC Hosts Intota Demo at Hamline

ProQuest's Jane Burke and Kevin Lane-Cummings were at Hamline University in St. Paul this week to demonstrate Intota Assessment and E-resources.  CLIC libraries are in the process of installing Intota Assessment this summer and will begin using Intota's E-resources functionality this fall.

See CLIC's Facebook page for additional photos from Wednesday's demo.

For questions about CLIC's phased-in migration to Intota, please contact your library's Implementation Team representative.

Intota Demo Scheduled for July 23

Implementation Team Update July 21, 2014

Intota Demo July 23
Jane Burke from ProQuest will be in St. Paul this week to meet with the CLIC Board and Implementation Team to discuss our migration to Intota. On Wednesday, July 23, at 2:00-4:00 p.m., Jane will conduct a general demonstration and discussion of Intota Assessment, e-resources, 360 LInk changes, and other Intota development information.  CLIC library staff interested in these Intota services are welcome to attend the 2pm demo at Hamline University, Anderson Center, Room 305. Check with your library's Implementation Team representative if you have questions about attending the demo.

Intota Assessment
ProQuest is currently processing our libraries' data for Intota Assessment.  Training on Intota Assessment will be scheduled later this summer.

Summon 2.0
CLIC libraries went live on Summon 2.0 at the end of May.  The Implementation Team is continuing to work with ProQuest to improve our Summon search results.

Questions? Ask your Implementation Team representative!

Implementation Team Update June 30, 2014

Bethel University Library's celebration to launch Summon.

SUMMON MARKETING AND TRAINING. The Implementation Team is collecting CLIC library photos and publicity materials promoting Summon. See above for photos from Bethel’s creative campaign, Accio Resources. The CLIC Board has asked the Implementation Team to assemble a task force to develop a Summon best practices guide that explains what Summon is and that provides basic information for frontline staff and trainers.

INTOTA ASSESSMENT (IA). The Implementation Team is working on completion of DRS forms for e-resources data for IA. Steve Waage has enlisted the assistance of the Mapping Task Force to review a set of fields for Millennium records for IA. Our Team goal is to have IA in place by the end of the summer, with training for CLIC library staff later in August.


INTOTA-E. CLIC is hosting a demonstration of Intota-E on July 23. Further details to follow. Check with your Implementation Team representative if you are interested in attending.

Questions? Ask your Implementation Team representative!

Register now for CLIC’s Oct 30 Marketing Conference!

Registration is now open for our annual CLIC-wide conference.  This year’s program, “Make Your Marketing More Effective,” features library marketing guru, Kathy Dempsey.

Register online at:    http://goo.gl/m5JyiT

When: Thursday, October 30, 2014, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where: University of St. Thomas, Anderson Center, Woulfe Alumni Hall

Cost: Free to CLIC member library staff; $70 non-CLIC members (buffet lunch included)

Program Description: Kathy Dempsey, who published The Accidental Library Marketer in 2009, will explain what true marketing is, including tools, strategies, and steps in the process. Attendees will brainstorm and share ideas while doing a 5-step exercise that will form a basis for their own marketing plans. This morning workshop will concentrate on segmenting customers into target markets and crafting specific messages to reach them most effectively. In the afternoon, we'll cover how Merchandising can upgrade your space and increase circulation. Finally, we'll discuss Getting Attention on Facebook. You'll have plenty of time for Q&A too, so come and learn how to make all your promotions more effective, inside and outside your library!

Speaker Bio: Kathy Dempsey is a consultant and trainer through her business, Libraries Are Essential, and is the author of The Accidental Library Marketer (Information Today, Inc., 2009). Her work is dedicated to helping librarians and information professionals promote their value and expertise in order to gain respect and funding. Kathy has been the Editor of the Marketing Library Services newsletter for 20 years and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Computers in Libraries magazine. She also blogs at The 'M' Word. Kathy is an active member of the New Jersey Library Association and serves on its Newsletter Editorial Board.

Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Maureen Fitzgerald (maureen.fitzgerald@clic.edu) at CLIC if you have questions.

