OA Master Class for Publics, Open Access: A Year in Review
2024-12-12 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Between evolving mandates and a continued influx of articles publishing with open access (OA) licenses, it’s been a landmark year for OA content. What do these advancements mean for your library and patrons—and how can your library continue to adapt alongside them?

Join us for this free, 30-minute review of 2024’s most pivotal OA developments, and prepare to:

-Identify ways you can leverage both OA content and CloudSource to transform your library’s approach to collection development.

-Zero in on recent developments in the rapidly evolving sphere of scholarly publishing.

-Explore how funding mandates continue to influence the publishing industry.

-Investigate how CloudSource OA—a revolutionary discovery platform from SirsiDynix—is responding to these shifts and the information landscape as a whole.

Close out the year with fresh strategies for harnessing OA resources and kick off 2025 ready to tackle what’s next.

OA Master Class Series for Academic Libraries- Open Access: A Year in Review
2024-12-12 14:00 - 14:30
Between evolving mandates and a continued influx of articles publishing with open access (OA) licenses, it’s been a landmark year for open access and open educational resources (OER). What do these advancements mean for your institution, faculty, and students—and how can your library continue to adapt alongside them?

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Join us for this free, 30-minute review of 2024’s most pivotal OA developments, and prepare to:

Zero in on recent developments in the rapidly evolving sphere of scholarly publishing.

Explore how funding mandates continue to influence the publishing industry.

Investigate how CloudSource OA—a revolutionary discovery platform from SirsiDynix—is responding to these shifts and the information landscape as a whole.

Identify ways you can leverage both OA content and CloudSource to transform your library’s approach to collection development.

Close out the year with fresh strategies for harnessing OA resources and kick off 2025 ready to tackle what’s next.

Bi-Weekly CloudSource OA Product Deep Dive Demo
2024-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-01-28 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-11 10:00 - 11:00
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. Get all your CloudSource questions answered by registering for one of our open session slots today!

BLUEcloud Circulation, Ready for Prime Time
2024-12-17 13:00 - 13:45
Join Product Manager Carla Clark for this illuminating 45-minute product tour. She’ll explore the highly intuitive web-based interface and demonstrate how its end-to-end set of features can help you handle all your daily circulation routines, from patron and item management to check-ins, checkouts, and pulling holds.

Carla will also discuss how to determine if your library already has BLUEcloud and present options for reviewing and updating BLUEcloud configurations that were made previously.

During our time together, we will:

Review BLUEcloud Circulation’s robust, ready-to-go features and functionality, including a centralized patron management interface, granular permission schemes, flexible receipt printing capabilities, and recent updates for creation of customized hold slips.

Walk through how to verify whether your library already has BLUEcloud Circulation.

Provide you with questions to consider as you adopt BLUEcloud or begin the setup process.

Begin leveraging the full potential of BLUEcloud Circulation today, and meaningfully support staff at the circ desk and beyond. Registration opens soon!

CloudSource OA Product Deep Dive Demo
2024-12-18 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-15 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-29 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00
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!

BLUEcloud Mobile2 Product Overview
2024-12-18 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-01-29 13:00 - 13:30
Did you know that our next-generation mobile discovery application, BLUEcloud Mobile2 (BCM2), is available now? Want to keep up with the recently released app and be among the first to see what’s coming next?

Tune into this monthly overview of our dynamic new product, which is designed to provide patrons with effortless access to your library’s materials, anytime, anywhere.

During our time together, we will:

Take a high-level tour of BLUEcloud Mobile2’s rich features and functionality.

Spotlight linked accounts, an upcoming feature that will give users the ability to manage a family member’s holds and/or checkouts.

Learn what features and functionality are next on the BCM2 product roadmap—and when to expect them.

Join us as we accelerate into the future of mobile discovery at SirsiDynix, and witness firsthand how BLUEcloud Mobile2 can empower your team and patrons—and ensure every search starts with your library. Register today.

Interested in seeing the journey BLUEcloud Mobile2 has made since the beginning? You can catch the Virtual Pilot OnDemand webinars here.

Extending Enterprise Ep. 5: External Search Boxes
2024-12-19 13:00 - 13:15
Are you looking for ways to enhance your library’s Enterprise platform meaningfully? Want to learn about free, readily available extensions that will deliver new functionality and help you prepare for the next generation of discovery at SirsiDynix?

Join us for this dynamic new webinar series, Extending Enterprise. Held monthly, each episode will introduce vibrant extensions designed to elevate the patron experience and enrich an already powerful discovery tool. We’ll also preview upcoming enhancements and ask for your feedback about the types of developments you’d like to see next.

New Ownership, Bright Future: Everything You Need to Know about SirsiDynix’s Acquisition by Harris Computer
2025-01-15 11:30 - 12:15
On December 24, 2024, SirsiDynix was acquired by Harris Computer, ringing in an exciting new era of long-term stability and growth. Want to learn more about the acquisition and see what it means for your library—and the bright future of SirsiDynix?

Don’t miss this informative 45-minute conversation with SirsiDynix executives Bill Davison and Eric Keith.

During our time together, we will:

Provide an overview of the acquisition, which allows SirsiDynix to continue operating as a stand-alone business while gaining a robust array of new financial and technological resources.

Introduce Harris Computer, a Toronto-based technology company that acquires and holds businesses in perpetuity and prioritizes deliberate, long-term strategies and success.

Take time to address your questions and ensure you come away with the information you need.

Join us in turning the page on a fresh chapter of progress—and in building a better future for your library and your community. Registration opens January 9th, 2025, so come back to sign up for this inciteful webinar–and walk away with .

