Important - Discharging New Materials

Per Fred Schumacher's e-mail of November 3rd, 2015:

Hello all.

A number of locations have reported a problem with the Library and Current Locations fields not updating properly when new items received in delivery are discharged.  This is an issue that HALAN and SirsiDynix are aware of.  Until this is fixed by SirsiDynix, please be aware that when you check in new books, you will need to scan each barcode twice to make the system update the current location and the item library in the records.  The first scan will update the Call Library field to your NL location; the second will update the current location to match the home location.  Failure to do so will result in items continuing to display “In Transit,” rather than on your shelf, and holds for those materials may be missed. 

Thank you for our assistance with this issue.  HALAN will let you know as soon as it is resolved.

Clarification About Juvenile Graphic Novels

Per Mary Stanton's email:

There have been a lot of questions about picture book graphic novels.  The subject tracings for picture book graphic novels include:  “Comic books, strips, etc.”, “Cartoons and comics” and “Graphic novels”. That’s your clue that it is a picture book graphic novel.  These picture book graphic novels can be displayed or shelved in picture books.

Below the catalog entry is a list of the current picture book graphic novel series (21 series so far).

Title:

My Little Pony 2: Friendship Is Magic

Author(s):

Nuhfer, Heather,

ISBN/ISSN:

9781613777602

1613777604

Abstract:

"Welcome to Ponyville, home of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and all your other favorite Ponies! Something's not right in the town though, as some of the inhabitants are acting very, very strange! It's up to the ponies to find the source of the weirdness before it's too late!" -- p. [4] of cover.

Subject Term:

Ponies -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.

Unicorns -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Ponies -- Fiction.

Unicorns -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Fantasy.

Ponies -- Cartoons and comics.

Friendship -- Cartoons and comics.

Cartoons and comics.

Genre:

Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Added Author:

Mebberson, Amy,

Holds: 0

Available:1

Library	Audience	Genre	Home Location	Material Type	Language	Shelf Number	Current Location
Meyer - Houston Public Library	Kid/Juvenile		Picture books	Kids book		E NUHFE	Due 1/2/15
Ring - Houston Public Library	Kid/Juvenile		Picture books	Kids book		E NUHFE	Picture books

Approved Picture Book Graphic Novel Series (as of today)

                Cartoon Classics

                DC Comics:  Batman:  Li’l Gotham

                DC Comics:  DC Super Friends

                DC Super Friends Graphic Novels

                DC Super Heroes

                Extraordinary Warren

                Graphic Universe

                Hello Kitty

                Icky Ricky

                Joey and Jet

                Jump-Into-Chapters

                Kirby

                Let’s Find Pokemon

                Man of Steel

                Martha Speaks:  Canine Comics

                Misadventures of Salem Hyde

                My Little Pony

                Peanuts

                Rio Graphic Novels

                Salty Splashes Collection

                Smurfs

If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the youth team in Collection Development (Sara (Sally) Bates, Brinda Brantley or me).

Thanks!

Mary Stanton

Searching the Catalog

Courtesy of the Central Library Blog:

This was shared with me by Erin Cody today:

If you want to search for new books on a subject and not use one of the canned lists available or we don't have one on that topic here is an example of the search:

"new-hou" and sports

This search will return all purchases for the last 60 days having to do with sports.
I hope this is useful,
 
Sandy

Barcode Searching in Sirsi

Searching by item barcode in Sirsi can be done in two ways. In the catalog (Enterprise), set the search drop down menu to "All Fields" and type in the item barcode. To search by barcode in Workflows, open the "Item Search and Display" screen. In the index drop down menu, select the option "Item ID." Then type or scan in the barcode of the item.

Lexile Searching in Sirsi

You can now search the catalog (Enterprise) for materials of a certain Lexile score. Click on the drop down menu beside the search box, select the "Lexile Number" option and then enter a number into the search box. Note: You can only search for one Lexile number at a time.

If you want to search for more than one Lexile number (or search for a range of Lexile numbers), then there are two possible workarounds.

1. In the catalog, let the search menu default to "All Fields." Then enter the the term "Lexile" and click on the search button. This will bring-up a large number of results. Scroll down the until you find the "Lexile Number" option on the left-hand side of the page. Check-off as many Lexile numbers as you wish and then select the include button.

2. In Workflows, bring up the "Item Search and Display" window. Set the index field to "General" and leave the search type at keyword. Then type in the appropriate Lexile scores in the search field, separated by the boolean search term "OR." For example, you can type in the term "500 Lexile or 620 Lexile or 910 Lexile." This search will bring-up any items with Lexile scores of 500, 620 or 910.