SirsiDynix

CloudSource OA Product Deep Dive Demo
2023-06-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-19 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-16 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) and 5 more dates
Join our CloudSource experts for an in-depth look at our newest OER and OA content solution. These deep dive sessions will walk you through CloudSource and how it can benefit your library by expanding your collections and saving you money. Register now to get all your CloudSource questions answered!

Syndetics Unbound and Three New Features Available to all Subscribers
2023-07-11 11:00 - 11:30
Eager to learn about new enrichments to your Syndetics Unbound subscription but missed our webinar on April 4?

Now’s your opportunity to see exactly what these enhancements can do for you and your library. Join SirsiDynix Chief Marketing Officer Eric Keith, Syndetics Unbound expert Doug McMillan, and Head Librarian Abby Blachly from LibraryThing for this 15-minute partnership webinar.

Together, we’ll review three new features available to all Enriched Content/Syndetics Unbound subscribers:

Upload your own covers. Streamline the process for updating images in your catalog with the Cover Uploader tool, which allows you to upload missing or incorrect images to the Syndetics Unbound image repository.

Librarian Recommends: Lists. Curate lists within the catalog and showcase topics, genres, staff picks, and more.

Audio Clips. Provide patrons with access to 150,000 audio clips, now included with the Look Inside feature.

Register now to attend—and begin leveraging catalog enrichments to boost patron engagement and discovery.

About the Series

The Library Professional Series provides training on topics such as librarianship, common or new issues libraries face, and industry concerns. These webinars are an excellent resource for furthering one’s knowledge and professional skills in an ever-changing industry.

Community Engagement (CEP) Product Overview
2023-07-18 13:00 - 13:30
Streamline your library’s marketing strategy and expand your impact.

The Community Engagement Platform (CEP) is a comprehensive resource that integrates seamlessly with data from your ILS to bolster your library’s marketing efforts. From targeted email campaigns and event programming to forms and reporting, CEP equips you with the tools you need to reach and connect with patrons.

To learn more about the basic ins and outs of CEP, join Pre-Sales Consultant Allison Rand for this free, 30-minute overview.

In this webinar, we will cover how to:

Send newsletters, welcome emails, event information, and more with easy-to-use email templates

Boost open rates and patron engagement by sending specific, targeted messages with dynamic contact lists called Segments

Create targeted, multistage campaigns with CEP’s flexible Campaign Builder

Register today to get your questions answered and see how CEP can help transform your library’s approach to marketing.

About the Series

Product webinars spotlight the functions and capabilities of individual SirsiDynix products. Presented by experienced Product Specialists, these webinars will familiarize you with the full range of SirsiDynix software. Learn more about what SirsiDynix offers and how you can take advantage of each effective tool.

The Foundations and Future of CloudSource: Discussing CloudSource’s Development and Direction
2023-08-02 11:30 - 14:00
Since its release in December 2021, CloudSource has provided a wide range of libraries with the flexibility to expand their collections, save on subscription databases, and eliminate barriers to access.

Now, with more libraries than ever adopting the comprehensive content solution—and an exciting addition to the CloudSource family on the horizon—CloudSource is entering a particularly pivotal stage of development.

To learn more about the origins of CloudSource, its impact on the open access movement as a whole, and where it’s headed next, join us for a 30-minute conversation with Chief Marketing Officer Eric Keith and Vice President of Pre-Sales, Academic & Content Solutions Rick Branham.

During our time together, Eric and Rick will:

Provide an overview of the state of open access content, CloudSource OA, and CloudSource+.

Highlight CloudSource’s rapidly growing contingent of libraries and discuss their reasons for implementation.

Zero in on recent and forthcoming updates on the product roadmap, including staff search, expansion of OA/OER and closed access collections, and more.

Register today to get your questions answered—and see how CloudSource can help take your library’s eResource management strategy to the next level.

Product Overview: Diving into Symphony Data Control
2023-08-03 13:00 - 13:30
Harness the power of Symphony’s API selection tools with Data Control. This intuitive, browser-based graphical interface allows users of all experience levels—from power user to read-only reporter—to seamlessly construct queries, batch-modify records, edit individual record fields, and more.

To learn more about this valuable resource and how to begin leveraging it, join Director of Pre-Sales Solutions Melissa Kulmer for this 30-minute webinar.

During our time together, Melissa will:

Provide a brief overview of Data Control.