Phase 2 is Underway! Implementation Team Update June 18, 2014

PHASE 2 - INTOTA ASSESSMENT (IA). The Implementation Team met today with our implementation manager and ProQuest's IA specialist to discuss questions related to the COUNTER DRS forms. Each Team representative needs to complete a DRS form for his or her library's e-resources for Intota Assessment. The deadline for each library to do a first pass at inputting data is June 30. Simultaneously, Steve Waage at CLIC is working with the implementation manager to load and test catalog data from Millennium. Our Team goal is to have Intota Assessment in place by the end of the summer, with training for CLIC library staff later in August.

PHASE 3 - INTOTA E.  The Implementation Team will begin work on CLIC's transition to Intota E in the fall.  Prior to CLIC's beginning Phase 3, ProQuest will present a demonstration of Intota E for CLIC library staff later this summer.  Stay tuned for further information on the demo date and location.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT.  The Implementation Team is now using Basecamp to manage the various projects associated with CLIC's multi-phase migration to the Intota Management System.  In addition to providing a single place for the Implementation Team to house documents, deadlines, and discussions, an important feature of Basecamp is the ability to loop other CLIC library staff into discussions on different aspects of the implementation processes. 

Questions?  Ask your Implementation Team representative.

http://clicinformation.blogspot.com/2013/12/clic-board-appoints-implementation-team.html

Save the Date! CLIC Marketing Workshop, October 30

Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 30, 2014, for our annual CLIC-wide professional development event.  This year’s conference focuses on marketing for academic libraries, featuring library marketing guru, Kathy Dempsey. Kathy is the author of The Accidental Library Marketer and writes for the blog, The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries.

Date: October 30, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (lunch included)
Location: Woulfe Alumni Hall, Anderson Center, University of St. Thomas
Cost: Free to CLIC member library staff; $70 to non-CLIC members

Registration details and further information on the program will be available later this month. Stay tuned!

Celebrate a Milestone! Implementation Team Update June 2, 2014

PHASE 1 IS COMPLETE! The Implementation Team is pleased to announce the launch of our new discovery service. In Phase 1 of the implementation of CLIC’s shared Intota Management System, seven libraries successfully transitioned to Summon 2.0.  Six libraries made the transition from WorldCat Local and one library upgraded from Summon 1.0. Kudos to our implementation manager Ashley DeHaye and others at ProQuest for going above and beyond to meet our launch deadline!

SUMMON 2.0 ENHANCEMENTS. ProQuest is releasing Summon 2.0 enhancements on June 3, 2014, which will appear in the CLIC Summon sites at the end of the week. Stay tuned for further information after the enhancements are live.

SUMMON 2.0 INFORMATION SHEET FOR LIBRARY STAFF. The Implementation Team has drafted an information sheet on Summon 2.0 for CLIC library staff. Please see your Implementation Team representative for a version of the information sheet tailored to your library.

PHASE 2 - INTOTA ASSESSMENT. The Implementation Team has begun the process of setting up Intota Assessment for the CLIC libraries. During June and July, the Team will complete COUNTER DRS forms for each library and will load and test catalog data from Millennium. Training for CLIC library staff on Intota Assessment will be offered in August.

CHECK OUT CLIC’S SUMMON 2.0 SITES: 

Augsburg http://augsburg.summon.serialssolutions.com

Bethel http://bethel.summon.serialssolutions.com

Concordia  http://csp.summon.serialssolutions.com

Hamline http://hamline.summon.serialssolutions.com

Northwestern http://unwsp.summon.serialssolutions.com

St. Catherine http://stkate.summon.serialssolutions.com

St. Thomas http://stthomastest.summon.serialssolutions.com

Questions?  Ask your Implementation Team representative.

http://clicinformation.blogspot.com/2013/12/clic-board-appoints-implementation-team.html

Implementation Team Update, May 19, 2014

CLIC’S SUMMON MAPPING AND UPDATES: Mapping is now in place, and the data has been sent in for our second ingestion.  CLIC has begun sending weekly updates and deletions to ProQuest. 

SUMMON 2.0 ENHANCEMENTS: ProQuest is releasing Summon 2.0 enhancements on June 3, 2014, which should show up in the CLIC Summon sites at the end of the week.  [UPDATED 5/29/14 to change release date to June 3.]

