# IUG Conference 2018 **URL:** https://forum.innovativeusers.org/c/conferences-events/iug-conference-2018/17.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [ILS Audit: It's Just as Scary as You Think](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/ils-audit-its-just-as-scary-as-you-think/148)
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Program Description Do you have trouble finding materials because your location codes are out of sync with your current collections? Are you ILS tables irreflective of current procedures? After years without an update t… --- ## [Loan Rule basics](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/loan-rule-basics/147)
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Program Description: This presentation will give Millennium/Sierra users the tools needed to troubleshoot and suggest fixes to common circulation and fine problems. During the session, participants will receive an overv… --- ## [The ArticleReach Direct Consortium : History, Processes & Practices](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/the-articlereach-direct-consortium-history-processes-practices/146)
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Program Description The ArticleReach Direct Consortium is growing rapidly to facilitate the unmediated supply of journal articles to academic and public libraries using Millennium and Sierra. This session will update at… --- ## [Polaris custom Circ and Tech Services reports review at IUG conference](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/polaris-custom-circ-and-tech-services-reports-review-at-iug-conference/145)
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I’ll be presenting “Using Custom Reports in Circulation and Technical Services” at IUG on Thursday at 10:30 Description: “A review of reports we created or customized for Circulation and Technical Services and how they … --- ## [Polaris System Administrators Forum](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/polaris-system-administrators-forum/144)
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Program Description Bring your questions, issues, concerns, answers. Let’s talk sysadmin. Program Numbers , Times & Locations L01 1:30-3:30 PM, April 25 Oceans 11 & 12 Presenters and Coordinators Marilyn Borgendale… --- ## [Help Us Help You: Managing the Front Line of System Issues](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/help-us-help-you-managing-the-front-line-of-system-issues/143)
**Author:** [@helpdesk](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/helpdesk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/help-us-help-you-managing-the-front-line-of-system-issues/143 "2022-09-09T02:20:18Z")
Supporting the needs of over 50 individual libraries on a shared system is a delicate balancing act. This presentation will show how the staff of PALS, a consortium of public libraries in New York, works with our librari… --- ## [Using Sierra Data and Web Services for High Impact Marketing](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/using-sierra-data-and-web-services-for-high-impact-marketing/142)
**Author:** [@helpdesk](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/helpdesk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/using-sierra-data-and-web-services-for-high-impact-marketing/142 "2022-09-09T02:19:49Z")
Program Description In early 2016, the Ferguson Library embarked on a program to use data from all of their library systems to improve the effectiveness of their marketing programs. Since then, they have developed an ef… --- ## [Post Migration Data Cleanup, Improved Accuracy and Scalability](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/post-migration-data-cleanup-improved-accuracy-and-scalability/141)
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Program Description In 2013 Roux Library at Florida Southern College migrated from Koha to Sierra. This poster will focus on the post migration steps involved in assessing the data quality and the data cleanup. We creat… --- ## [SEALS Digital Commons: Experiences with Vital](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/seals-digital-commons-experiences-with-vital/140)
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Program Description We will share the challenges brought about by sharing a digital content management solution, as well as the opportunities it provides. We will illustrate the advanced attributes of Vital as a digital… --- ## [Mastering Create Lists 2018](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/mastering-create-lists-2018/139)
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Program Description Create Lists remains an essential tool for a wide variety of tasks, from routine processing to database clean-up to statistics to specialized queries. This workshop will take a comprehensive look at … --- ## [Improving Paging](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/improving-paging/138)
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Program Description Learn how we used Sierra DNA to improve the title paging process for our librarians by creating our own mobile paging solution. We wanted to stop items from “falling off” the paging list, page more f… --- ## [IUG Enhancements Forum](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/iug-enhancements-forum/137)
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Program Description The old annual ballot processes for Polaris and Sierra have changed. Learn about the evolving merged enhancements process and how you can be involved in Idea Lab, our new collaborative space. Progra… --- ## [LEAP and the OTPL Bookbike, a Great Partnership!](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/leap-and-the-otpl-bookbike-a-great-partnership/136)
