The latest upgrade to Enterprise (the public catalog) included a new mobile version (not to be confused with the mobile app). When you connect to cat.lanepl.org from your phone or tablet, you now see a version adapted for those screens.
Improvement to catalog on mobile devices Read More »
Sparked by an inquiry by an Oxford patron, The Lane Libraries has been using idle compute cycles on our servers to help with the Rosetta@home distributed computing project. Rosetta@home helps to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases, including COVID-19. Running the Rosetta program on idle computers helps speed up and extend research.
Read more about this project here.
“Folding” against COVID Read More »
Jennifer Stapleton (Fairield) created this presentation about Lane’s Deliveries for a Fairfield staff meeting. I thought everyone might find it interesting, so Jennifer agreed to share it with us all.
Lane’s Deliveries (a presentation) Read More »
This came together quickly. We will begin offering our patrons access to Tutor.com beginning sometime next week. This is a special offering due to the COVID-19 crisis and will be available through June, after which we will determine if we will extend the service period.
The Tutor.com Learning Suite combines online tutoring, homework help, and test preparation with powerful diagnostic tools and self-study resources to provide a well-balanced and flexible educational environment designed to meet the individual needs of all learners.
There will be a webinar for Lane staff on Friday, April 3 at 11:00 a.m. If you are interested in attending, your manager can send you the details. All staff are welcome to participate.
TUTOR.COM coming next week Read More »
SirsiDynix is upgrading Enterprise, our public catalog, overnight (Friday 1 a.m. – 2 a.m.)
After the upgrade, we should be able to quickly add RBdigital magazines, which will then be available directly through Enterprise. I’ve not seen this in action yet, but it sounds very useful.
I don’t like to do upgrades on a Friday but as someone said to me recently: “Everyday is Friday now.”
Public catalog upgrade overnight Read More »
The Ohio Public Librarian Certification Program recognizes individual librarians who have met minimum standards established by the Ohio Library Council. An individual who meets these standards and has successfully completed the certification process is recognized as a Certified Public Librarian in Ohio.
The minimum standards for initial Ohio Public Librarian Certification are:
Visit http://olc.org/resources/education/certification/ for more details.
Ohio Public Librarian Certification Program Read More »
Our RBdigital Unlimited Magazines will be available directly from Enterprise via the SirsiDynix’s eResource Connector with the next upgrade, due by end of April.
RBdigital Magazines effortlessly syncs a library’s licensed current and back issues of eMagazines to Enterprise. Patrons can easily find, checkout and read digital magazines from the library catalog.
Enterprise 5.0.2 BLUEprint – RBdigital Magazines eResourece Central Connector Integration vFinal
Magazine integration with Enterprise coming Read More »
The staff site is taking a backseat to Gmail at this time. In the interest of not overloading your inboxes further I am going to post less critical resources here. Please continue to look in on the staff website, but anything mission-critical will come via Gmail.
This is a useful article about working from home that SirsiDynix shared:
https://superlibrarymarketing.com/2020/03/16/workfromhome/
Note that not everything stated may apply to Lane, but there are some useful tips here. e.g I found this one applying to me:
Don’t fall into a Netflix/YouTube/Twitter/whatever hole. It’s hard for some work-at-home employees to avoid distractions. The best way to keep from binge-watching shows when you should be working is not to start.
Tips for Working From Home Read More »
We recently added the database GLOBAL ROAD WARRIOR.
From the publisher:
Global Road Warrior is the world’s most extensive country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. Global Road Warrior consists of 174 Country Guides of 119 topics each. No other single resource covers so many topics, so well, for so many countries. (.PDF)
Global Road Warrior database added Read More »
Our RBdigital Magazines Unlimited collection went into effect yesterday. Over 3,000 magazine titles now available: https://laneoh.rbdigital.com/
RBdigital Magazines – expanded collection Read More »