Preparing to Convert from Concourse to Atriuum
We go live with Atriuum on January 25, 2021. We have scrambled these past several weeks cleaning up some messes we had made in Concourse over the years in preparation for converting to Atriuum. I wish we had given ourselves more time. If your library is considering Atriuum, please give yourself plenty of time to "get your house in order." We chose to eliminate audiocassettes from our collection, and that took quite some time going through the deletion process for those items. We are still…
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Central Alabama Church Library Conference 2025
Growing a VIBRANT Library Ministry
March 15, 2025
8:00 am till 3:30 pm
Shoal Creek Baptist Church
13214 Holtville Rd (Actual Street address)
Deatsville, Al 36022
The MAIN PARKING LOT is LOCATED off Coosa River Road BEHIND THE CHURCH.
2961 Coosa River Road. Deatsville, Al 36022 (mailing address and parking lot)
(Fellowship Hall. Enter through main parking lot entrance)
Information
Check-In 8:00 AM
Conference Sessions 8:30AM-3:30 PM
DEADLINE for reservations Tuesday March 11, 2025
The only cost will be a $10.00 charge for lunch
You will pay for lunch when you register on-line
To register online go to:
https://churchhealthal.org/event/central-alabama-library-conference-2/
Registrations are required.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTACT INFO TO ME! I am trying to UPDATE the Database for Libraries
Phone: Marty Woodall @334-296-1899
Email: martybooks1@gmail.com
If you are coming in from out of town or out of state
You can make Hotel reservations at a much-Reduced Rate by directly calling:
Hampton INN located in WETUMPKA, AL.
334-731-2222 press “0” at the prompts
350 South Main Street
Wetumpka, Al 36092
Tell them you will be attending the “Central Alabama Library conference” for a reduced Room Rate.
WETUMPKA is the little town where Ben and Erin did Hometown Makeover. Plan to come into Wetumpka early on Friday March 14 to Visit the Downtown area. There are lots of things to see and do including several Art Galleries. Don’t miss a visit to The Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts (I have art on display there), walk through Goldstar Park, and several great restaurants (Coaches Corner-seen on the Hometown show), coffee shops and of course SHOPPING at several Boutiques.
Central Alabama Library Conference is sponsored and supported by The Alabama State Board of Missions. (Alsbom.org)
This conference will include many aspects of library work including Administration, Promotion, Collection Development, Space/furnishing, and Computer.
Brief Overview
Session 1
• Serving as a Responsive Team facilitated by Morlee Maynard
• Atriuum Cataloging and Cataloging Reports facilitated Allison Maynard
Session 2
• Building a Dynamic Collection facilitated by Carolyn Walker
• Atriuum Patrons and Patron Reports facilitated by Allison Maynard
Session 3
• Cataloging for a Buzzing Circulation facilitated by Marty Woodall
• Atriuum Circulation and Circulation Reports facilitated by Allison Maynard
Session 4
• Promotion with Vigor facilitated by Bev League
• Book Systems Questions and Answers facilitated by Allison Maynard
Session 5
• Connecting the Vibrant Dots with all facilitators
Marty Woodall, Strategist
Shoal Creek Baptist Church
13214 Holtville Rd
Deatsville, Al 36092
334-296-1899
martybooks1@gmail.com
When we switched to Atriuum we considered library cards, but it was going to be costly and a lot of work. We decided to use the self-checkout feature in Atriuum. While we have a volunteer in the library every Sunday morning, the library is technically self-checkout and people can check out any time the church is open. Many people use it on Sunday night, Wednesday night, and can even come in during the week if they want. Our staff and counseling ministry can use the library during the week, as well as moms who are at Bible study, or homeschoolers. We have instructions next to the computer for waking up the computer and logging in using a preset self-checkout button. Most schools use a similar checkout now instead of library cards because the children tend to lose them and most of our members have no problem with the self-checkout.
When they step up to the screen, they see buttons for each letter. They pick the letter of their last name (S-Smith), find their name and click on it, their username is automatically filled in and they simply enter their password. The hardest part for people is remembering their passwords. Atriuum customer support can help you set this up. We do have a few older members who don't want to use the computer. In that case, we have a spiral notebook beside the computer and they can write down their name and the title of their checkout, and we enter it for them.
Our team just completed a training seminar on the Atriuum software.
One interesting topic was using the software for self check-out at satellite stations, with the patrons putting in their library card number and password into the computer. This method requires giving a library card to each library patron with their assigned number. (Currently patrons fill out a paper check-out form , using only their name.)
I’m curious to know how many church libraries have issued a library card to their patrons. If you are using the Atriuum software, how well does this work?
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