We've been hard at work making Author Alerts available on even more online catalogs. Already compatible are eLibrary and Horizon Information Portal, both from Sirsi/Dynix. What are Author Alerts, you ask?
Delight your patrons by alerting them when new titles are ordered by their favorite authors! How does it work? Your patrons compile a list of their favorite authors or performers. When a new title is ordered by your library, Author Alerts sends the patron an email or text message alert. It's that simple. No effort is required of your IT staff. Your active readers are going to love this new service! Visit
http://authoralerts.org for details and to start offering this service to your patrons.
If you are using the photo release feature to gain permission from patrons for publicity purposes, you will appreciate that the sign-in printout now indicates each patron's photo release status. Thanks to Rob Smithson at Monona Library for the suggestion.
