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    • ASPeN - Check Your Certification Track Begin Date and End Date

      Keep track of your certification track begin and end dates! Login to ASPeN Go to Continuing Education Select your current track Check the begin date Check the end date Update the approval position Staff: Your Supervisor Directors: Board Chair ...
    • How to Join the Montana Shared Catalog

      How to Join Please open a help desk ticket with your questions, to request a cost estimate, and to learn what benefits and obligations come with being a Montana Shared Catalog member. Eligibility Publicly funded or not-for-profit libraries including ...
    • Montana Shared Catalog - Frequently Asked Questions

      About This article covers frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers when it comes to the Montana Shared Catalog (MSC). What is the Montana Shared Catalog (MSC)? View a quick overview of the Montana Shared Catalog consortium on the State Library's ...
    • Partners Sharing Group - Policies and Procedures

      Partners Policies and Procedures - About For general information about Partners, including how to join, visit the Partners Resource Sharing Group page. These elements are essential for every Partner member’s success: Membership requires a commitment ...
    • Withdrawing from the MSC

      As communities grow and change, it may be that the Montana Shared Catalog no longer meets your users’ resource sharing needs. In the event that this happens, below are important deadlines and information. If you have any questions, please open a ...
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    • Standard Cataloging Procedures - MARC Tag Cheat Sheet

      Standard Cataloging Procedures The Standard Cataloging Procedures (SCP) articles and video tutorials are meant to be a guide for cataloging practices in the Montana Shared Catalog library consortium. For more explanation of the topics covered herein, ...
    • BCA - Overview

      About This article and video tutorial (below) provide an overview of BLUEcloud Analytics (BCA), including basic concepts, terminology and report organization and information. What is BCA? BCA is a reporting tool for MSC libraries to run on-demand ...
    • Enterprise - Searching Guide

      Simple Search Enterprise, the Montana Shared Catalog’s current online public access catalog (OPAC), offers intuitive searching that accommodates a variety of skill levels. In most cases, library patrons will elect to use a simple search with no ...
    • Enterprise - Online Bill Payment

      Overview Enterprise now offers functionality that will allow for integration with PayPal so that patrons can pay their bills online using a credit card. Roles, responsibilities and configuration options are outlined below. Roles & Responsibilities ...
    • COVID-19: Reopening and Reentry for Libraries

      About This Guide: Last Updated on 4/13/21 As the situation around COVID-19 continues to change, it's important for us to look towards the eventual reopening and reinstatement of library services, and making sure that we do this in a way that protects ...