Discuss the differences between Data Control, BLUEcloud Analytics, and Symphony reports.

Highlight how various roles can use (and benefit from) Data Control processes.

Register today—and prepare to discover new ways to take control of your library’s data.

Does your library use Data Control? Have a success story you’d like to share with us? Email your Library Relations Manager or contact us at marketing@sirsidynix.com for a chance to be featured in an upcoming webinar.

Symphony Champion Series Episode 1 of 2
2023-08-15 13:00 - 13:15
The Champion series—a two-part certification series offering key insights into product functionality—is back! Learn to navigate Symphony like a seasoned pro in this first installment with Consultant & Trainer Alexandria Ortiz. Over the course of 15 minutes, Alexandria will show you how to create a User PIN policy in this robust, industry-leading ILS—and equip you with the tools you need to make the most of it.

Add new moves to your playbook and join the Pros in the dugout. Complete both parts to become a Symphony Champion!

About the Series

The Symphony Champion series is a 2-part mini-series where each 15 minute episode will spotlight functionality that will help you become a Symphony Champion. Complete both parts to become a Champion series graduate!

BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion Series Episode 3 of 4
2023-08-23 13:00 - 13:15
Get your gear and get ready to work on your Enterprise skills with this year’s certification series. Join Consultant & Trainer II Siobhan Cottam for episode 3 of this 4-part Champion series. Add new moves to your playbook each month and join the Pro’s in the dugout. Complete both parts to become an BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion!

This 15 minute webinar will focus on:

Apply your organization’s branding to BLUEcloud Course Lists

Make changes to desktop and mobile pages

Learn CSS skills that can be applied to other products too!

About the Series

The BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion series is a 4-part mini-series where each 15 minute episode will spotlight functionality that will help you become a BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion. Complete all 4 parts to become a Champion series graduate!

Going Paperless and Chaotic Storage: Digging Deeper into the Intelligent Material Management System
2023-08-24 11:00 - 11:30
Looking to revitalize your library’s material handling strategy? Want to learn how Lyngsoe’s Intelligent Material Management System (IMMS) can help?

SirsiDynix and Lyngsoe Systems have presented a number of webinars and Connections sessions on Lyngsoe’s IMMS, a transformative application that complements your existing ILS and offers unprecedented transparency in your library’s material flow.

Now, as more libraries integrate IMMS with their Symphony ILS, this webinar offers an opportunity to hear directly from Colin Carter, IMMS Business Director from Lyngsoe Systems.

Over the course of this free, 30-minute event, Colin will dig deeper into two key concepts of IMMS:

Paperless logistics – How IMMS enables libraries to remove the need for printed slips for items in transit and for holds.

Chaotic storage – This is used in two areas of IMMS: managing hold shelves and behind-the-scenes in the Media Hotel.

As always, there will be plenty of time for questions, not just on these two areas, but on any aspect of IMMS and the integration of IMMS with Symphony.

See how you can take control of your shelves with IMMS. Register today.

About the Series

The Library Professional Series provides training on topics such as librarianship, common or new issues libraries face, and industry concerns. These webinars are an excellent resource for furthering one’s knowledge and professional skills in an ever-changing industry.

The Perks of Circ: A Transformative User Experience with BLUECloud Circulation
2023-08-24 13:00 - 13:30
Join us for a 15-minute tour of BLUEcloud Circulation, an intuitive web-based interface that allows you to effortlessly manage patron data, checkouts, check-ins, holds, and more.

In this first installment in a three-part series, Product Manager Carla Clark will:

Explore key differences between BLUEcloud Circulation, Symphony Workflows, and Horizon.

Spotlight the BLUEcloud Circulation user experience and the theory behind it.

Reveal fundamental BLUEcloud Circulation features in the context of the patron interface.

Get your questions answered and see how BLUEcloud Circulation can support staff at the circ desk and beyond. Register today.

BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion Series Episode 4 of 4
2023-08-31 13:00 - 13:15
The Champion series—a four-part certification series offering key insights into product functionality—is back! Learn to navigate BLUEcloud Course Lists like a seasoned pro in this third installment with Consultant & Trainer John Glaeser. Over the course of 15 minutes, we will explore the ins and outs of this powerful resource for course reading list management—and equip you with the tools you need to make the most of it.

