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Keystone Quarantine Kitchen

Details: Category: Key Notes; Last Updated: Wednesday, 01 April 2020 19:50; Published: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:22; Written by Andrea Callicutt

With the Governor of North Carolina's stay at home order going into effect, all Keystone staff are now working remotely. We're extremely happy to be able to continue you providing the support and services you have come to expect from us even during this challenging time. Our past few blog posts have been focused on tips and tricks to help you continue working and providing as many books to your patrons as possible depending on your library's current status. This week we'd like to share something a bit lighter, so here's some recipes from Keystone staff we like to cook when we're stuck at home.

Read on for our Keystone Quarantine Kitchen Recipes including:

Sour Cream Pound Cake
Margon's Brownies
Crawfish Etouffee
Homemade Chex Mix
Mac & Cheese Pizza
Sweet Potato biscuits
Greek meatballs, burgers, or meatloaf
Butternut squash and sausage soup

Working Remotely - Tips & Tricks part II

Details: Category: Key Notes; Last Updated: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:09; Published: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 19:19; Written by Katy Patrick

As we continue to answer questions and work with libraries to handle this challenging situation, I wanted to share some additional tips gleaned from our inbox and experiences working with your fellow users.

Do I need to shut off Nightly?
WebOPAC Notice
Emailing your newsletter
Record clean-up

If you have any other inquiries, please continue to contact Keystone Customer Support--we're still here to help!

Finally, because we know these are stressful times, make sure to check out the Off-Topic section of the forums to "meet" our Work-From-Home coworkers (formerly known as pets).

Locally Produced Titles

Details: Category: Key Notes; Last Updated: Thursday, 12 March 2020 13:54; Published: Thursday, 12 March 2020 12:48; Written by Katy Patrick

While NLS provides the majority of the Talking Books collection, many libraries supplement this with locally recorded books and magazines. You've put a lot of time and resources into these titles, so of course you want to make sure these can get to your patrons, or even to share them with the other network libraries! But, as with everything else, the new Duplication service model and January's major server failure posed some disruptions to this. Let's take a look at where everything stands now, and where we're heading.

Read on for:

DBCs available on BARD
SHELF Titles
Other Local Titles (Including Serials!)

Hopefully this will help answer your questions about making Locally Produced Titles available to your patrons and to the network!

Working Remotely - Tips & Tricks

Details: Category: Key Notes; Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:53; Published: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:50; Written by Andrea Callicutt

In the past few days, we've gotten more than a few questions about how to setup KLAS and / or prepare your library for a work from remote situation. If you haven't seen our earlier announcement, make sure to read this Important Coronavirus Info first, then come back for some additional tips.

The frequently-asked-questions I'm sharing our tips for are:

How can you connect to KLAS if you use a Mac?
How can I quickly increase the number of books we're sending our patrons and / or titles we're duplicating onto a cartridge for them?

If you have any other inquiries about how to connect to KLAS remotely or other ways to prepare your staff, library, & patrons for these unique circumstances, please contact Keystone Customer Support.

Finally, because we know these are stressful times, make sure to check out the Off-Topic section of the forums to "meet" our Work-From-Home coworkers (formerly known as pets).

Scribe Installations: Completed & To Do

Details: Category: Key Notes; Last Updated: Friday, 06 March 2020 15:16; Published: Tuesday, 03 March 2020 22:08; Written by Andrea Callicutt

Since we shared the planned KLAS+Gutenberg implementation timeline, we've received some requests for an updated list of KLAS libraries now running Scribe, in the process getting a Scribe, or expressing interest in a Scribe.

As of today, we've built and installed Scribes at seven KLAS libraries, have three libraries in progress, and at least four more in line who have formally committed or expressed a strong interest in Scribe.

Checklist of KLAS libraries that have or plan to implement Scribe equipment for duplication on demand services.