OverDrive continues to grow in popularity with patrons and takes a larger percentage of the collection budget each year. Being in a shared consortium and using Advantage Plus has many benefits, but also adds complexities in managing the collection. This session will review some of these complexities including how weeding or not weeding affects all consortium library patrons; why the OverDrive hold-to-item statistics don't show your specific library district's needs and how to get a better hold-to-item ratio so you can target purchases towards what your library patrons are waiting on; and different ways to analyze the collection and find materials your patrons want including Advanced Search and the new Patron Interest Manager tags. There will be time for everyone to share tips and tricks on how you best manage OverDrive. 

Audience: Collection Management staff; Digital Services Staff; Technical Services Staff, Anyone who purchases within OverDrive
Skill level: Beginner to advanced
Learning outcomes: Attendees will be able to understand why weeding is important, how it affects patrons when materials are not weeded, how to set up an automated weeding plan, and what to think about after automated weeding is put into place. Attendees will be able to understand why the OverDrive Advantage Plus hold-to-item ratio does not give a complete picture of a specific library district's needs and how to set up automated carts and analyze the material outside of OverDrive to see the true patron need for a library district. Attendees will be able to use advanced search techniques and purchasing tools to target specific needs of their library. Attendees will be given the opportunity to ask questions and share their own best practices in working with OverDrive.

Presenter: Lisa Solko, Mesa County Libraries

Optimizing Discovery with the New EBSCO Discovery Service

The redesigned EBSCO user interface presents users with new, intuitive ways to refine, navigate, and share search results. CMU transitioned to the New EBSCO UI in June 2023. Learn about our migration wins and woes and see the interface in action.

Audience: Digital Services or Technical Services Staff
Skill level: Intermediate
Learning outcomes:Attendees will be able to explore the new EDS and some of the features of EBSCO Experience Manager, which enables administrators to customize the end user experience on the new EDS interface.

Presenter: Tracie Seurer &  Laureen Cantwell Jurkovic, Tomlinson Library, Colorado Mesa University

Dusting bunnies: Using Sierra reports for collection management

Unless we attend to the details of collection management on a regular basis, database dust bunnies take over. In this session we’ll explore the scope of reporting and maintenance one public library undertakes on a routine basis, using Sierra Create Lists and Global Update. (This does not include the State year-end report.) Participants will receive access to procedures and Create Lists logic they can apply to their own libraries’ needs. Questions and observations are encouraged and will likely reveal additional database maintenance gems.

Audience: Familiarity with Sierra Create Lists & Global Update will be helpful, but if you don't have that come anyway and you'll be introduced to what these functions can do.
Skill level:  Collection and acquisition managers, and those who do Sierra database maintenance in your library
Learning outcomes: Attendees will be able to apply the concepts and procedures at their own libraries to assist with their collection management efforts, and to ensure their physical resources are accurately represented to patrons and staff.

Presenter: Nina Darlington, Bud Werner Memorial

OERColorado

Learn more about OERColorado, the open educational resources platform that Colorado Empowered Learning (CEL) administered by the Colorado River BOCES is creating for K-12 education.

OERColorado social media sites:
Introductory video Introducing OERColorado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV6dI-3akrA 

Audience:All Marmot community members, but most particularly school district librarians, public librarians who may support children or teen services or distance education, and academic librarians who provide instruction or liaising services to academic departments.
Skill level: beginner to advanced
Learning outcomes: Participants will learn about intersections between PK-12 education, public education, and higher education in providing OER (open source educational resources), and about resources in the state of Colorado for this initiative.

Presenters: Theresa Becker & Charissa Brammer, Colorado Department of Education