This short webinar will focus on:

Running reports in BLUEcloud Course Lists

Customizing your layout in the Collection Development Report

Register today and make sure you’ve completed episode 1, episode 2, and episode 3 in this four-part Champion series to become a BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion, once you’ve completed all four episodes!

About the Series

The BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion series is a 4-part mini-series where each 15 minute episode will spotlight functionality that will help you become a BLUEcloud Course Lists Champion. Complete all 4 parts to become a Champion series graduate!

Gale Delivers a Powerful Boost to CloudSource+
2023-08-31 13:00 - 14:00
CloudSource, SirsiDynix’s new content and discovery services platform, is rapidly gaining momentum. Last quarter, a record number of libraries adopted the comprehensive content solution. Later this year, an exciting addition to the CloudSource family will enter general availability.

Now, we have another pivotal CloudSource development to share with you: a strategic partnership between SirsiDynix and Gale, part of Cengage Group, that will deliver more than one billion records to the CloudSource+ index.

To learn more about this collaboration, the content it exposes, and how it will transform the user search experience, join us for a 30-minute conversation with Chief Marketing Officer Eric Keith; Vice President of Pre-Sales, Academic & Content Solutions Rick Branham; and CloudSource Product Director Katie Glaeser.

During our time together, Eric, Rick, and Katie will:

Explore the partnership’s origins and objectives.

Offer insight into the implementation process.

Provide a patron’s view of the centralized discovery layer and the wide range of resources it can surface.

Don’t miss this behind-the-scenes look at our extraordinary discovery experience. Register today.

MobileStaff Product Overview
2023-09-06 13:00 - 13:30
Looking for a way to work with your patrons or items outside of the circ desk, or even outside of the library? Want to see how SirsiDynix’s MobileStaff app can help?

Take your portable hardware to the stacks, on the bookmobile, to off-site events, and more. With the MobileStaff app, you can add or update patrons, check out or check in items, process holds, and manage inventory—no matter where you are. To learn more, join Product Manager Carla Clark for this 30-minute product overview.

During our time together, we will:

Discuss how you can leverage MobileStaff to interact with both patrons and items.

Highlight MobileStaff’s most distinctive features, such as tracking event attendance, weeding unused items, supporting self-check, and working offline.

Explore forthcoming updates on the product roadmap.

Get your questions answered and get ready to take this versatile circulation companion wherever you—and your library—need to go. Register today.

About the Series

Product webinars spotlight the functions and capabilities of individual SirsiDynix products. Presented by experienced Product Specialists, these webinars will familiarize you with the full range of SirsiDynix software. Learn more about what SirsiDynix offers and how you can take advantage of each effective tool.

Symphony Champion Series Episode 2 of 2: SmartPort & Copy Cataloging
2023-09-07 13:00 - 13:15
The Champion series—a two-part certification series offering key insights into product functionality—is back! Learn to navigate Symphony like a seasoned pro in this first installment with Associate Instructional Designer & Trainer Shane Lynn. Over the course of 15 minutes, we will explore the ins and outs of this robust, industry-leading ILS—and equip you with the tools you need to make the most of it. Add new moves to your playbook and join the Pro’s in the dugout. Complete both parts to become a Symphony Champion!

This 15-minute webinar will focus on:

How to search remote catalogs and import bibliographic information to your server a single record at a time.

Discuss how to save bibliographic information to a file.

And more!

Don’t forget! To become a Symphony Champion Series graduate and receive your certificate of completion, you must also watch or have attended our first Symphony Champion Series episode which you can view here.

About the Series

The Symphony Champion series is a 2-part mini-series where each 15 minute episode will spotlight functionality that will help you become a Symphony Champion. Complete both parts to become a Champion series graduate!

Community Engagement (CEP) Product Overview
2023-09-12 01:00 - 13:30
Curious about the Community Engagement Platform (CEP)? Want to learn more about what CEP can do for you?

Streamline your library’s marketing strategy and expand your impact.

The Community Engagement Platform (CEP) is a comprehensive resource that integrates seamlessly with data from your ILS to bolster your library’s marketing efforts. From targeted email campaigns and custom landing pages to robust reporting capabilities, CEP equips you with the tools you need to reach and connect with patrons.

To learn more about the basic ins and outs of CEP, join Pre-Sales Consultant Allison Rand for this free, 30-minute overview.

In this webinar, we will cover how to:

Send welcome emails, newsletters, and other updates and announcements with easy-to-use email templates.

