Academic Institutions Select ProQuest Intota

CLIC libraries are mentioned in ProQuest's January 28 press release:

Academic Institutions Select ProQuest Intota for Transformative Library Management Capabilities and Industry-Leading User Experience

According to the news item, there has been significant adoption of Intota over the past six months, with more than 35 academic libraries now on board. This is great news, and CLIC's Implementation Team is pleased to welcome new libraries into the fold!

2015 Authority Control Workshop

On January 8, St. Kate's hosted CLIC's annual Authority Control Workshop. This year's topic was "Clean, Clean, Clean (redux)! Authority cleanup projects in preparation for migration."

Mark Ehlert of St. Thomas gave a brief presentation, and participants spent the rest of the workshop working on cleanup projects.

For more photos, see CLIC's Facebook page.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.