News & Announcements

The agenda has been posted for the September 2014 PINES Executive Committee Meeting.

At the May 2014 PINES Executive Committee Meeting, the decision was made to reduce paper waste at future meetings by ending the practice of printing out copies of all handouts for all meeting attendees. Meeting attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop to view handouts or to print out relevant handouts in advance.

Tuesday, August 26 at 5pm - Thursday, August 28 at 6pm

The patron database will be frozen for database cleanup at 5:00 pm. Do not change patron names, addresses, phone numbers, or barcode numbers. You may change patron user names, email addresses, passwords, and expiration dates. Patrons can log in through 'My Account' and change their user names, email addresses, and passwords. You may register new patrons during this time.

Thursday, August 28 at 6pm - Monday, September 1

After the PINES server hardware upgrade is complete, on September 2, 2014, the PINES staff will enable the patron self-registration functionality in the PINES catalog. This will allow new patrons to fill out their library application form online. To complete the registration process, the patrons will need to come into a PINES library to show proof of ID so that the library staff can complete the form and issue the library card.

Watch the Staff Tutorial Now

The PINES team has been busy at work adding and updating the instructional materials for library staff in the Documentation section of this site.

Some of the new and recently updated pages include:

When you search the PINES catalog and pull up a book's description, you will now see selected online resources from GALILEO as additional recommended resources!

On July 1, 2014, the three libraries in Burke County will switch from East Central Georgia Regional Library System to Greater Clarks Hills Regional Library System:

BURKE COUNTY LIBRARY
130 Highway 24 South
Waynesboro, GA 30830
Phone: 706-554-3277
PINES shortname changing from ECGR-BURKE to GCHR-BURKE
STAT courier code changing from 555/444 to 555/555

On July 1, 2014, East Central Georgia Regional Library System will change their name to Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System.

Their PINES shortname will change from ECGR to ARCPLS.

Updated courier lists are available at: http://pines.georgialibraries.org/courier

Registration is now open for two classes in Athens:

• "Introduction to Cataloging Concepts for Non-Catalogers" on August 13
  (Please note that this was originally August 6 but has been rescheduled to August 13.)
• "Original Cataloging Training with RDA" on August 27-28

See the class schedule

Registration is now open for the PINES Mini-Conference in Augusta in July and for cataloging training in Leesburg in June:

See the class schedule

The PINES catalog now displays additional content from NoveList such as book recommendations, Goodreads reader reviews, awards, and more! This short video highlights some of the new things you will see - check it out and then go to http://www.gapines.org/ and look up some of your favorite books to see what it recommends for you!