Boost open rates and patron engagement by sending specific, targeted messages with dynamic contact lists called Segments.

Create targeted, multistage campaigns with CEP’s flexible Campaign Builder.

Register today to get your questions answered and see how CEP can help transform your library’s approach to marketing.

About the Series

Product webinars spotlight the functions and capabilities of individual SirsiDynix products. Presented by experienced Product Specialists, these webinars will familiarize you with the full range of SirsiDynix software. Learn more about what SirsiDynix offers and how you can take advantage of each effective tool.

How much of your paid content is Open Access? The answer may surprise you.
2023-09-20 03:00 - 16:00
CloudSource OA, the new content discovery platform from SirsiDynix, aggregates and fully exposes the global body of open access (OA) articles and open educational resources (OER). The index currently includes about 60M open articles, eBooks, and other learning resources. The metadata is enriched with more detailed publication information, subjects, abstracts, related materials, and reviews. In addition, helpful widgets deliver permalinks, citation management, links to the publisher page, and more. Unlike Google Scholar and other discovery providers, all of these OA resources contain one-click access to full text—no user authentication required and no wading through millions of irrelevant results with misleading links.

While some of the open access articles are found in gold and diamond journals, most OA articles are from hybrid journals. And most discovery services will not expose these OA articles unless you subscribe to these hybrid journals. CloudSource offers a free collection analysis that reveals exactly how much of your subscription content is open access, including a detailed breakdown of your subscriptions by package, journal title, and subjects.

Join Rick Branham, SirsiDynix’s VP of Content Solutions, for this free, 45-minute webcast to learn more about how CloudSource OA can transform your approach to collection development by leveraging OA and OER. And find out how the free collection analysis can help you save money on high-OA subscriptions, while improving the user experience.

Symphony 4.1.0 Open Forum
2023-09-20 13:00 - 14:00
Join Product Manager Shawn Andary for an open forum on Symphony 4.1.0. Over the course of this free, hourlong webinar, Shawn will highlight—and answer customer questions about—this exciting release, which is slated for this fall.

Join us to:

Get an overview of new features and functionality, including SSO for SymphonyWeb and WorkFlows, integration with IMMS (Intelligent Materials Management System), updates to acquisitions and circulation tax policies, improvements for consortia, new item categories 6–10, and additional editable fields in Data Control.

Explore what’s next on the product roadmap.

Ask questions and share feedback.

Prepare to dive into forthcoming enhancements—and learn how to wield them. Register today.

About the Series

This open forum will spotlight the functions and capabilities of Symphony 4.1.0, slated to be released this fall. Product Manager Shawn Andary will moderate the session and answer your questions about the upcoming Symphony release.

Horizon Champion Series - Episode 1: Overview of Circulation Rules
2023-09-26 15:00 - 15:30
The Champion series—a two-part certification series offering key insights into product functionality—is back! Learn to navigate Horizon like a seasoned pro in this first installment with Consultant & Trainer Jake Rundle. Over the course of 15 minutes, we will explore the ins and outs of this robust, industry-leading ILS—and equip you with the tools you need to make the most of it. Add new moves to your playbook and join the Pro’s in the dugout. Complete both parts to become a Horizon Champion!

This 15-minute webinar will focus on:

How to search remote catalogs and import bibliographic information to your server a single record at a time.

Discuss how to save bibliographic information to a file.

And more!

Don’t forget! To become a Horizon Champion Series graduate and receive your certificate of completion, you must also attend or watch the second episode of this mini-series. Register for that episode here.

About the Series

The Horizon Champion series is a 2-part mini-series where each 15 minute episode will spotlight functionality that will help you become a Horizon Champion. Complete both parts to become a Champion series graduate!

BLUECloud Circulation Tips & Tricks
2023-09-27 13:00 - 13:30
Join us for a 15-minute tour of BLUEcloud Circulation, an intuitive web-based interface that allows you to effortlessly manage patron data, checkouts, check-ins, holds, and more.

In this second installment in a three-part series, Product Manager Carla Clark will:

Highlight two patron registration options: fast adding a patron and full patron registration.

Demonstrate how to manage all stages of the patron life cycle, including registration, checking for duplicates, copying patrons, and deleting patrons.

Provide an inside look at the Patron Information pane and review how to update a patron within it.

Get your questions answered and see how BLUEcloud Circulation can support staff at the circ desk and beyond. Register today.
