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Libby Updates & Features

Today, March 21, 2023, there's a new way to search on Libby. Deep Search allows patrons to discover more content, including titles not yet in our Digital Library. In addition, the new Notify Me feature will let patrons tag items they discover while using Deep Search to be notified if the library adds the item to the collection. OverDrive has a short tutorial (7 minutes) that will demonstrate these features for you and your patrons.

These two features will replace the Recommend to Library (RTL) option that was available on the website version of the Digital Library and the original OverDrive App. Both the Recommend to Library option and the OverDrive App will be sunsetting at the end of April. Patrons using RTL on the website or the app will see messaging directing them to Libby.

If you want to know more about these two features, OverDrive recently hosted a webinar called "Expand Content Discovery and Leverage Patron Interests with Libby."

The next OverDrive Support Course, which will be updated with all the new Libby and Wisconsin's Digital Library changes, is scheduled to start on April 10 and run for five weeks. If you're interested, please register here.

 

 

ALA Exhibits Excursion, June 24, 2023

Join us for a one-day excursion on Saturday, June 24, 2023, to McCormick Place in Chicago for a day at the exhibits of the American Library Association Annual Conference. New this year, the bus will start in Plover at the former Younkers Parking Lot (1800 Plover Road) with one stop in Madison at the American Center Park & Ride (5601 East Park Blvd.). 

The exhibits are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and exhibit passes cost $80 until March 31 and $100 from April 1 - June 16. Attendees are responsible for obtaining their own exhibit passes. Some exhibitors and vendors may offer free passes to the exhibits. CE grants may be available for exhibit passes.

The cost for the bus is $30. SCLS will invoice libraries upon request. Preference will be given to library staff (all types), library school students, trustees, and Friends group members.

Register here.

2023 Itinerary

• 6:00 a.m. *Depart from Plover-former Younkers Parking Lot (1800 Plover Road)
• 7:30 a.m. *Arrive at Madison-American Center Park & Ride (5601 East Park Blvd.)
• 7:45 a.m. Depart from Madison
• 9:30 a.m. Arrive at McCormick Place
• 4:00 p.m. Depart from McCormick Place
• 5:30 p.m. Belvidere Oasis (restroom & snack break)
• 6:45 p.m. Arrive at Madison-American Center Park & Ride (5601 East Park Blvd.)
• 8:30 p.m. Arrive in Plover-former Younkers Parking Lot (1800 Plover Road)

*Please arrive at the pick-up location 15 minutes prior to bus departure.

Arrival times are estimates depending on traffic, etc.