Register Now for Onsite Summon Training

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.

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


Parking information will be sent 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.

Summon Training Webinars Scheduled

Summon training for CLIC libraries will begin with three webinars.  Please mark your calendars for February 24, March 12, and March 24. Log-in information will be posted on clic-announce and is also available from your Implementation Team representative. All three sessions will be recorded for later viewing.

Monday, February 24, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CST, "CLIC: 360 Core for Discovery Services"

Wednesday, March 12, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CST, "CLIC: Data Optimization for Discovery Services"

Monday, March 24, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CST, "CLIC: Summon Administration Console"

Following the webinars, CLIC will host onsite training at four sites during April 7-8-9. Further details will be announced later this month.

Save the Dates: April 4 & October 30

Please mark your calendars! CLIC has scheduled two CLIC-wide training events for 2014:

Friday, April 4, 2014, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Workshop for Change, at Anderson Center, Hamline University.

Thursday, October 30, 2014, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Marketing Academic Libraries, at Alumni Hall, Anderson Center, University of St. Thomas.

Watch the CLIC blog, Facebook page, and clic-announce list for updates.

Implementation Team Hosts Kick-Off Event at UST

Despite the record-breaking cold weather, staff from CLIC member libraries flocked to UST's Anderson Center today to attend the Implementation Kick-Off Event to celebrate the beginning of our migration to ProQuest Intota.

Jane Burke, Jed Gilmore, and Sharai Perkes of ProQuest presented at the program, together with members of the Implementation Team, Jennifer DeJonghe of Metro State, and UST staff Jane Shriver, Carolyn DeLuca, and Ben Durrant.

If you have questions about the implementation process, please contact any member of the Implementation Team. Team members include Rhonda Gilbraith, Greg Argo, Jon Neilson, Steve Waage, Ruth Dukelow, Mike Bloomberg, Nate Farley, Dani Roach, and Amy Shaw.

For more photos, see CLIC's Facebook page.

You're Invited to CLIC's Implementation Kick-Off Event - January 23!

All CLIC member library staff are invited to attend the Implementation Team's Kick-Off Event to celebrate the beginning of our migration to ProQuest Intota and Summon.  The Kick-Off Event will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2014, at the University of St. Thomas, Anderson Center, Woulfe Alumni Hall North.  Please see Agenda below for details.

AGENDA

8:30 a.m.        Coffee and refreshments 

9:00 a.m.        Welcome – Ruth Dukelow and David Stewart 

Introductions – Jon Neilson 

Overview of Four Phases of Implementation 

Phase 1 – Transition to Summon, Rhonda Gilbraith 

Phase 2 – Intota Assessment, Greg Argo 

Phase 3 – Intota E, Mike Bloomberg 

Phase 4 – Intota Management System, Dani Roach 

9:25 a.m. Jed Gilmore, ProQuest – the implementation manager's role in working with CLIC’s training and migration to Summon and Intota Assessment 

                  Sharai Perkes, ProQuest – the philosophy of web-scale discovery 

Question and Answer, Nate Farley

10:15 a.m.      Break and celebration cupcakes

10:30 a.m. Metro State’s installation of Summon from the public services perspective, Jennifer DeJonghe 

11:00 a.m. The University of St. Thomas’s installation of Summon from an admin perspective, Carolyn DeLuca, Ben Durrant, Cathy Lutz, and Jane Shriver 

UST’s Summon user interface

CLICnet catalog data in Summon

Summon Admin console

Summon Knowledgebase (KB) decisions

Question and Answer, Amy Shaw

11:55 a.m.      Closing remarks – David Stewart

2014 Authority Control Workshop

Photos from CLIC's 2014 Authority Control Workshop, hosted at St. Kate's Library on January 9.

Save the Date for CLIC’s Implementation Kick-Off Celebration!

On Thursday, January 23, 2014, 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon, the CLIC Implementation Team will host an event to kick off the phased-in migration to our new library services platform.  The event will be held at Woulfe Alumni Hall North, Anderson Student Center, University of St. Thomas.


Please mark your calendars to join us on January 23.  Further details to follow.