SCLS Technology News

Updated workstation status reports

SCLS publishes updated Workstation Status Reports on a regular basis. These reports detail the names, purchase dates, locations and some hardware specs for a library's SCLS-supported computers. The reports are color-coded and are an easy way to get a visual on the age of the PCs:

• PCs with a green ship date are less than 2 years old.
• PCs with a black ship date are 2 - 3 years old.
• PCs with an orange ship date are more than 3 years old. You should plan on replacing them before they reach 5 years of age.
• PCs with a red ship date are more than 5 years old and are obsolete. They should be replaced.

SCLS recommends libraries replace about 20% of the library's PCs each year so that none are older than five years. 

Ordering SCLS-supported PCs and peripherals can be done through the Hardware Ordering webpage.  Contact Craig for help with planning for equipment replacement or for questions about ordering.

MyPC and Papercut progress

At the time of our last update in mid-November, 5 sites had completed the move from Library Online to MyPC (and to Papercut for the print management sites).

Is that a light I see?

2 months later, we are happy to report that by the end of January 41 libraries will have migrated and only 7 print management libraries will be left to migrate. Not too shabby... especially considering all those holidays in there!

Thanks to everyone who served as contacts for the migrations, submitted questions, and gave us feedback! This was a HUGE project with a ton of fussy details, and we are grateful for everyone's patience and help.

Reminder: If your library's website has a link to "Reserve a PC" and you've already made the move to MyPC, please don't forget to update the link to point to http://mypc.scls.info.

OverDrive statistics

Every year, SCLS pulls OverDrive statistics for the libraries' annual reports. In addition to submitting them for the DPI Public Library Annual Reports, we also throw those statistics into a spreadsheet and do some calculations so libraries can easily see how the past year's usage compared with previous years'.

The 2015 OverDrive stats are now posted and can be found in this spreadsheet. The spreadsheet and additional library statistics can be found on the "Reference Database Statistics by Library" webpage.

Additional OverDrive statistics are available to libraries using their OverDrive Marketplace accounts. For questions about OverDrive, Marketplace, or OverDrive reports, please contact Jean.