September is Library Card Sign-Up Month

PaILS is prepared to help your location celebrate September as Library Card Sign-Up Month with some new fields/features available in the Evergreen 3.3 software when you register a patron. Download and customize this 8.5 x 11 form:  Patron Registration Form Sample Download and customize this small format form:  IndexCardSizePatronRegistrationForm When was the last time you updated your library’s Patron Registration Form? Does your current form reflect the Required Fields and … Read More

Authority Control Project: Who is this Authority Anyway?

PaILS Project Title:  Authority Control 2019 What is Authority Control?  Here’s a page from Evergreen documentation that helps to begin to explain it.  It’s a significant detail for catalogers to understand. Project Plan: A group of  community members with cataloging expertise and PaILS support staff will work with Equinox and Backstage to set up an Authority Control Profile. Resources Needed:  Time of Community (accepted volunteers), Project Management Time, Leadership and … Read More