SUMMON 2.0 GO LIVE DATE FOR CLIC LIBRARIES: We are on track to go live on Summon 2.0 on June 1, 2014.  The Implementation Team will meet on Monday, June 2, to celebrate and to review any needed adjustments.

SUMMON 2.0 INFORMATION SHEET FOR LIBRARY STAFF: The Implementation Team is drafting an information sheet on Summon 2.0 for CLIC library staff.  If there are particular topics you would like us to address on the information sheet, please tell your Implementation Team representative. 

Check out CLIC’s test sites for Summon at:

Augsburg http://augsburg.summon.serialssolutions.com

Bethel http://bethel.summon.serialssolutions.com

Concordia  http://csp.summon.serialssolutions.com

Hamline http://hamline.summon.serialssolutions.com

Northwestern http://unwsp.summon.serialssolutions.com

St. Catherine http://stkate.summon.serialssolutions.com

St. Thomas http://stthomastest.summon.serialssolutions.com

Questions?  Ask your Implementation Team representative.
http://clicinformation.blogspot.com/2013/12/clic-board-appoints-implementation-team.html

Mark Your Calendars for May 29 - Farewell Party for Jane & Linda

CLIC Catalogers Celebrate Jane Shriver's Retirement

The CLIC Cataloging Committee bids farewell to Jane Shriver who is retiring from the University of St. Thomas at the end of this month.

Thank you for many years of dedication and excellent service to CLIC's shared catalog, Jane!

For more photos, see CLIC's Facebook page.

Implementation Team Update, May 5, 2014

CLIC's Implementation Team is hard at work getting our Summon test sites ready for prime time.  Here are some highlights from today's meeting:

THANK YOU TO THE MAPPING TASK FORCE
Kudos to the Mapping Task Force for their excellent work mapping CLIC's data for Summon! The industrious Mapping Task Force members included:
Augsburg - Rebecca Ganzel
Bethel - Amy Reinhold
Concordia - Jeanine Gatzke
Hamline - Carmen Aslesen
Hamline - Susan Vossberg
Northwestern - Dawn Krist
St. Kate's - Martha Vest
St. Thomas - Cathy Lutz
St. Thomas - Paddy Satzer
St. Thomas - Jane Shriver
Implementation Team Liaison - Greg Argo
Thank you all for your time and effort in mapping the data!

FINAL DATA INGESTION AND GO LIVE DATE
ProQuest has received CLIC's mapping and will complete the indexing this Friday. The new indexing will include revised location codes. The Team is happy to report that CLIC is now "on the cusp" of our final data ingestion prior to going live on June 1.  

SUMMON ENHANCEMENTS
The next round of Summon enhancements is scheduled for May 21. 

ASSESSMENT
Later this summer, the Implementation Team will begin work on our transition to Assessment. Stay tuned!

If you have questions, please see your Implementation Team representative. 

Implementation Team Update, April 21, 2014

The Implementation Team has been meeting twice a month with Ashley DeHaye, CLIC’s  ProQuest Implementation Manager. Starting with today’s meeting, we will post progress reports from our meetings on clic-announce and on the CLIC Blog, with a link from CLIC’s Facebook page.

MAPPING AND TESTING SUMMON: CLIC’s Implementation Team has been hard at work for the past three months setting up our Summon 2.0 instances and working with the Mapping Task Force to customize our mapping to meet CLIC library needs.  We are in the process of testing the latest ingestion, and we expect at least one more ingestion before going live with Summon 2.0 on June 1, 2014. [Note: UST’s date may vary.]

OPTIMIZING SUMMON: The Implementation Team is working with ProQuest trainers to learn more about optimizing Summon for our libraries’ needs. Some of the areas under investigation are LibGuides, Recommended Databases, and the WorldCat API.

TRAINING: The Implementation Team also coordinated Summon training in February, March, and April.  If you missed any of the sessions, the training webinars were recorded and will be available for three months. Please check with the CLIC Office or with your Implementation Team representative for log-in information to view archived events. 

