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    UPCOMING MEETINGS

    • Oct. 30, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This training session will provide an overview of the acquisitions functions in Leap.

    ADD TO CALENDAR October 30, 2026 9:00am October 30, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Acquisitions in Leap - Part 2 (Wilmette)
    • Nov. 2, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This session introduces staff to acquisitions reports in Simply Reports.

    ADD TO CALENDAR November 02, 2026 9:00am November 02, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Simply Reports for Acquisitions
    • Nov. 2, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This session introduces staff to acquisitions reports in Simply Reports.

    ADD TO CALENDAR November 02, 2026 9:00am November 02, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Simply Reports for Acquisitions (Migration Training)
    • Nov. 10, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    Join CCS and RAILS staff for hands-on interlibrary loan training for the SHAREit, the software behind Find More Illinois. This session is meant for interlibrary loan staff that will be managing Find More Illinois requests, and will cover all aspects of the SHAREit staff interface used for borrowing and lending. 

    ADD TO CALENDAR November 10, 2026 9:00am November 10, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Find More Illinois Training for ILL Staff (CCS)
    • Nov. 11, 2026
    • 10:00 AM

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    ADD TO CALENDAR 11/11/26 10:00 am 11/11/26 10:00 am America/Chicago Governing Board Meeting
    • Nov. 18, 2026
    • 10:00 AM

    ADD TO CALENDAR 11/18/26 10:00 am 11/18/26 10:00 am America/Chicago CAMM Technical Group Meeting Meeting
    • Nov. 18, 2026
    • 01:00 PM

    This virtual session will provide an introduction to Find More Illinois. This session will review how patrons and staff can access the Find More Illinois catalog to search for materials and place requests.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 11/18/26 13:00 pm 11/18/26 13:00 pm America/Chicago Introduction to Find More Illinois
    • Nov. 23, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This session will provide an introduction to the Serials functionality in Leap.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 11/23/26 09:00 am 11/23/26 09:00 am America/Chicago Serials in Leap (Wilmette)

    Featured Updates

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    Rolling Meadows-Wauconda Migration

    Oct. 9, 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…

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    BiblioCore Discovery Layer

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