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    UPCOMING MEETINGS

    • Sep. 30, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    Introduction to Leap session for Wilmette Public Library Tech. Services staff. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR September 30, 2026 9:00am September 30, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Introduction to Leap (Wilmette)
    • Oct. 1, 2026
    • 09:30 AM

    ADD TO CALENDAR October 01, 2026 9:30am October 01, 2026 9:30am America/Chicago Circulation Technical Group Meeting
    • Oct. 1, 2026
    • 01:00 PM

    Join CCS staff and prepare for the Rolling Meadows-Wauconda library migration go-live! During the webinar, we will review the October go-live schedule for all CCS libraries and demo remote offline circulation. This session will be held via Zoom. Access information will be emailed to attendees roughly one week before the session. Questions? Email help@ccslib.org

    The session will be recorded. The recording will be shared in CCS News and posted online for all to review.

    ADD TO CALENDAR October 01, 2026 1:00pm October 01, 2026 1:00pm America/Chicago Go Live Review and Offline Demo
    • Oct. 7, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This session introduces staff to cataloging and serials reports in Simply Reports.

    ADD TO CALENDAR October 07, 2026 9:00am October 07, 2026 9:00am America/Chicago Simply Reports for Cataloging and Serials
    • Oct. 7, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This session introduces staff to cataloging and serials reports in Simply Reports.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/07/26 09:00 am 10/07/26 09:00 am America/Chicago Simply Reports for Cataloging and Serials (Migration Training)
    • Oct. 8, 2026
    • 09:30 AM

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/08/26 09:30 am 10/08/26 09:30 am America/Chicago Circulation Technical Group Meeting
    • Oct. 9, 2026
    • 09:00 AM

    This training session will introduce staff to the Cataloging functionality in Leap. 

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/09/26 09:00 am 10/09/26 09:00 am America/Chicago Cataloging in Leap - Part 1 (Wilmette)
    • Oct. 12, 2026
    • 01:00 PM

    Training session for the CCS Rolling Meadows Library and Wauconda Public Library migration. This session demos helpful Leap tips and tricks. Please email help@ccslib.org with any questions.

    ADD TO CALENDAR 10/12/26 13:00 pm 10/12/26 13:00 pm America/Chicago Leap Hacks (Migration Training)

    Featured Updates

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    Rolling Meadows-Wauconda Migration

    Sep. 28, 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
      • …

    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…