Check out CLIC’s test sites for Summon at:

Augsburg http://augsburg.summon.serialssolutions.com

Bethel http://bethel.summon.serialssolutions.com

Concordia  http://csp.summon.serialssolutions.com

Hamline http://hamline.summon.serialssolutions.com

Northwestern http://unwsp.summon.serialssolutions.com

St. Catherine http://stkate.summon.serialssolutions.com

St. Thomas http://stthomastest.summon.serialssolutions.com

Questions?  Ask your Implementation Team representative.

In Memory of Jack King, Former CLIC Board Member

Jack King, retired University Librarian for Bush Library and Professor at Hamline University, passed away on April 16, 2014. Jack came to Hamline in 1965 as a catalog librarian with the rank of instructor. He retired from Hamline University in 1997, after 32 years of service, with the rank of Professor and as University Librarian for Bush Library. He remained a supporter of library initiatives at Hamline and was a frequent user of the library collection. 

Jack served as President of the CLIC Board of Directors first in 1974, and then again in 1983-84 and 1990-91, followed by a term as treasurer in 1995-1997. 

Visitation will be held from 10-11 am on Wednesday, April 23, followed by a service at 11 am at O'Halloran and Murphy funeral home at 575 S. Snelling, St. Paul. See the April 20 Pioneer Press for the full notice.

Summon Onsite Training

Kevin Lane-Cummings of ProQuest presented four onsite training sessions at CLIC libraries this week. Kevin's presentations focused on Summon Web-Scale Discovery. CLIC library staff unable to attend any of the onsite sessions will have the opportunity to login to Kevin's webinar on April 17. [Please check with your Implementation Team representative or with the CLIC Office if you need login details.]

As promised in the sessions, here are the links from Kevin's slide presentation:

Share Ideas and Information About Summon

Hear from Other Libraries Using Summon

• Summon listserv:  Lively email conversations among over 500 Summon libraries in more than 40 countries 
• Information Literacy in the Age of Web-Scale Discovery:  Recordings of seven library-hosted webinars, from late 2012 
• Summon Research Guide examples: 
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
• Fairmont State University 

Hear From Serials Solutions 

• Summon LibGuide:  Tips, videos, and instructions for users and librarians alike 
• Summon User Guide:  Summon Documentation in the Support Center (requires a Serials Solutions account) 
• Summon Webinars: Product updates, topical trainings, and other sessions with Summon staff 

UPDATE on Summon Onsite Training for CLIC Libraries

CLIC is hosting onsite sessions of “Summon Web-Scale Discovery for CLIC” in April. Kevin Lane-Cummings, ProQuest Senior Training and Consulting Partner, will conduct the training sessions focusing on the public side of Summon. 

Topics covered will include:

-Introduction to Web-Scale Discovery and the creation of Summon.

-How Summon works (the Summon Index, your Summon site, match and merge, relevancy, and linking).

-Live demonstration of the user interface.

-How librarians can promote Summon to their users (examples of libraries' integration of Summon into their web sites).

-Additional Resources (help, support documents, etc.).

Sessions are open to the staff of CLIC member libraries. To register to attend one of the sessions, use this online form: http://goo.gl/kjWwA2
NOTE: registration deadline is April 2, 2014.

“Summon Web-Scale Discovery for CLIC” will be repeated at four locations:

Monday, April 7, 1pm-3pm, Augsburg College, Room: Oren Gateway 100
Tuesday, April 8, 9am-11am, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Room BG205
Tuesday, April 8, 1pm-3pm, St. Catherine University, Room: CDC20
Wednesday, April 9, 9am-11am, Hamline University, Room: Anderson Center 305

If you are unable to attend any of the onsite sessions, there will be a webinar session scheduled later in April.  The webinar session will be recorded and available for viewing by CLIC library staff. [UPDATE: the webinar will be held on Thursday, April 17, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Please check with your Implementation Team rep or the CLIC Office for log-in information.]

Parking information will be emailed to registrants for each site prior to the training date. Please contact Maureen Fitzgerald or Ruth Dukelow at the CLIC office if you have questions.

