It's WISCAT renewal time!

WISCAT Community,

It is that time of year again to renew your WISCAT license(s) for the upcoming year. Please complete the form and return by Friday, December 11, 2009.

Extend your collection and services to meet student, patron and staff needs with the power of the Wisconsin resource sharing community. WISCAT remains an excellent value for libraries of all types and sizes:

- Full-featured resource sharing technology includes mediated or unmediated patron-initiated requests, patron status checking, one-screen request management, automatic lending policy checking, Z395.0 catalog status checking, and on-demand library-specific statistics;
- Reference and community-building features such as reader reviews, splash pages, and bibliographies;
- Locally customizable interface and branding;
- Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) reviews;
- Z39.50 searching of union catalog, library catalogs, and the BadgerLink databases;
- Great source of MARC records for your catalog;
- Inexpensive option to meet school ILL policy requirements;
- Experienced, free training and support from Reference and Loan Library staff for ILL, customization, holdings updates, and loading records;

The cost for an annual license remains at a modest $200 per building per year. You can find the order form at:

Individual libraries http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat/pdf/wiscat_order_form_2010.pdf
Public library systems http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/wiscat/pdf/system10.pdf

WISCAT license renewals are not automatic. Individual libraries and public library systems (on behalf of member libraries) must submit an order form each year.

WISCAT—web-based, union/virtual catalog and resource sharing software system--is built upon the AGent software from Auto-Graphics. The Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Reference and Loan Library, administers WISCAT for all libraries in Wisconsin. The current edition of the WISCAT union catalog, one of the largest physical statewide union catalogs in the country, contains 7+ million titles and more than 32 million holdings from over 1200 contributing libraries. The catalog contains material in all formats, including books, serials, video recordings, sound recordings and other audiovisual formats.

If you have questions or concerns regarding licensing (or any WISCAT topic), please contact me directly.

Thanks,David J. Sleasman
Reference and Loan Library
WI Dept. of Public Instruction

EMAIL: david.sleasman@dpi.wi.gov
PHONE: 888.542.5543, Extension 1