Come to this session for an introduction to the new online catalog, Aquabrowser. SELCO staff walk you through the features available and give you some search tips.

Boot Camp is for new school library media center personnel who need immediate knowledge of SELCO ILS basic operations for the beginning of the school year. Some of the topics covered are: SELCO and SELS membership and services, Patron Registration, Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Policies, Reports, E-mail.

Please Note: This class will not replace the series of automation training classes required for all persons using the SELCO ILS.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with Horizon and basic circulation functions is mandatory

Cataloging I - New Items is the first and most basic level of cataloging training and must be taken as a prerequisite to any higher level cataloging class. In New Items class participants will learn to

Navigate Horizon screens, buttons, and menus specific to the task of creating new items

Recognize the difference between bibliographic records and item records

Create, edit, copy, and delete item records

The session lasts approximately 3 hours.

Prerequisite: Cataloging I - New Items

Cataloging II: MARC21 Bibliographic Format for Beginners

The MARC21 (Machine Readable Cataloging) Bibliographic format is the nationally-accepted standard for computerized cataloging which helps ensure that data in your automated library catalog will be compatible with other systems, catalogs and vendors.

This half-day session explains the structure of the MARC record and its importance in automated library catalogs. Participants will learn to identify components within MARC bibliographic records, to interpret fixed field coding and to apply correct variable field tagging. Emphasis will be placed primarily on books format.

*Offered in rotation with Cataloging I and III.
*Course lasts approximately 3 hours.
*Please note that the primary focus of this training session is on books.

Participants must take Cataloging I: New Items as a prerequisite to Cataloging II.

Prerequisite: Cataloging I - New Items and Cataloging II: MARC21 Bibliographic Format for Beginners

Cataloging III - Copy Cataloging

This session will prepare catalogers to search for appropriate records, edit records as necessary, and enter information into the SELCO Online Library system. Topics include:

*Copying records from other databases

*Editing records from other databases

*Brief introduction to CatExpress

*Offered in rotation with Cataloging I and II.
*Course lasts approximately 4 hours.
*Please note that the primary focus of this training session is on books.

Participants must take Cataloging I and II as a prerequisite to Cataloging III.

Join your fellow catalogers in a morning of exploring various cataloging topics. Please come prepared to share and learn!

The topics are…

• Exploration of Technical Services Workflow
• Graphic Novels
• TV Series on DVD
• New Material Formats

This workday is designed to enhance your cataloging proficiency. You may either bring a box of items from your library and work closely with SELCO cataloger and determine how best to find an appropriate record and copy catalog them for your library. In cataloging, we will use a variety of sources for MARC records including Library of Congress, Z-searching, OCLC CatExpress, and Recorded Books.

This workday is designed to enhance your proficiency with Serials. You may bring a box of items from your library and work closely with SELCO staff. I

This class guides you through the many aspects of a typical circulation day. You will learn to log on and get acquainted with the look and feel of the software, create, edit or delete borrower records, check materials in and out under a variety of circumstances (damaged, book drop, fine exempt), place and resolve blocks of many kinds including payment of fees. This also introduces the requests and holds features of the software, focusing on in-region loans, with a brief section on MNLink loans and how to do ILL fast adds. This class will provide you with the information needed to feel comfortable and be productive at the circulation desk.

This course is for library media specialists, new library directors, or anyone that would be alone in their library and would have to make suggestions as to the way they use Horizon in their library.

Horizon Serials Control and Check-in

Starting in January 2007, all Online libraries will be required to process serials in the Horizon Serials Control Module. This full-day class will demonstrate all the benefits of Serials Control and cover the knowledge each library will need to begin.

Participants will learn how to create Horizon predictions that will anticipate the arrival of new magazines, create a summary of holdings, input the correct chronology, and more.

This session lasts approximately 7 hours.

This course will walk you through the new statistics and reporting program, Web Reporter.