Good Afternoon,
Due to driver absences the following B list libraries schedules will be affected for the remainder of this week.
Please expect service on any of the remaining days of this week as we are making adjustments to the schedules..
The libraries are all B libraries and are as follows..224-195-135-20-121-35-134-173-162-96-163-135-147-112 and 44.
Thank You
walt

Walt Magnavice Jr.

All three of our programs have been approved for the upcoming CLA conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Our programs are all scheduled on one day and that is Tuesday, April 30.

“Work Smarter, Be Happy! Streamline Your ILL Operations”; Presenters: Steve Cauffman, CSL; Sarah Marek, CCSU; Karen Carey, Russell Library; 11:30-12:25 p.m.

“Collaborative Strategies: Next Steps for Service Design in Collection Development, Resource Sharing and Communities”; Co-sponsor: College and University Section; Presenter: Cyril Oberlander, Director, Milne Library, SUNY @ Geneseo; 3-3:55 p.m.

“The Day Ccar Stood Still and How to Keep that Day from Happening”; Presenters: Kendall Wiggin, CSL; Roslyn Rubinstein, Director, Waterford Public Library; Mike Simonds, CEO, Bibliomation; Marion Sheehan, Director, Canterbury Public Library; 4-4:55 p.m.

Please join us at these programs and help support our ILL services.

From Walt:

Good Morning,
Due to the continued illness of our driver and the resulting setbacks to our Eastern CT “B” library schedules we are attempting to get things caught up. For the rest of this week we will be adjusting our service schedules daily in best order to handle the backlog and high volume of C-Car items.. Please expect service on any day this week as we are not planning on operating on normal schedules for Eastern CT B libraries this week. We are attempting to get to every library at least once.
Thank You for your patience.
Walt

Good Morning,
Once again the weather early this morning has curtailed much of our “B” route Connecticar operations again. Our B routes are all down today with the exception of our Upper Fairfield County lower Litchfield County route which is attempting to complete at least some of it’s Tuesday schedule today.
We are planning to resume “B” list service on Wednesday 03/20/13 on their “Tuesday schedules.
Thank You
Walt

Report on CLA Resource Sharing Section conference programs:

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All three of our programs have been approved for the upcoming CLA conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel April 29th and 30th. Our programs are all scheduled on one day and that is Tuesday, April 30.

“Work Smarter, Be Happy! Streamline Your ILL Operations”; Presenters: Steve Cauffman, CSL; Sarah Marek, CCSU; Karen Carey, Russell Library; 11:30-12:25 p.m.

“Collaborative Strategies: Next Steps for Service Design in Collection Development, Resource Sharing and Communities”; Co-sponsor: College and University Section; Presenter: Cyril Oberlander, Director, Milne Library, SUNY @ Geneseo; 3-3:55 p.m.

“The Day Ccar Stood Still and How to Keep that Day from Happening”; Presenters: Kendall Wiggin, CSL; Roslyn Rubinstein, Director, Waterford Public Library; Mike Simonds, CEO, Bibliomation; Marion Sheehan, Director, Canterbury Public Library; 4-4:55 p.m.

Please join us at these programs and help support our ILL services.

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Jill Adams
Chair, CLA Resource Sharing Section
2012-2013

Below is a message from Avant regarding Route A libraries that will have substitute drivers today.

Good Morning,
The below towns will have a covering driver:

Route 111:
Hamden Bethany
Woodbridge North Haven
Wallingford

Route 101:
Rocky Hill Meriden
Wethersfield Cromwell
South Glastonbury

Route 106:
Canterbury Moosup
Willimantic Plainfield
Coventry Columbia
Bolton North Grosvenordale
Putnam Tolland
Stafford Springs Sterling
Promfret North Windham
Brooklyn Danielson
Andover

Route 105:
New Britain Newington
Berlin Kensington

All covering drivers are out on time so at this time we are not expecting any delays!

From Sonia Oliver at OCLC:

The new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service is now available for use by libraries in the United States. Following initial availability in the United States, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan will be released worldwide in June. All WorldCat Resource Sharing users must complete their transition to the new service by December 31, 2013, when OCLC will end access to the WorldCat Resource Sharing service.

GETTING STARTED

· Instructions for starting to use the new service, including details about new user account setup, are available on the WorldShare Interlibrary Loan website.

· “Meet the new WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service” webinars are scheduled for March 14 and March 18. These webinars will include:

o An overview and demonstration of the new service

o Information about training resources to support your transition from WorldCat Resource Sharing

o Plans for expanding the service with new features in the coming months

REGISTER NOW

· March 14 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern Register

· March 18 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern Register

View the list of additional WorldShare Interlibrary Loan webinars.

News from Walt:

Good Morning,

Due to the poor weather conditions this morning we have canceled our Connecticar B list schedules for today.

Connecticar will resume service on their normal schedules on Monday.

Thank You

Walt

 

Walt Magnavice Jr.

Connecticar Supervisor

75 Van Block Ave

Hartford CT. 06106

860-566-1100 Ext 306

Walter.Magnavice@ct.gov

Fax 860-566-1118

 

Good Afternoon,
Due to driver illness some Libraries in NW CT. that were scheduled for service today will not receive service today. We are hopeful to return to normal service on Friday 02/22/13..
Thank You
Walt

Walt Magnavice Jr.
Connecticar Supervisor
75 Van Block Ave
Hartford CT. 06106
860-566-1100 Ext 306
Walter.Magnavice@ct.gov
Fax 860-566-1118

Good Morning,

As it is right now on Monday 02/11/13 these are the operational plans for the B list side of Connecticar on Wednesday 02/13/13 when we plan to resume service.
Of course given recent history this plan is subject to the plans of a higher authority….( Both Divine and Political).
I expect a good amount of time will be dedicated to clean up and reloading our vehicles. We also expect that many Towns and Libraries will still be snowed in. Our plans are to attempt to cover some of our schedules. I will not be able to list those who will or will not be serviced. I am sure The A list service will be experiencing similar situations. Hopefully we will be able to return to our schedules by Thursday 02/14/13. I hear grim rumor from our weather stations that we may not be getting the cooperation of a good forecast for later this week. I hope they are wrong.

Of course safety is our number 1 priority. I am wishfully assuming that the volumes will also be low given the weather. If not please be patient for it may take us a while to catch up. This plus the fact that next Monday is also a State Holiday backlogs of requests and book tub supplies may be stressed to the limit not to mention our ability to handle it all in on trip etc.Please use cardboard boxes and or bags etc if your library has a shortage of book bins. Also if possible please keep the A and B prefix library work in separate containers this will aid our sort greatly as well as identify priorities.

We hope everyone has fared well during this exciting event. It seems that we all will be quite busy for a while and we will endeavor to keep you all informed.
Thank You
Walt

Walt Magnavice Jr.
Connecticar Supervisor
75 Van Block Ave
Hartford CT. 06106
860-566-1100 Ext 306
Walter.Magnavice@ct.gov
Fax 860-566-1118