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Two New eReference Titles Available Now!

As part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library we have purchased two great eBooks of popular reference titles (the same as you would find on our shelves).

A Conversation with Lisa Scottoline

Not lucky enough to win tickets to Literary Voices?

The Library Endowment Trust, in partnership with OK Humanities will host a conversation with Lisa Scottoline on Wednesday, April 12 at 10am at the Northwest Library. This event is free and open to the public and we would love to fill the room. Please share and attend if you are able. Register at www.metrolibrary.org/lisa

Video Introduction to Class & Comp Study & Performance Management

Click to view the video introduction to our work with the Singer Group

Introducing SELF-e and Pressbooks

In February, we debuted a new digital collection from Biblioboard to connect readers with eBooks from indie publishers and authors. On April 11th, we’re rolling out new services to enable authors to self-publish their book and submit it to be shared with libraries across the U.S. and Canada. With Pressbooks, you can create, edit, format, and generate print-ready books and/or eBooks.

Paperback Series Discussion Group Recommendations

Group members: Pauline Rodriguez-Atkins, CAT/ILL, Chair; Margo Ellis, CAT; Annie Emmons, BI; Caralen Haymans, WA; Clyde Herrod, CAT; Devin McGhee, CAT; Tracy Stone, NW; Jill Vessels, CAT.

Charge: Identify materials in browsing collections that users commonly request and/or search for by series title ; develop a classification/spine label system that will allow easy access and retrieval of these materials when they are transitioned to regular collections.

Alignment Project Work Plan

The Alignment Project Committee has recently completed a Project Work Plan for the Alignment which includes a list of deliverables and an estimated start and completion date for each task.  Please click this link to see the Work Plan. We will update this document regularly as we move through the project. If you have any questions about anything included in the Work Plan, please post them to the Alignment forum and the APC team will do their best to respond promptly.

Focus Group Feedback from Staff Communication Meetings with Singer Group

Compensation/Classification and Performance Management Studies


The Singer Group held three (3) communication meetings open to all staff over two days – February 27th and 28th. The purpose of the meetings was to give an overview of the process, as well as outline expected staff roles. The meetings also provided an opportunity for staff to ask the Consultants questions about the study. Each meeting included focus groups where staff broke up into groups to discuss compensation, classification and performance management at the library.

Ok2Explore

From our neighbors at the Department of Health comes Ok2Explore, a free searchable Oklahoma birth and death index. This database serves as a quick tool for genealogists or people looking to confirm a birth/death date, county, name, etc. You can find Ok2Explore on our Research page.

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OverDrive updates: February 2017

Check out this list of recent changes from OverDrive, including an important change regarding the reading/listening in a browser feature from within the OverDrive app.

System-wide project tracking page

Good afternoon staff,

We have developed an intranet page for communicating system-wide projects that can be found under the Resources tab. We’ve begun by adding a few operational projects but expect to post more in the future. We will be posting updates to the projects as we go along. This page is for system-wide projects and local projects that might be of high interest to other libraries or departments. Let me know if you are interested in posting a project to the page.

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