JerseyCat Community Sharing 

The JerseyCat Community Wiki is made available to library staff members who use JerseyCat for borrowing and lending library items through interlibrary loan.  The Community Wiki is intended to provide a venue for staff members to share interesting information and tips for other JerseyCat members.  If you have any questions as to how to share information on the Wiki, please contact Scherelene Schatz, sschatz@njstatelib.org.

Answers to Questions at JerseyCat User Group Sessions 2009

What shortcuts have been discovered by your ILL staff members that make JerseyCat easier to use?

1,  We have put the request form on our web page.

2.  Offering patrons the ability to input their own requests.

3.  Cutting back on paper use.

4.  Using bookstraps

5.  ILL# and other #'s automatically barcoded

What system changes would save you time when using JerseyCat that haven't already been implemented?

1.  Search by title rather than resource. 

     Hint:  When you do your search, choose "Sort by title" on your results page listing.  It will sort all of the items by title.

2.  Put the title back to the top of request on new form.  Lots of information we don't need.

     Hint:  As long as the system does not need the element to operate (you will see system default in the Add to Form column), you may remove the element from the form by removing the checkmark from the "Add to Form" column.  You can put the title to the top of the form by making it the first element on the form in your SEQUENCE column.

3.  Keeping window open all day to check statuses.

3.  Easier way to do Bookstraps.

     Hint:  I will schedule bookstrap webinars in January so we can review some tips in using the bookstrap feature.

4.  Have shipping information in larger or bolded font with Velocity number BIG  so it can be used as a shipping label on with/out lender page

     Hint:  I have asked for this as an enhancement.

5.  JerseyCat could place a direct hold on our items. 

     Hint:  This is what SIP2 and NCIP standards will help us accomplish.  Watch for news about those standards.

6.  Better shipping labels. 

     Hint:  We will cover the Shipping Labels feature during our bookstraip webinars in January.

7.  Easier way to change the Ship To Address.

     Hint:  Your Ship To address is stored in your Participant record.  To update your Ship To address go to;

     ILL Admin/Maintain Participant Record.  Change your Ship To address and click on Update. 

8.  Stop using RETRY.  Does not proceed on to the next pinball games lender.  Very time consuming to process loan request again.

9.  Batch updating.