We have several training sessions coming up this summer on Evergreen, List Maker, Google Workspace and OverDrive. All are online via Zoom, will be recorded and will be repeated in the fall.
You can see the full list, divided by topic and with registration links, on this document:
NOBLE Training Schedule
If you prefer a chronological view, you can see the training sessions as well as other meetings and events on the Staff Information System Calendar
NOBLE is pleased to announce the network is upgrading to Evergreen release 3.12 overnight on Tuesday, June 11.
NOBLE staff can log into the training system to get a first-hand look at release 3.12, which we will be using for training and testing the new release. Here’s how to login and set search preferences for the old and new versions of the staff catalog: Logging Into the Training System.
What’s Coming in Release 3.12 And Beyond (presentation)
Evergreen Release 3.12 Upgrade Session (recording)
The NOBLE Executive Board unanimously voted to endorse the Joint Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Censorship issued by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC), the Massachusetts Library System (MLS), the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA), and the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA).
As the statement reads: “Attacks on members of our communities, targeted at marginalized peoples, are more than book challenges. They are acts of intolerance and exclusion intended to silence diverse voices and views, while holding fast to homogenous viewpoints by historically dominant voices. These acts jeopardize everyone’s access to learn from different perspectives and limit the opportunities available for those isolated in their experience to realize they are not alone.”
NOBLE is pleased to announce the network will be upgrading to Evergreen release 3.10 in early January.
The upgrade will begin the night of Saturday, January 6. The system will be down from 6:00 p.m. Saturday until some time Sunday p.m. The system will be up and ready on Monday morning January 8.
The extended outage for this upgrade is due to several factors:
What is affected when Evergreen is down:
We had a phone call with MOBIUS, our Evergreen hosting provider, about minimizing the effects of the down time and came up with a few solutions:
NOBLE staff can log into the training system to get a first-hand look at release 3.10, which we will be using for training and testing the new release. Here’s how to login and set search preferences for the old and new versions of the staff catalog: Logging Into the Training System.
Online ecard registration is now live. This week NOBLE launched online ecards using a service from The Quipu Group. The ecard service provides a form to collect relevant registration information, verifies eligibility, checks Evergreen for duplicates, and immediately creates an active patron record upon successful validation. No staff intervention is required.
Ecards provide access to electronic materials and allow placing holds in Evergreen. Patrons can upgrade their card to checkout physical materials by visiting a library and presenting a photo ID to library staff. The Quipu service searches public data to verify that the patron’s last name is associated with the provided address. Business addresses will not work. Patrons will be assigned a home library based on their address and a confirmation screen and email will identify the home library. Duplicate checking will prevent patrons from signing up for multiple cards. Addresses in Massachusetts will be permitted but addresses outside Massachusetts will result in an error.
The library card is active immediately and good for 3 years. Patrons with a valid address but whose name cannot be matched to the address will be issued a provisional card good for 2 weeks. The ecard service emails patrons a welcome message that will include their newly assigned barcode number and a link to the home library’s website. Barcode numbers begin with a 5 and include the home library’s unique prefix.
A link to the form can be placed on library websites to promote the service: https://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/ecard/form
It’s now easier than ever to find, read and manage magazines in Libby. Now you can find a magazine, open it, browse through the pages and start reading without checking it out. When you close the magazine, you’ll have the option to subscribe and have the latest issue automatically appear in the new Magazine Rack view under Shelf.
Here’s a good introduction to the new magazine options aimed at patrons:
A New Way to Enjoy Magazines in the Libby App
And here’s the updated Libby Help section on Magazines with answers to frequently (and not-so-frequently) asked questions: Libby Help: Reading Magazines
