Hello! This is our inaugural email from our new consortium listserv! I will try to keep these brief. I will generally include two different sections: 1) Things you should know about and 2) Things we need your input on. *THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT:* - *Phone number and email is no longer required in patron records.* The different libraries in our consortium have different policies and processes so we have to be as flexible as possible. Please make sure your staff is trained to complete all the fields that you require locally since the system may not give them an error message if they forget something. - *Patrons guarantor/guarantee relationship. *If you use the Guarantee/Garantor section in the patron records, you can connect the accounts of parents/children or teachers/students. This is super helpful because then the Guarantor (parent/teacher) can see all the items and books that are checked out by their Guareantees (child/student) when they are logged into their patron accounts. You can also see everything from the staff side. The screen shot below is from a Guarantor (parent/adult) account. The first tab will show their checkouts, the second shows those of their Guarantees (children/students). So when a parent asks "What do my kids have checked out?" You will be able to show them from a single screen. [image: image.png] - *Filter Search Results by Logged In Branch: *We have turned on this system setting. That means that when you search in Koha and you only want to see what is in your catalog or lending group, you can click on the "Show Local Items Only" button in your search results and it will eliminate everything but your items. The setting stays at your preference until you click it again. Watch this 2 minute Monday Minutes <http://youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=g9Rqsql5WHI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fzcsub-cmpzourl.campaign-view.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY> video for more information. [image: image.png] - *Aspen Weekly Newsletter and Monday Minutes Videos*: Are you signed up to receive these? They each come once a week, only take a few minutes to look through and have nuggets of information you will find super helpful as you are learning Aspen and Koha. Subscribe to these resources by going to Bywater's website <https://bywatersolutions.com/>, scrolling to the bottom, and entering your email address. *THINGS WE NEED YOUR INPUT ON: * - *Dollar amount at which patron accounts are blocked.* This is a system setting so it has to be the same for everyone. At what point to you want patrons to be blocked from checking out physical items and accessing Libby because their fines or lost book charges are too high? What about if a parent is linked to a child's account that has fees? At what point should a parent account be blocked if the children accounts have fees? Please complete this brief web form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7hkrsIOxyEDBK3hlv4QOe8c4VRwn779T7hWIypc1UVZM7lA/viewform?usp=publish-editor> to let us know what your preference is *(Directors only, please.) *For the second and third setting below, remember that "Guarantor" is "Parent" and "Guarantee" is "Child"[image: image.png] Thank you!!! Marie D. Hyatt *(she/her)* LIBRARY RESOURCES PROGRAM MANAGER State Library Division <https://library.utah.gov/> | 801.715.6756 250 North 1950 West, Ste. A Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-7901 <https://www.facebook.com/UtahStateLibrary/> <https://www.instagram.com/utahstatelibrary/> *My email address has changed to mariehyatt@utah.gov <mariehyatt@utah.gov>. Please update your address book accordingly. * Sign up for our newsletter! <https://library.utah.gov/publications/> Currently Reading <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1894401?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature> [image: Book Cover] <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/1894401?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature>