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    UPCOMING MEETINGS

    • Sep. 17, 2025
    • 10:00 AM

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 17, 2025 10:00am September 17, 2025 10:00am America/Chicago Acquisitions Technical Group Meeting
    • Sep. 18, 2025
    • 09:30 AM

    RSVP and submit proposals for agenda items: https://forms.office.com/r/jmmAuTJRKU 

    Please RSVP for this in-person meeting by Thursday, September 4. 

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 18, 2025 9:30am September 18, 2025 9:30am America/Chicago PAS Technical Group Meeting
    • Sep. 23, 2025
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Vernon Area Public Library migration. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 23, 2025 9:00am September 23, 2025 9:00am America/Chicago Introduction to Simply Reports (Vernon Migration)
    • Sep. 25, 2025
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Vernon Area Public Library migration. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 25, 2025 9:00am September 25, 2025 9:00am America/Chicago Introduction to Simply Reports (Vernon Migration)
    • Sep. 30, 2025
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Vernon Area Public Library migration. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 09/30/25 09:00 am 09/30/25 09:00 am America/Chicago Introduction to Simply Reports (Vernon Migration)
    • Oct. 7, 2025
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Vernon Area Public Library migration. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/07/25 09:00 am 10/07/25 09:00 am America/Chicago Introduction to Simply Reports (Vernon Migration)
    • Oct. 9, 2025
    • 09:30 AM

    RSVP and submit agenda topics: https://forms.office.com/r/ynUPcLBzak 

    RSVPs due by September 25, 2025.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/09/25 09:30 am 10/09/25 09:30 am America/Chicago Circ Technical Group Meeting
    • Oct. 22, 2025
    • 01:00 PM

    This will be a virtual meeting. The link will be sent out via email.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/22/25 13:00 pm 10/22/25 13:00 pm America/Chicago SCRAP Advisory Group Meeting

    Featured Updates

    Department - Cataloging

    Authority Control Processing and Ongoing Bibliographic Updates

    Jun. 27, 2025 Update - June 27, 2025

    CCS staff have completed loading the updated bibliographic records added to our database since December’s Marcive run. Cataloging staff may resume regular…

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    Vernon Area Public Library Migration

    Aug. 30, 2025 Welcome, Vernon Area Public Library!

    CCS is excited to welcome the Vernon Area Public Library as our 32nd member library! With Vernon comes the addition of:

    • Over 151,…

    Software - Reporting

    Purchase Alert Report

    Feb. 24, 2023

    Use the purchase alert report to identify high-demand titles to purchase for your collection. This report lists title information for holds placed by patrons when the ratio of holds to eligible…

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    Polaris Upgrades and Reported Issues

    Aug. 8, 2025 Upcoming Polaris Upgrades Upgrade to Polairis 7.7 Complete

    Innovative completed the CCS database upgrade to Polaris version 7.7 overnight on February 18. If staff run into any issues…