SirsiDynix

CloudSource OA Product Deep Dive Demo
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-05-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) and 2 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!

EOS.Web Advanced Product Focus: EOS.Web Resources within SirsiDynix Support Center (SDSC)
2024-03-21 12:00 - 12:30
Come and learn more about the EOS.Web resources tucked within the SirsiDynix Support Center (SDSC). Together with Senior Trainer Daniel Fitz-Enz, you will navigate to—and discover different ways to maximize your usage of the EOS.Web resources inside SDSC.

This webinar will specifically cover:

EOS.Web Dashboard: All EOS.Web resources in one place

How to manage your cases

Find our Specifications: Spine Labels, Local Systems, Security Measures, and more

Prepare to take your EOS.Web expertise to the next level. Register today.

About the Series

These webinars help to educate you on specific functions and capabilities of individual EOS.Web products. Presented by experienced Product Specialists, these webinars will familiarize you with your EOS.Web software and keep you up to date on new features and developments. Learn more about what EOS.Web offers and how you can take advantage of each effective tool.

Open Access 101 for Publics: Building the OA Collection That's Right for You
2024-03-21 13:00 - 13:30
From a high school student seeking practice calculus problems to a tour guide researching local history, your library serves a variety of community members with different backgrounds and needs. The one thing these patrons often have in common? They want quality, easy-to-find sources with one-click access to full-text content.

CloudSource, our robust, intuitive discovery platform, provides patrons with credible information on any subject and one-click access to millions of OA and OER materials—no login or authentication required.

Join us for this free, 30-minute webinar to learn why you might choose to customize collections and how CloudSource OA can support the individualized research needs of your patrons.

Together, we will:

Learn how to create custom research collections for different patron groups.

Discover how open access resources can support a multidisciplinary approach to learning.

Learn about the different content types that can be included in a custom open access collection.

Learn how CloudSource OA can improve your patron experience and transform your approach to collection development. Discover how you can save money on expensive resources with our free collection analysis tool. Register today.

Open Access 101 for Academics: Building the OA Collection That's Right for You
2024-03-21 13:30 - 14:00
From an undergraduate student seeking practice calculus problems to an alum researching local history, your library serves a variety of community members with different backgrounds and needs. The one thing these users often have in common? They want quality, easy-to-find sources with one-click access to full-text content.

CloudSource, our robust, intuitive discovery platform, provides users with credible information on any subject and one-click access to millions of OA and OER materials—no login or authentication required.

Join us for this free, 30-minute webinar to learn why you might choose to customize collections and how CloudSource OA can support the individualized research needs of your community.

Together, we will:

Learn how to create custom research collections for different user groups.

Discover how open access resources can support a multidisciplinary approach to learning.

Learn about the different content types that can be included in a custom open access collection.

Learn how CloudSource OA can improve your user experience and transform your approach to collection development. Discover how you can save money on expensive resources with our free collection analysis tool. Register today.

PLA 2024
2024-04-03 12:00 - 2024-04-05 12:00
The Public Library Association (PLA) invites you to join thousands of public library workers, supporters, and vendors from across the country and around the world to celebrate all things public libraries at the PLA 2024 Conference, April 3–5, in the vibrant city of Columbus, Ohio!

BLUEcloud Mobile2: April Bi-Weekly Virtual Pilot Program Webinar
2024-04-10 13:00 - 13:20
Familiar with the BLUEcloud Mobile2 development journey and ready to delve even deeper? New to the Virtual Pilot series and eager to see what all the hype is about?

Whether you frequently attend BLUEcloud Mobile2 Virtual Pilot webinars or you’re looking to dive in for the first time, we invite you to join us for the next two installments in the series—and witness firsthand the evolution of this new, next-generation mobile application.

In addition to offering meaningful, up-to-the-minute insights on the development process, this month’s BLUEcloud Mobile2 webinars will:

Review the latest updates to library information displays, which allow patrons to easily identify their library’s address, operating hours, contact information, and more. (4/10/2024)

Walk through the ins and outs of our recently announced BLUEcloud Mobile2 discount offer, including when it takes effect and how it differs from the outage credit. (4/24/2024)

The future of mobile discovery is now; let’s explore it together. Register for both April Virtual Pilot sessions today—and keep an eye out for an invitation to participate in all May sessions early next month.

Please note: once you click “Register,” you will be automatically registered for both April BLUEcloud Mobile2 webinars.

Missed earlier BLUEcloud Mobile2 Virtual Pilot webinars and want to catch up? Find all available OnDemand recordings here.

