Internal Press Releases

Ghouls Gone Wild is Oklahoma City's annual downtown/midtown Halloween parade. In the past, MLS has participated by entering marching groups of zombie librarians, a float of literary character zombies, and a mob of Harry Potters! We're looking for staff members who are willing to help out with this year's entry. Do you have suggestions for the theme? Please contact Emily Williams at [email protected] or use the comment boxes below.

In January 2012, Tech Support received a suggestion on adding a new lookup function to vCirc to show relationships of card holders so spouses or children can easily pick up other people’s reserves. Tech Support drafted a statement to add to the reserve pick-up page that says, “You must check this material out with the card you placed the reserve on” to help with this occurrence. This subject was then discussed at the February and March Managers of Library Operations meeting. Three library manager volunteered to develop scenarios to help educate staff and customers and brought those for discussion at the May Circulation Forum.

Since the topic still continues to surface, we have developed an FAQ for customers and staff. This draft was shared at the July Circ Forum (minutes to be posted soon). Below is the draft of the staff FAQs that includes the feedback provided by the circ clerks. Please let us know if you have any additional feedback or need further explanation.

New to MyMetrolibrary!

1. Administrative Toolbar
2. Dashboard
3. Crafting Closet

When users now log into MyMetrolibrary they will see an administrative toolbar at the top of the site.  From there, they can view their account, add new content, view their dashboard, and shopping cart.  They also can log out by clicking Log Out in the top right corner.  The administrative toolbar offers some great features and can be updated at anytime to add new links or shortcuts for all staff.

MyMetrolibrary has released two great new updates to help enhance the user experience.