BLUEcloud Course Lists Deep Dive Demo
2025-01-15 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-01-29 13:00 - 13:30
Join BLUEcloud Course Lists specialists for an in-depth look at our new course list management solution, which delivers to instructors well-designed tools for creating and managing lists that integrate seamlessly with the learning management system.

Accelerating BLUEcloud Discovery
2025-01-16 11:00 - 11:30
Eager to learn more about BLUEcloud Discovery, SirsiDynix’s forthcoming discovery solution? Want a behind-the-scenes look at our unique approach to product design?

Don’t miss this new webinar series dedicated exclusively to our forthcoming, next-generation discovery solution, BLUEcloud Discovery.

Led by discovery product managers Adam Viator and Andy Panayiotou, these free sessions offer a front-row seat to BLUEcloud Discovery’s development journey, providing insight into the new platform’s strategic vision, latest development milestones, roadmap, and more.

Join us for the first installment in the series and:

Learn how our product development team laid the groundwork for the initial release of the BLUEcloud Discovery pilot.

Get a demo of the current pilot interface, which includes more than 56 million open access and open educational resources, new search grammar features, and facet-limiting design.

Preview the team’s plans to expand the pilot and deliver pivotal feature updates and refinements throughout 2025.

The future of discovery at SirsiDynix is now. Let’s buckle up and dive in. Register today.

Monthly EOS.Web VUGM
2025-01-16 12:00 - 12:30
Join fellow EOS.Web customers at this month’s Virtual Users Group Meeting. Come and hear from our product experts to learn more about important updates, discover what’s next on the product roadmap—and an opportunity to network with fellow EOS.Web peers! Tune in to hear from the experts and stay updated on everything EOS.Web, and have your questions answered live!

Open Access Master Class for Public Libraries, OER Champions: Bringing Down the Cost of Education One Textbook at a Time
2025-01-16 13:00 - 13:30
Students and patrons are increasingly unable to afford the high cost of educational and training material. Open educational resources (OER), which have grown exponentially over the last 10 years, can help. Want to see the types of resources that are available and learn how public libraries can leverage them?

Join us for the latest installment of our free, 30-minute Open Access Master Class.

Together, we will:

Explore what OER is and how you can find it

Identify educational materials that can meet the needs of your community

Uncover how CloudSource—the OA-forward discovery platform from SirsiDynix— is changing how you discover and use open educational resources

Public libraries serve patrons with different levels of comfort with research methods and discovery tools. Set them up for success by providing the quality, open access resources they need where and when they need them—with no login or authentication needed. Register today.

OA Master Class Series for Academic Libraries, OER Champions: Bringing Down the Cost of Education One Textbook at a Time
2025-01-16 14:00 - 14:30
Students are increasingly unable to afford the high costs of traditional textbooks. Many faculty are responding by seeking out OA alternatives, which continue to grow exponentially. What does this shift mean for academic libraries and how can you make OER easier to implement on your campus?

Join us for the latest installment of our free, 30-minute Open Access Master Class.

Together, we will:

Explore how students and researchers are already using OER

Investigate the trends in higher education that are prompting the movement

Uncover how CloudSource— the OA-forward discovery platform from SirsiDynix— is changing how you discover and use open educational resources.

Academic libraries serve students with different levels of comfort with research methods and discovery tools. Set them up for success by providing the quality, open access resources they need where and when they need them—with no login or authentication needed. Register today. resources and kick off 2025 ready to tackle what’s next.

Monthly CloudSource OA Product Deep Dive Demo
2025-01-22 20:00 - 21:00

EOS.Web Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts: Security & PII
2025-01-28 12:00 - 12:30
Curious about the EOS.Web features and functions? Want to stay updated on the latest developments?

Are you looking to learn more about the ins and outs of the EOS.Web? Our EOS.Web experts are here to help. Bring your ideas and inquiries to this 30-minute session and come away with practical strategies—and fresh insight into your EOS.Web ILS.

OLA Super Conference
2025-01-29 10:30 - 2025-02-01 16:30

EOS.Web Advanced Product Training: Get your Cataloging questions answered in this Q&A session
2025-01-30 12:00 - 12:30
Bring your ideas and inquiries to this 30-minute Cataloging Q&A session and come away with practical strategies—and fresh insight into the world of EOS.Web.

Join Senior Trainer Daniel Fitz-Enz for month-to-month advanced EOS.Web product training. His tenured expertise will equip you with knowledge, and resources to maximize your EOS.Web ILS skillset.

MobileStaff Product Overview
2025-01-30 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. We hope to see you there!

Extending Enterprise Ep. 6: Responsive Theme
2025-02-04 13:00 - 13:15

Implementing Lyngsoe’s Intelligent Material Management System
2025-02-05 11:00 - 11:30
Timberland Regional Library District recently became the first library system to integrate Symphony with Lyngsoe’s Intelligent Material Management System (IMMS)—and additional Symphony-IMMS libraries are on the way! Want to learn more and see what key factors lead to a successful implementation?

Join Lyngsoe’s Colin Carter, IMMS Business Director, and Alicia Owens, IMMS Sales Engineer, for this presentation about implementing the Intelligent Material Management System (IMMS): a robust application that integrates with your existing ILS to optimize shelf space, collection management, and materials handling.

Over the course of this free, 30-minute event, we will explore:

How to build a successful implementation team.

What to expect during implementation and after “go live.”

What can you do now if you are considering IMMS for your library.

As always, there will be plenty of time for questions, not just on these 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. rol of your shelves with IMMS. Add to your calendar–and when registration opens, we hope you’ll join us!
