It appears our elist server is currently experiencing issues, therefore I am posting today's KLAS Users' Weekly Wrap-up here. We're actively working on a resolution and will let you know as soon as we have one.
It’s May 1 which means it’s May Day, According to Wikipedia May Day is "public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May or the first Monday of May. It is an ancient festival of Spring and a current traditional spring holiday in many European cultures. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the festivities.” So, there’s your excuse to eat cake today!! But, before you start those celebrations check out all the latest content on klasusers.com this week!
KeyNotes Blog Post
In our newest KeyNotes guest post series, KLAS users share how their library / organization is faring & policy / service / other changes related to Covid19. In this week’s post Maureen Dorosinski shares writes about the current state of the Florida regional and subregional talking book and braille libraries. We welcome submissions from any KLAS user who wants to share their experience during this time. You can send your submission to Chandra Thornton, President, KLAS Users' Group () and / or Drea Callicutt, Keystone Systems, () if you're interested in contributing a post.
Discussion Forum Post
This week’s forum post is a brief explanation of the difference between klasusers.com and the klas-users elist with info on how to subscribe to it if you weren't.
EDIT: Whoops! Murphy strikes again, and the e-list is currently down for repairs. We're working on getting it back up and running, and hope to have an update for you soon.
Current KLAS version
- Obey NS Cutoff when Assigning Duplications
- Orders – KLAS will now check and obey the library’s Media to Obey Max control file.
- For Scribe libraries, If DB are included in the control file, the program will not assign orders that would exceed the patron's NS Cutoff. This same check will be made for custom orders which are being manually assigned using the "Add & Assign" option; if the order cannot be Assigned, it will still be created.
- For Gutenberg libraries, all created orders are synced to the Gutenberg for duplication, but if DB is included in the control file, a pop-up will warn the user if the order they are creating would exceed the patron's NS Cutoff.
- Message user if Order exceeds cartridge capacity – When Duplication Orders are manually created from the Service Queue or from QuickRequest, the order size willnow be compared to the library's setting for maximum cartridge capacity. If the order is too large, a message willbe displayed and the user may choose to cancel theorder,remove the titles that would exceed the cartridge capacity, split the titles to create two orders, or override the limit and place the order anyways.
- Change MR Ship Address using the Batch Manager – The Mat Request ship address is locked once a line has been associated with a Purchase Order, and can no longer be edited on the MR itself. To accommodate emergency address changes, a Batch Manager program has been added. If you need to change a Mat Request shipping address after a drop-ship PO has been created, please contact Customer Support for instructions on the Change MR Address batch manager program.