About the Series

Held bi-weekly and available to all customers, these 30-minute sessions will provide you with meaningful, up-to-the-minute insights on the development process of BLUEcloud Mobile2 from now until launch.

Open Access 101 for Publics: How to Be an Effective Open Access Advocate at Your Library
2024-04-11 13:00 - 13:30
Are you watching the cost of database subscriptions rise and wondering how public libraries can keep up? Do you want to get your colleagues and patrons more engaged with the growing body of OER and open access content?

You know the growing open access movement could hold the key to meeting the needs of your patrons and easing tension around shrinking budgets and resources. How can you convince colleagues and stakeholders at your library to see that same potential?

Join us to learn tips and tricks for becoming an open access advocate and discover how CloudSource OA, the first truly content neutral platform that aggregates the global body of OA and OER content, can further support your journey.

Join us for this free, 30-minute webinar to learn why you might choose to customize collections and how CloudSource OA can support the individualized research needs of your patrons.

Together, we will explore:

Facts and figures about the quality and prevalence of open access resources

How to find and partner with other OA advocates and recruit patrons to the cause

How to evaluate your collection to determine how much of what you already subscribe to is actually open

The ins and outs of CloudSource OA, which provides access to millions of OA and OER materials with one click—no login or authentication required—as well as enhanced metadata, information on an article’s peer-review status, copyright, citations, social media buzz, and more

Register today. See how CloudSource OA can improve your user experience, transform your approach to collection development, and help you lead the way to OA at your library.

Open Access 101 for Academics: How to be an Effective Open Access Advocate at Your Institution
2024-04-11 13:30 - 14:00
Have you watched the cost of database subscriptions rise and wonder if there’s something you can do to help? Do you want to get your colleagues and users more engaged with the growing body of OER and open access content?

Academic libraries are often caught in the middle of the struggle to meet the needs of students and faculty, often with shrinking budgets and overworked staff. It’s obvious to many librarians that the growing open access movement could hold the key to meeting the needs of your institution and easing tension around shrinking budgets and resources. How can you convince colleagues and stakeholders at your library to see that same potential?

Join us to learn tips and tricks for becoming an open access advocate and discover how CloudSource OA, the first truly content neutral platform that aggregates the global body of OA and OER content, can further support your journey.

Together, we will explore:

Facts and figures about the quality and prevalence of open access resources

How to recruit students and faculty to your cause

How to evaluate your collection to determine how much of what you already subscribe to is actually open

The ins and outs of CloudSource OA, which provides access to millions of OA and OER materials with one click—no login or authentication required—as well as enhanced metadata, information on an article’s peer-review status, copyright, citations, social media buzz, and more

Register today. See how CloudSource OA can improve your user experience, transform your approach to collection development, and help you lead the way to OA at your library.

Monthly EOS.Web VUGM
2024-04-18 12:00 - 12:30
Join fellow EOS.Web customers at this month’s Virtual Users Group Meeting. Come and hear from Jeff, Daniel, and Debi to learn more about product updates, monthly highlights, get a glimpse at the product roadmap, and have your questions answered live! Tune in to hear from the experts and stay up to date on everything EOS.Web!

This meeting will specifically cover:

The many ways to get in touch with us!

EOS.Web highlights

OPAC Action Menu

Don’t miss out on the chance to attend this month’s EOS.Web Virtual Users Group Meeting. Attend each month to stay up to date on the latest with your system and have any and all of your questions answered. Register today and come learn what’s going on and what’s to come for your EOS.Web system.

About the Series

User group meetings are monthly meetings for discussing EOS.Web updates and sharing information about its features. Hosted by Jeff Smith, VP of Customer Success, these webinars will familiarize you with the full range of capabilities for EOS.Web software. Learn more about what EOS.Web offers and how it can benefit your library and library users.

EOS.Web Intermediate Training: 5 Day Virtual Event
2024-04-22 12:00 - 2024-04-26 15:30
Come join fellow experienced EOS.Web users for this 5 day virtual training event. All classes include Advanced Feature Training, where you’ll discover how to get the most out of EOS.Web for you and your staff.

Training will include:

Core modules including Cataloging, OPAC, Circulation, Serials, Acquisitions and related premium modules

Important shortcuts, significant new features, and tips to use EOS.Web efficiently

Group chat discussions

Jeff Smith, Daniel Fitz-Enz and Debi Washington will be on hand to help you learn. To get the most out of the event attending all 5 days is encouraged, or register for classes a la carte to tailor the training for your library’s needs. Additional information can be found in the Training Syllabus.

