In June of 2023 Wes gave a presentation to the NICE group as they considered the possibilities of merging their organizations. The information could be helpful for other groups who are considering the implications of going through a merger.
Lessons Learned from a decade of system migrations
Presented at NOTSL December 16, 2022. Wes has been a part of a dozen system migrations while working in ILS System Administration. He’ll share suggestions on what data to keep and what to get rid of. When is the best time to perform a data migration? What data should you keep from your old system? Who should be a part of your data migration team? And tools you should consider using to help make the migration process go smoother.
Register for 2022 OH-IUG on 9/23/2022
Check out this year’s conference schedule. If interested in attending, please register using our Eventbrite registration form.
Monitoring your ILS infrastructure with PRTG
Slides from Wes Osborn’s 2016 IUG Presentation on monitoring.
Meet Them Where They Are: Making Circulation Limits Easy to Understand and Modify for Patron Services Staff
Modifying circulation rules in Polaris is a notoriously messy and time-consuming affair. The Patron Services staff know the circulation policies and what they want to accomplish, but often must work with an ILS Administrator who can interpret the data and tables to get the changes applied.
To bridge the gap between the subject matter experts and the data, the CLC created a method that allows the patron services staff to see their current circulation rules and update the data in a straightforward way using custom Polaris reports and Excel. The end result is hours of saved time for the ILS Administrator and virtually eliminates user error or miscommunication. Mike Fields from the Central Library Consortium presented on this topic for OH-IUG 2021.
Central Library Consortium 
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