Alliance News and Updates

Do you or other staff at your library need a fresh review of Prospector?  Are there new staff on board who are unfamiliar with Prospector?  If so, we are offering in-person or webinar sessions on Prospector.  If this is of interest to you, please contact Rose at rose@coalliance.org to schedule a Prospector overview session.  The overview takes about 1 1/2 to 2 hours, but can be customized as needed.

Don't have time to schedule a training session?  You can also view a 45 minute recording of the session at your leisure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q1UFJy6VYg&feature=youtu.be

Topics covered

• What is Prospector-type of software, how the union catalog works, limitations, advantages
• 3 interfaces-Encore, Classic and Mobile
• How items are contributed to Prospector and item status
• E-resources
• Borrowing policies
• Prospector statistics
• Committees & Listservs
• Prospector FAQ
• Responsibility/control of Prospector- Alliance, local site, Innovative
• Reporting problems
• Prospector integration in discovery systems

What this overview doesn’t include

• How to contribute items to Prospector or cataloging in general
• How to check in/out Prospector items
• Local system functionality related to INN-Reach—reports, paging slips, overdues, etc.