Friday, 27 of January of 2012

IMLS EVALUATION SURVEY

You should be receiving an IMLS Evaluation Survey. All IMLS projects and services are reviewed every 5 years. This year IMLS provided funding to evaluate 10 programs provided with IMLS funding through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Two programs, Interlibrary Loan and Statewide Databases are being reviewed in-depth.

Watch for this important survey in your email.


January 23rd, 2012

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2012 titles with older editions

If your patron is requesting a 2012 title that has only a few locations listed in WorldCat, please ask them if they will take earlier editions. They will probably not get the 2012 title and if it is a textbook we will not purchase for our collection.

Please let them know in advance and include the edition information in your request.

Thanks from ILL


January 19th, 2012

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Interlibrary Loan back up and running.

We are back at it and have had some server growing pains.

Please call us if you are unable to log in.

Ever look long and hard for a record that you finally find, only to have to do it all over again?

Here is a tip.

When you find that important record remember the Accession or OCLC number.

Then when you go to the search screen, change the drop down on the right to “Accession Number”

and type the number in the first box.

Viola!  Right to that record saving valuable search time……..


January 5th, 2012

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Updated Oklahoma Book Titles List

Reminder to email ljordan at oltn.odl.state.ok.us if you need one of the books on the Oklahoma Book Titles List. We have added some nice Oklahoma poetry titles, thanks to a generous donation by Dr. Alvin Turner.

Another reminder that referrals have stopped. It would be best to re-submit your request after January 4th, 2012 so your patrons won’t think their Interlibrary Loan is coming. If we own the material we will ship until December 12th.



November 22nd, 2011

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Upgrade to local system complete, Referring closed

Our local ILS catalog upgrade is complete. We think we have all the parts working again. Melissa will be fixing some graphics on the pages that have gone missing. We have stopped referring to other libraries, your requests will just stay in Illiad until after January 4th. If we (ODL Owns) own an item we will ship it to you until December 12th.

If you have any problems with Place a Hold from WorldCat remember to re-read our blog entry, http://illiad.oklibshare.org/?p=490

You may need to change your security settings for the new catalog server. If you still have problems call circulation or reference at ODL.


November 17th, 2011

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Borrow this item !! & other issues

We know we’ve been having issues with the Borrow this item! on WorldCat. We appreciate your patience as OCLC and our IT office try to determine the problem. Right now it seems to be working but DO let us know if it stops, call the ILL office or the Circulation desk at ODL. 522-3473 or 522-3491

We have just had a major upgrade to our ILS system, Voyager, so if you see any ODL Catalog links that don’t take you to the catalog please let us know. Melissa Askew is working her way through them, but we suspect there are a lot out there to change. Be sure and refresh your computers to get our latest version, which may mean you need to change your bookmarks.

Thanks and hopefully our holidays will go smoother.


November 15th, 2011

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Holiday News from ODL ILL

*We will stop referring your requests to other libraries beginning November 16th. If you request after this date it will sit in the system until after the Holidays. Please tell your patrons. We will send books from our library through December 12th to be returned after the Holidays.


November 8th, 2011

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DVD reviews and release dates – online resources

My Top Fav

Metacritic

Pulls editorial reviews together into one score.

And then there’s…

Internet Movie Database
Amazon.com

Release Calendars with Reviews and/or Descriptions

Rotten Tomatoes
Filmjabber
Entertainment Weekly
Onvideo.org

Documentaries and Educational Media
Educational Media Reviews
Sponsored by the University at Buffalo Libraries

Educational Media Reviews Online is a database of video, DVD, audio CD and CD-ROM reviews of materials from major educational and documentary distributors and independent filmmakers. The reviews are written by librarians and teaching faculty in institutions across the United States and Canada.

Keep up with ODL’s recent DVD additions

oklahomalibraries.worldcat.org/profiles/okdeptlibraries/lists/2787621

Anyone can make lists through Worldcat and then share or post links to them.


November 1st, 2011

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OKie Poets/Poems

Oklahoma Poets/Poems added to “Oklahoma Books Titles List”

 

Below are the titles and authors of the Oklahoma poetry books added to the free list here on your Interlibrary Loan Blog. 

Take a look at these titles below.   Let me know if your library would like any
of these titles. 

 Keep this list in mind, “Oklahoma Books Titles List”.  I can mail a few titles to you.  If there are more than a couple of items, we can send a few at a time or I will box and you can pick up. 

If you would like one or more of these items for your library, send an email to ljordan AT oltn DOT odl DOT state DOT ok DOT us, and request by  title. 

Remember to include the name of your library.

Remember all books are on a first come first serve basis.

Candle Flames 1934-2004 Poetry society of Oklahoma 2005 1
Not for burning Contemporary Arts Foundation 1986 1
New Oklahoma Voices Contemporary Arts Foundation 1976 1
Absolute Institute of Communications and the Arts 1985 1
Picked apart the bones Travis, Rebecca Hatcher 2008 1
Verse within, conversing with the Hasidic Tales Roisman, Lois 2008 1
From day to day as seen through my binoculars McRill, Leslie 1972 1
Great River and small and other poems Hope, Welborn 1970 1
Point Riders Great plains poetry anthology Parman, Frank, ed 1982 1
Stealing the children Wright, Carolyne 1978 1
Hilltops Martin, Vola Ruth 1937 1
Mistletoe Little, Blanche E. 1927 1
Ports of call Blakeney, Lena Whittaker 1926 1
Lost springs Barr, Olive 1947 1
On a wing of the Sun three volumes of Poetry Barnes, Jim 2001 1
Listen! The prairies speak Holding, Vera 1968 1

October 27th, 2011

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New Arrival Lists

Great news!   We now have lists of our new materials.  Go to our catalog quick search page and choose from the following:

The default view gives you details about each item.  Of course you can click on the title and get more information.

Or you can click on the tab and see only covers:

Please share this with your patrons.   Go to our catalog quick search page @ http://catalog.odl.state.ok.us/

Keep those requests coming!


October 5th, 2011

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