Pricing is $90 per class per account (can have unlimited staff per organization) or $390 if you register for all 5 classes. Please register no later than April 12th.

Building BLUEcloud Discovery: Plans for the CMS Platform and User Engagement
2024-04-23 13:00 - 13:30
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?

Now’s your chance! Join us for an all-new miniseries dedicated to the design of the next-gen discovery platform. In each 15-minute session, we’ll explore the ins and outs of user-centered design, the importance of feedback from users like you, and the meaningful ways both influence and advance the product development process.

During this first webinar in the series, BLUEcloud Discovery Product Manager Adam Viator, Senior UX Designer Garr Ovard, and UX Designer Jared Masterson will discuss the following design principles:

Designing for all people

Designing for all needs

Designing for all times

Prepare to glimpse into—and help shape—the future of discovery at SirsiDynix. Register today.

Garr Ovard

Jared Masterson

Partner Showcase: How to Face Book Challenges Head-On, with CLCD’s Dr. Ajay Gupte
2024-04-30 13:00 - 13:30
in resources that can supplement your library’s collection policies and help keep books on the shelves?

Join us for this special presentation featuring Dr. Ajay Gupte, president of the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD). Together, we will delve into the origins and aftermath of book censorship attempts, and pinpoint how you and your library can navigate these challenges—and craft an airtight defense against them.

During this free, 30-minute webinar, you will:

Identify several motivating factors behind book challenges.

Discuss how to prepare your library for all stages of the book challenge process.

Discover data-driven resources that can help address current challenges and preempt future ones.

Find new ways to affirm the importance of every book in your library’s collection and safeguard your community’s right to read. Register today.

About the Series

A longtime partner of SirsiDynix, the Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database is a premier online reference tool that aggregates key data points—including subject headings, awards, professional reviews, and more—for over one million children’s and young adult titles. Learn more at https://www.clcd.com/.

Offload System Administration Services (OSAS) Product Overview
2024-05-02 13:00 - 13:30
Have you heard about SirsiDynix’s new offering, Offload System Administration Services (OSAS), that supplements your team’s administrative efforts and amplifies your impact? Want to learn how a unique new offering from SirsiDynix can help?

Join us for this exciting 30-minute introduction to OSAS: an all-new service that helps you tackle routine to-do list items and spend more time connecting with patrons, demonstrating value to stakeholders, and uplifting your community.

During our time together, Director of Consulting & Training Margaret Hansen will:

Provide an overview of this adaptable service, from its onboarding process to the types of projects and libraries it can support.

Speak with OSAS experts Lori Berg and Jake Rundle about their unique experiences working directly with current OSAS customers.

Review two limited-time offers, including a plushy giveaway and a special discount.

From previously backlogged tasks to your team’s most aspirational goals, OSAS will work with you to achieve them. See how—and get your questions answered.

BLUEcloud Mobile2: May Bi-Weekly Virtual Pilot Program Webinar
2024-05-08 13:00 - 13:20, 2024-05-22 13:00 - 13:20
Familiar with the BLUEcloud Mobile2 development journey and ready to delve even deeper? New to the Virtual Pilot series and eager to see what all the hype is about?

Whether you frequently attend BLUEcloud Mobile2 Virtual Pilot webinars or you’re looking to dive in for the first time, we invite you to join us for the next two installments in the series—and witness firsthand the evolution of this new, next-generation mobile application.

In addition to offering meaningful, up-to-the-minute insights on the development process, this month’s BLUEcloud Mobile2 webinars will:

Walk through the ins and outs of our recently announced BLUEcloud Mobile2 discount offer, including when it takes effect and how it differs from the outage credit. (5/08/2024)

Survey the 24.04.00 release, all live features and functionality, and the application as a whole. (5/22/2024)

The future of mobile discovery is now; let’s explore it together. Register once for both May Virtual Pilot sessions today—and keep an eye out for our June Virtual Pilot invitation later this month.

Please note: once you click “Register,” you will be automatically registered for both May BLUEcloud Mobile2 webinars.

Missed earlier BLUEcloud Mobile2 Virtual Pilot webinars and want to catch up? Find all available OnDemand recordings here.

About the Series

Held bi-weekly and available to all customers, these 20-30 minute sessions will provide you with meaningful, up-to-the-minute insights on the development process of BLUEcloud Mobile2 from now until launch.

Horizon Wizard: Waive the Lost Processing Fee
2024-05-14 08:00 - 17:00
How do I waive a lost processing fee inside of Horizon?

