The 2018 KLAS Users' Conference offers attendees three days of intensive networking and training opportunities with Keystone employees and other library administrators and staff who use KLAS. Why should you attend the 2018 KLAS Users' Conference?
During the conference attendees participate in:
One-on-one discussions with colleagues and Keystone staff
General Sessions, Seminars, and Workshops led by Keystone instructors
Opportunities to provide feedback to KLAS developers
General sessions addressing new features and ways to use KLAS
Getting to Boise: The Boise Airport is served by major airlines including Delta, Southwest, United, American, and Alaska.
Getting to the Hotel: Both the TownePlace Suites and the Residence Inn offer a complimentary shuttle from the Boise Airport to the hotel.
Getting from the Hotel to the Conference Location: It is approximately a 0.5 mile walk from the hotels on relatively flat streets to the Boise Public Library Main Library. Google Map of the walk from the hotels to the library. Local taxi services, Uber, and Lyft are also available to transport attendees to the library.
Did you know we've been posting new Key Notes blog posts for 10 weeks straight? In celebration of this and in anticipation of the upcoming 2018 KLAS Users' Conference, Katy and I decided to share our Top Ten list of what we're looking forward to at the conference.
10. The once a year opportunity to see many of our customers / friends in person.
8. Getting together with our Instructional Resource Customers in IRC focused sessions to discuss their specialized workflows and features designed specifically for them.
7. Hearing the creative ways you use KLAS to help you provide the books, magazines, and equipment your patrons want / need.
6. Touring the Idaho Commission for Libraries, Talking Books Service on Wednesday evening.
5. Getting ideas and suggestions from users for better KLASusers content.
Keystone offers a two-day class for KLAS v7 administrators three times a year. Please refer to the Course Description for details of what will be offered. Each two-day session is limited to 6 individuals.
Note: You must be logged into klasusers.com to download any of the below files.
Keystone reserves the right to cancel or reschedule classes.
Prerequisites for attendance:
Attendee must have a KLAS Administrator role in their local system
Attendee has authority to change records and policies for their KLAS system
Future KLAS Admin Class Training Dates:
Dates are subject to change. Each session is limited to 6 individuals. Each day's training will run from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
2018
Tuesday, January 23 - Wednesday, January 24
Tuesday, June 5 - Wednesday, June 6
Tuesday, September 11 - Wednesday, September 12
Registration:
Please use the Training Registration Form to indicate which two-day session you would like to attend. To ensure your space please register at least four weeks prior to a scheduled session.
Cost: $600.00 for the two-day session. Please make checks payable to Keystone Systems, Inc.
Please contact your hotel to arrange shuttle service to and from the airport. Local transportation to and from the hotel to Keystone's offices will be provided.
Please contact Tracey Fye if you have any difficulty making reservations, or have any questions about accommodations.
Tracey Fye Keystone Systems, Inc. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: 1-919-782-1143 or 1-800-222-9711
For KLAS-to-KLAS patron transfers, a patron’s reading history (HasHads or HHs) automatically transfer with the rest of the record. Thanks to PIMMS, more and more libraries will be able to automatically transfer records, even if one of the libraries uses WebReads or another system. Eventually, even BARD HHs will be automatically imported into the system right away.
In the meantime, however, at least some out-of-system patron transfers will come with a paper or .pdf list of HHs to enter manually, and BARD HHs are only created when the BARD Circulation Stats are manually uploaded. So: should you spend valuable staff time adding these HHs?
Here’s some information to help you make that choice:
