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    UPCOMING MEETINGS

    • Aug. 27, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Rolling Meadows Library and Wauconda Public Library migration. This session is an overview of Serials at CCS. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR August 27, 2026 9:00am August 27, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Serials Migration Training
    • Aug. 27, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Rolling Meadows Library and Wauconda Public Library migration. This session is an overview of Serials at CCS. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR August 27, 2026 9:00am August 27, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Migration Training: Serials
    • Sep. 2, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Rolling Meadows Library and Wauconda Public Library migration. This session covers topics relevant to Circ Supervisors. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 02, 2026 9:00am September 02, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Circulation Supervisor Training (Migration Training)
    • Sep. 3, 2026
    • 01:00 PM

    This webinar will demonstrate how to use record sets in Leap.

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 03, 2026 1:00pm September 03, 2026 1:00pm America/Chicago Record Sets in Leap
    • Sep. 3, 2026
    • 01:00 PM

    This webinar will demonstrate how to use record sets in Leap.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 09/03/26 13:00 pm 09/03/26 13:00 pm America/Chicago Record Sets in Leap (Migration Training)
    • Sep. 7, 2026
    • 12:00 AM

    ADD TO CALENDAR 09/07/26 00:00 am 09/07/26 00:00 am America/Chicago Labor Day - CCS Office Closed
    • Sep. 8, 2026
    • 10:00 AM

    Training session for the CCS Rolling Meadows Library and Wauconda Public Library migration. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 09/08/26 10:00 am 09/08/26 10:00 am America/Chicago Introduction to BiblioCore (Migration Training)
    • Sep. 9, 2026
    • 10:00 AM

    To submit public comment, either join the meeting using the link below, or send an email with your comments to Executive Director Rebecca Malinowski at rmalinowski@ccslib.org at any time before the meeting. All comments will be read aloud during the meeting.  

    Join Zoom Meeting 

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87860143324?pwd=bUtqUlNDUk8vT3Z2U3VOK0NaSm9ydz09 

    Meeting ID: 878 6014 3324 Web Passcode: CCSEC 

    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Phone Passcode: 180412 

    ADD TO CALENDAR 09/09/26 10:00 am 09/09/26 10:00 am America/Chicago Executive Committee Meeting

    Featured Updates

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    Rolling Meadows-Wauconda Migration

    Aug. 20, 2026

    CCS is excited to welcome the Rolling Meadows Library and the Wauconda Area Public Library as our 33rd and 34th member libraries! With Rolling Meadows and Wauconda comes the…

    Featured Page

    BiblioCore Discovery Layer

    Jul. 7, 2026 Contents
    • Library Checklist
    • About the BiblioCore Implementation Project
    • Library BiblioCore Site URLs
    • Implementation Plan
      • Schedule-at-a-Glance
      • …

    Department - Cataloging

    Authority Control Processing and Ongoing Bibliographic Updates

    Aug. 12, 2026 Update - August 12, 2026

    CCS will be sending a group of bibliographic records for bibliographic maintenance and authorities processing to Backstage Library Works (BSLW) at 5 PM, on Thursday,…

    Software - Reporting

    Purchase Alert Report

    Feb. 24, 2023

    Use the purchase alert report to identify high-demand titles to purchase for your collection. This report lists title information for holds placed by patrons when the ratio of holds to eligible…