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Program Description In Spring 2017, the Library was able to purchase a Bookbike, which we use to deliver materials and market the library on trails and safety paths. We also ride it to area parks and community events al… --- ## [WAM Proxy: Consider the Alternatives](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/wam-proxy-consider-the-alternatives/135)
**Author:** [@helpdesk](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/helpdesk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/wam-proxy-consider-the-alternatives/135 "2022-09-09T01:59:39Z")
Program Description Is your library using Innovative’s Web Access Management (WAM) proxy software for Sierra and Millennium to provide off-campus access to your electronic resources? Proxy problems got you down? Learn a… --- ## [Google Apps Script Library Glue for Create Lists](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/google-apps-script-library-glue-for-create-lists/134)
**Author:** [@helpdesk](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/helpdesk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/google-apps-script-library-glue-for-create-lists/134 "2022-09-09T01:58:53Z")
Program Description Sierra DNA and the JSON option in Create Lists are powerful tools for pulling data from your collection. Many times we start with a list of barcodes or control numbers and want to pull matching recor… --- ## [Superb Supportal Science: Best Practices & Tips](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/superb-supportal-science-best-practices-tips/133)
**Author:** [@helpdesk](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/helpdesk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/superb-supportal-science-best-practices-tips/133 "2022-09-09T01:58:17Z")
Program Description What does a dynamite supportal ticket look like? Do you often get follow up questions after opening tickets? This session will give you tips on maximizing ticket effectiveness by reviewing best pract… --- ## [Cleaning up Branches and Loan Rule Determiner Tables in Sierra](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/cleaning-up-branches-and-loan-rule-determiner-tables-in-sierra/132)
**Author:** [@helpdesk](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/helpdesk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/cleaning-up-branches-and-loan-rule-determiner-tables-in-sierra/132 "2022-09-09T01:57:43Z")
Program Description Are you drowning in loan rules? Not sure if you need more itypes? Want to delete some branch codes but don’t want to blow up the system? Come and learn from our experiences reducing our branch codes … --- ## [X&Y Factors: Exporting X-Linked Data for GPO's Preservation Stewardship Program](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/x-y-factors-exporting-x-linked-data-for-gpos-preservation-stewardship-program/131)
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Program Description The University of Colorado Boulder was the first library to join the GPO’s Preservation Stewardship Program in October 2016. This session briefly outlines the program and additions made to bibliograp… --- ## [Regional IUG Forum](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/regional-iug-forum/130)
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Program Description Looking to start or join a local version of the users group? Come and learn how to get started and tips on running your local conference. Innovative representatives will be present to answer question… --- ## [Polaris SQL Forum 2018](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/polaris-sql-forum-2018/129)
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Program Description An open discussion regarding SQL in the context of the Polaris ILS. Questions were solicited beforehand and taken during the session. Summary of tips and questions attached. Program Numbers, Times & … --- ## [Automating Reports with Python 2018](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/automating-reports-with-python-2018/128)
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Program Description This program discusses automating reports to reduce the amount of time spent running, formatting, and distributing routine reports. We will start with installing Python on Windows, followed by a disc… --- ## [Understanding Load Profiles - M/S](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/understanding-load-profiles-m-s/127)
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Program Description: This session is intended for catalogers with no load profile training, especially those at organizations where the load profiler has no cataloging background. The ability to manipulate load tables i… --- ## [IUG presentation: SQL Searching in the Find Tool](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/iug-presentation-sql-searching-in-the-find-tool/126)
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I will be giving this presentation, along with my department administrator Renee Patterson, on Wednesday, April 25 from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in Oceans 1 & 2. I am posting here to create a space for any questions we don’t have… --- ## [IUG presentation: Bulk Changes in Polaris: the Basics and Beyond](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/iug-presentation-bulk-changes-in-polaris-the-basics-and-beyond/125)
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I will be giving this presentation, along with my department administrator Renee Patterson, on Tuesday, April 24 from 1:30 to 2:30 PM in Oceans 10. I am posting here to create a space for any questions we don’t have time… [Previous page](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/c/conferences-events/iug-conference-2018/17.md)