MEDIA SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 17th 2015

Meet Tamra Dugan

• Tamra Dugan comes to NEOnet after spending 13 years in collegiate and school libraries, including CWRU, Copley and Twinsburg. She has a strong cataloging background and extensive hands-on experience with day to day library operation. In her free time, Tamra enjoys spending time with her husband, Sam, daughter, Alexis and large extended family, numerous crafting projects, and being the organizational brains behind the scenes of a local high school show choir

Cherwell HelpDesk

Helpdesk - accessing

• Go to the NEOnet website• Click SUPPORT along the top

Logging in

• The system uses NEOnet's active directory system to know who you are and what district you are coming from

• User Name = neonetda\ (Same user name as Email, Progress Book, DASL or USASDW) Example = neonetda\ne_mjackson

• Note the slash that follows NEONETDA is the one that leans to the left (above the Enter key)

• Password = Same password as Email, Progress Book, DASL or USASDW

Email updates• NEOnet responses will be done in the

helpdesk system• The email address they come from is

OECN Support (support@oecn.org)

Email updates (cont)

• You can reply to the email from OECN Support and your reply will be– Sent to NEOnet staff– Inserted into the ticket

• Do not send email to OECN support to create a ticket

• To create a ticket send email to libraryhelp@neonet.org

NEOnet Purchased Electronic Resources

• Budget for next year includes $1 towards electronic resource for HS and MS students

• NEOnet Board meets May 4th to approve the budget

• Use the OHIONET electronic resource preview to locate a resource for your building

LSTA Open Grant Program

• The State Library has announced a new grant program. The open grant program provides small awards, up to $4,999 in federal funds, allowing libraries to address a specific customer need or to develop an innovative service. There is no deadline for submitting an application. Applications will be reviewed and funded as they are received. The State Library has allocated $150,000 in CY 2015 for this program. Complete details on the open grant program can be found at http://library.ohio.gov/open-grants

• Questions on the LSTA program should be addressed to Missy Lodge, mlodge@library.ohio.gov

Video Tutorials

• We have produced one online video tutorial on how to set the printer path

• What else would you like to see a video tutorial on?

INFOhio Electronic Resources

• You are logged in as…

• NEOnet has a range a IP addresses for each school district

• INFOhio now has that list• When in your building, you should now see “You are logged in as

Future of WorkFlows

• Testing on 3.5• Upgrade over the summer to 3.5• Need to be on 3.5 before can test BlueCloud• BlueCloud and JavaWorkflows can both be run

at the same time• Switching between buildings is easier

Overdue notice report update

• Changed report header from OVERDUES / FINES / FEES to LIBRARY NOTIFICATION

Emailing Overdues

• With the overdue report wording, emailing overdues is not as confusing

• You can setup a report as a reminder of items coming due

Digital Video Collection (DVC)

• When downloading there used to be multiple formats available

• But, not all formats were available for all videos

• To simplify, all DVC downloads are now in MP4 format

EBSCO user passwords

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• EBSCO has introduced changes to My EBSCOhost folder accounts

• This is for new accounts• The change does not affect existing My

EBSCOhost accounts • EBSCO has not published the requirements for

the passwords, INFOhio believes it includes a lowercase letter, an upper case letter, a special character, and a number

Blizzard Bags

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• While we're hoping for only light snow this winter, we're helping you prepare for the worst with INFOhio's Blizzard Bags for K-12.

• The four bags focus on the following themes:

• Grades K-3: Snow • Grades 4-5: Snow • Grades 6-8: Financial Literacy • Grades 9-12: Social Media with a focus on

research readiness for college and careers

Blizzard Bags (cont.)

• Each Blizzard Bag includes:• A complete customizable research unit• Standards-aligned, cross-curricular options• A teacher guide• Low-tech/high-tech options• Differentiation tips• Templates for lesson customization• Material for in-class instruction or home exploration• Recommendations for assessments, including

standards-aligned rubrics

INFOhio Webinars and Professional Development

• INFOhio holds online webinars on various topics

• Webinars are recorded if you can’t attend live• You can take a small quiz after the recording

and receive contact hours

iSearch

• INFOhio will soon have an update that will allow iSearch users to filter results to full text articles as a default setting

Users Council Update

• Susan Mongold, Woodridge Local Schools• Joe Fabian, Buckeye Local Schools• Tina Lindy, Cuyahoga Falls City Schools

Sharing

• Kahoot – Karen Bergen, Cuyahoga Heights City Schools – please bring a device to participate

• Update on how Stow has reinvented their libraries – Kelly Lanci, Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools

• Online slide show – Angela Wojtecki, Nordonia Hills City Schools

• Booktalk an “oldie” but a “goodie” on your shelves – Angela Wojtecki, Nordonia Hills City Schools and Stephanie Mohler, Parma City Schools

OETC Conference

• Who went and what do you want to share?

Jeanne Steel is Retiring

Future Meetings

•Wednesday April 29, 2015•Meeting location discussion – Field

trips to other schools. Hold one or two meetings at school libraries