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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m Caitlin Kenney, project manager for NY’s Ask Us 24/7 service. We underwent the migration to Springshare, and went live on February 28<sup>th</sup>. A couple of weeks ago, Sara asked about other libraries who are undertaking this migration,
and a few responded, but I think most of you are not migrating until May. I’m curious to know if any libraries/library systems on this list have gone live on February 28<sup>th</sup>, as we did.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The reason I ask is because I have some issues with the set-up. This migration has not been as smooth as promised. I expected kinks and issues to happen, but I am feeling very frustrated right now. Particularly I am frustrated with our
set-up model, which is currently comprised of a Shared Group System (owned by WNYLRC and contains any libraries who did not already have a pre-existing LibAnswers system) and the pre-existing group of libraries who are part of Ask Us 24/7 but work with their
already existing LibAnswers system. The functions for these two groups are completely different, and Institution Admins in the Shared Group System don’t have the same rights as those with pre-existing systems, and that has caused quite a bit of confusion.
I, as admin, also cannot access statistics and transcripts for all of the libraries in the co-op – I can only see those in the shared group system. They are also not able to access stats/transcripts for their patrons who were helped by outside libraries. I’ve
made Springshare aware of these issues, and others that come up (including the canned messages – you cannot see and use the scripts for a patron’s library), and I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing the same frustration. Perhaps we could communicate
these issues together with Springshare, to make them aware that these are features we really need.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would anyone be interested in discussing these issues (I don’t want to complain – just discuss!) and maybe trying to work out a solution to ensure that this becomes a better service? Please let me know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Caitlin Kenney</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="color:black">Engagement & Education Services Coordinator</span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="color:black">Statewide Administrator for Ask Us 24/7</span></i><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Western New York Library Resources Council (WNYLRC)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Airport Commerce Park East</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=4950+Genesee+Street%0D+Suite+170+%0D+Cheektowaga,+NY+14225+%0D+716&entry=gmail&source=g"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">4950 Genesee
Street</span></a>, <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=4950+Genesee+Street%0D+Suite+170+%0D+Cheektowaga,+NY+14225+%0D+716&entry=gmail&source=g">
<span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Suite 170</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=4950+Genesee+Street%0D+Suite+170+%0D+Cheektowaga,+NY+14225+%0D+716&entry=gmail&source=g"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Cheektowaga,
NY 14225</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:(716)%20633-0705" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">716-633-0705 x 115</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Pronouns: she/her/hers</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://wnylrc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">wnylrc.org</span></a></span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WNYLRC is a member of <a href="https://www.esln.org/"><span style="color:blue">Empire State Library Network</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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