CLIC Selects ProQuest Intota Library Services Platform as its Next Shared System

Consortium prepares to transform for the changing landscape in higher education

SEATTLE, WA, March 6, 2014 – Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC) of St. Paul, Minnesota, is the first academic library consortium to subscribe to ProQuest’s cloud-based library services platform, Intota™. The CLIC libraries will be taking full advantage of the transformative nature of the Intota library services platform, implementing in phases beginning with the Summon discovery service this spring. During 2014 they also plan to implement Intota for assessment and for e-resource management, with other components to follow.

“We are thrilled to be on the cutting edge with ProQuest’s new technology,” said Ruth Dukelow, executive director, CLIC. “Our libraries will be able to leverage the sizeable investments they have made in print and electronic collections, audio and visual content, and institutional documents by making these resources readily discoverable and accessible to our users through Intota’s integrated management and discovery tools.”

Trends in library usage and collections, and in higher education overall, point to a need for more innovative solutions that will re-invent and surpass, not just match, traditional systems. Intota is a library services platform with services designed to address the real needs of today’s libraries and help them transform how they manage increasingly digital collections and how their users discover those collections and interface with the library. With Intota, ProQuest is focused not on just replacing the status quo, but on transformation by addressing the needs for the future. It’s a platform built for workflows of tomorrow that addresses libraries biggest needs today.

According to the Director of University Libraries at Bethel University and CLIC Board President, David Stewart, “When our libraries began the process of selecting a next-generation system, we focused on finding a solution that would provide the maximum benefit to our users. After a thorough investigation of the available options, our Board concluded that ProQuest’s discovery and management services best matched CLIC’s requirements for outstanding and innovative solutions to serve our communities.”

CLIC member libraries subscribing to the services include: Augsburg College, Bethel University, Concordia University, Hamline University, St. Catherine University, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, and University of St. Thomas.

About Intota
Intota is a library services platform designed to address the key needs of today’s libraries – managing electronic collections and supporting the expectations of the modern patron. Intota combines discovery, linking, collection management and assessment in one system built on a single knowledge base. With Intota, ProQuest is focused not just on replacing the status quo, but on transforming library management. Intota is built to accommodate the evolution of workflow, yet also address the biggest pain points libraries face today.

About CLIC
Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC), a consortium of private colleges and universities located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, was founded in 1969 to support cooperative collection development, interlibrary loan, and document delivery in and among its member libraries. Since then, CLIC has expanded its mission to support a wide range of library services, including a shared automation system, digitization of selected library collections, and access to electronic resources. CLIC’s Vision is to create a world-class research library experience for its academic communities.

About ProQuest (www.proquest.com)
ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company’s products are a gateway to the world’s knowledge including dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, historical collections and ebooks. ProQuest technologies serve users across the critical points in research, helping them discover, access, share, create and manage information.


The company’s cloud-based technologies offer flexible solutions for librarians, students and researchers through the ProQuest^®, Bowker^®, Dialog^®, ebrary^®, EBL^® and Serials Solutions^® businesses – and notable research tools such as the Summon^® discovery service, the RefWorks^® Flow™ collaboration platform, the Pivot™ research development tool and the Intota™ library services platform. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices around the world.

Register now for CLIC Workshop, Future Forward: Thriving in a Changing Environment, April 4

Change is coming!

By Felix Burton (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

CLIC libraries are facing a multitude of major changes in the near future: new library systems, shifts in workflow, evolving users, transformation of physical building spaces, collection transitions from print to digital, and more. To help member library staff make the most of our changing environment, CLIC is hosting a workshop,  “Future Forward: Thriving in a Changing Environment,” on Friday, April 4, 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Hamline University, Anderson Center. Our presenter is Janice Jaguszewski of the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Registration is free and open to staff of all CLIC member libraries.  Register online at: http://goo.gl/8zR3wP NOTE: registration deadline is March 21, 2014.

Future Forward: Thriving in a Changing Environment Workshop Agenda

Friday, April 4, 2014

Hamline University, Anderson Center

9:30 a.m.

Registration and refreshments

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Understanding Change: Strategies for Success

Case Study: The past two years at the University of Minnesota Libraries

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (provided – please indicate your meal choice on the registration form)

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Shaping Your Future: Envisioning New Roles

How Do You Get There? Creating Capacity

Please direct your questions to Maureen Fitzgerald or Ruth Dukelow in the CLIC Office.