Milwaukee County Federated Library System

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Limiting is not working in the CountyCat Mobile app

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Limit options in the CountyCat Mobile app have been fixed! (10/4/24)

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Library system upgrade after hours October 1, 2024

Scheduled Network MigrationThe Milwaukee County Federated Library System will be upgrading its library automation software in the evening of Tuesday October 1, 2024 after the last library closes.  The upgrade impacts all public libraries in Milwaukee County and is expected to take 4-6 hours to complete. Starting at 9:30 PM CST, CountyCat and all resources or services with a connection to our library system (e.g., Hoopla, OverDrive/Libby, Kanopy, etc.) will be unavailable for the duration of the scheduled maintenance.  If you have downloaded titles from any online service in advance, you will be able to use them that day.  Patrons just won’t be able to checkout, stream or download NEW items during the outage. E-resources with access set up via a library barcode, such as the BadgerLink databases, Creativebug (Wauwatosa, West Allis), Gale Virtual Reference Books (West Allis) are available at this time.  Go to the Databases by Library page to access individual resources. Thank you for your patience.

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Labor Day Hours 2024

All public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Monday September 2, 2024 in observance of Labor Day. Below are the hours and closings across the library system for Saturday August 31, 2024 and Sunday September 1, 2024.

LIBRARY

SATURDAY August 30

SUNDAY August 31

Brown Deer

10:00 - 2:00

CLOSED

Cudahy

12:00 - 4:00

12:00 - 4:00

Franklin

9:00 - 4:00

CLOSED

Greendale

CLOSED

CLOSED

Greenfield

CLOSED

CLOSED

Hales Corners

10:00 - 5:00

CLOSED

Milwaukee

CLOSED

CLOSED

North Shore

10:00 - 5:00

CLOSED

Oak Creek

9:00 - 4:00

CLOSED

Shorewood

10:00 - 3:30

CLOSED

South Milwaukee

CLOSED

CLOSED

St. Francis

CLOSED

CLOSED

Wauwatosa

CLOSED

CLOSED

West Allis

CLOSED

CLOSED

Whitefish Bay

9:30 - 4:00

CLOSED

For specific information per location, please consult the given library’s web page.

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CountyCat facets bug (24.08.00 release) – fixed

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Kanopy content updated monthly for local CountyCat

The MCFLS Office updates Kanopy content monthly (around the 15th) on behalf of those libraries who subscribe to the resource. Patrons will see these titles in their local CountyCat catalogs by narrowing results using the eContent filter.  The titles have the eVideo format! Because it is not a system-wide resource, Kanopy content is not in the shared CountyCat.

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New CountyCat Mobile app update coming

Reload the appAn update for the CountyCat Mobile app will be coming to the App and Google Play stores over the next 3-5 business days. This is being done to improve the search functionality of the mobile app to align with our new desktop CountyCat catalog. Please update the app to 2024.25 when that version becomes available. NOTE: The app itself stays the same. This is only an update.  There’s a chance you may be logged out of the app. If so, we apologize for that but ask that you please log back in. You can find out which version of the app you are running by going My Account > View or Change Preferences, then look for VN information at the very bottom of that display. If you are having issues with the app in general, this is also where you can click “Reload”.

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Winning ideas for Sierra 6.4 from MEEP vote!

Here are the winning ideas from the Sierra MEEP voting process for Sierra 6.4! Add “Back” Option to Record Creation Screen  Allow for Automatic Renewals When a Hold is Frozen  Automate Moving YTDCIRC to LYRCIRC at year-end and don’t update last updated date  Hidden review file management and bulk delete  These ideas can now be found on the Product Board for Sierra 6.4 1 which will be released in Q2 2025. Currently MCFLS gets 1 vote in this process – member libraries can also become IUG members and receive their own vote as well! See this page for more info on how to register. See more information about the MEEP enhancements agreement.

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Hold list not showing in CountyCat

Right now, if there is at least one available item, the wait list (or number of holds placed by other patrons) will not show in the search results. This wait list is coming in release 24.08 which will be available on August 15, 2024! 
  • When all items are checked out or unavailable, then the number of other patrons currently on the waitlist will display.
If you opt to place a hold instead of going to get an available copy, your place in line will still show under "Your Holds".
  • If you opt to place a hold instead of going to get an available copy, your place in line will still show under “Your Holds”.
Patrons can see their position in their record. There is an FAQ on this topic under the Placing & Managing Holds page.

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