Put your Horizon System under your spell! Join Ken Bonney for this free 15-minute webinar. Ken will teach you all the tricks you need to know to move from apprentice to master at your library.

In this third session of Horizon Wizard, Ken will teach you how to set up for waiving a lost process fee and how the waiver is done automatically.

Grab your wands and fasten your cloaks and join us for Waive the Lost Processing Fee to learn more about your enchanting Horizon system.

About the Series

The Horizon Wizard series is a series of eight webinars led by Horizon Master Ken Bonney. In these webinars, Ken teaches tips for getting the most out of your Horizon system. Attend all eight sessions, live or on-demand, to earn your Horizon Wizard Certificate and the title of Horizon Wizard!

BLUEcloud Circulation, Ready for Prime Time
2024-05-15 13:00 - 13:30
Join Product Manager Carla Clark for this illuminating 30-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, and flexible receipt printing capabilities.

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. Register now.

Monthly EOS.Web VUGM
2024-05-16 12:00 - 12:30
Join fellow EOS.Web customers at this month’s Virtual Users Group Meeting. Come and hear from Jeff, Daniel, and Debi to learn more about product updates, monthly highlights, get a glimpse at the product roadmap, and have your questions answered live! Tune in to hear from the experts and stay updated on everything EOS.Web!

Here are a few things we’ll discuss this month:

How you can be involved in our release schedule

EOS.Web highlights

Editing the Advanced Search Menu

Don’t miss out on the chance to attend this month’s EOS.Web Virtual Users Group Meeting. Attend each month to stay up to date on the latest with your system and have all of your questions answered. Register today and come learn what’s going on and what’s to come for your EOS.Web system.

About the Series

User group meetings are monthly meetings for discussing EOS.Web updates and sharing information about its features. Hosted by Jeff Smith, VP of Customer Success, these webinars will familiarize you with the full range of capabilities for EOS.Web software. Learn more about what EOS.Web offers and how it can benefit your library and library users.

EOS.Web Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts: OPAC Editor
2024-05-21 12:00 - 12:30
Curious about EOS.Web OPAC Editor 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 OPAC Editor? 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 the world of the OPAC Editor.

Together with Senior EOS.Web Trainer Daniel Fitz-Enz, you will learn:

About the OPAC Editor, and how to use it

How to edit OPAC’s Advanced Search picklist

Which OPAC pages you can edit

Prepare to take your EOS.Web expertise to the next level. Register today.

About the Series

These 30-minute tips and tricks webinars will help you get the most out of your EOS.Web tools. Learn new shortcuts and review favorites that you may have forgotten.

The Role of Public Libraries in the Open Access Movement
2024-05-21 13:00 - 14:00
The open access (OA) movement found early success in the scholarly and scientific community, but those victories can span well beyond the academic realm. Public libraries—many of which are on the front lines battling misinformation—need this type of quality, reliable information now more than ever.

How can open access resources serve the varied needs of your community and save your library money?

In this episode of AL Live, sponsored by SirsiDynix’s CloudSource, you’ll learn more about the public library’s role in the OA movement and discover how CloudSource OA—the first truly content-neutral platform to aggregate the global body of OA and OER content—can help make access to quality, peer-reviewed resources an achievable part of your content strategy.

Together we will explore:

How the egalitarian roots of the OA movement mirror the public library.

How OA and open educational resources (OER) can be tools to combat misinformation.

Ways that OA helps counter income inequality, leveling the playing field.

How OA can help during a time of shrinking library budgets.

Ways to leverage CloudSource OA to help cultivate lifetime library patrons

Register today. See how CloudSource OA can put credible, timely resources into the hands of every patron, at every library—with one click and no authentication required.

EOS.Web Advanced Product Focus: EOS.Web OPAC Statistics
2024-05-23 12:00 - 12:30
Come and learn more about EOS.Web OPAC Statistics, and how this helpful resource can help you obtain exactly what you need—right at your fingertips. Senior Trainer Daniel Fitz-Enz, will navigate to—and uncover different ways to maximize the EOS.Web Statistics report.

Together, we will:

Review the OPAC reports and statistics available to you

Share how to effectively filter the results you need

Review the pros, cons, and more

Prepare to take your EOS.Web expertise to the next level. Register today.

About the Series

These webinars help to educate you on specific functions and capabilities of individual EOS.Web products. Presented by experienced Product Specialists, these webinars will familiarize you with your EOS.Web software and keep you up to date on new features and developments. Learn more about what EOS.Web offers and how you can take advantage of each effective tool.
