Basic Training Agenda

Polaris LEAP – Basic

  • Login
  • Library Cards
    • Quick Search box – how to search
    • Find Tool for Patrons – how to search
    • Registration – how to create new library card
      • Data entry errors to avoid (formatting issues)
    • Account Tabs (brief overview)
      • Checked Out
      • Overdue
      • Lost
      • Held
      • Notices (quick overview of what is sent)
    • Educator Cards
  • Check Out
    • Check out sample books
    • Renewals
  • Check In
    • Bulk Check in Mode
    • Demo various check in messages (in-transit, transferred, held)
  • Searching
    • Quick Search box to find titles
    • Use Bibliocommons for all other searching until you’ve had extended Polaris LEAP training
  • Holds
    • Only train placing holds in Bibliocommons until you’ve had extended Polaris LEAP training
  • Patron Record Sets
    • How to create classroom record sets.

Library Management – Basic

  • Keeping track of Library Cards
    • Scannable barcodes (intro, see appendix in manual)
    • Record sets (intro)
    • How to order cards
    • Educator Cards
    • Earn and Learn (intro)
  • Bibliocommons
    • How to login
    • How to search (basic)
    • How to login
    • How to place and cancel holds
  • Deliveries
    • How, what, when, where
  • IndyPL’s call numbers
    • What do they mean, how to shelve
      • Fiction
      • Nonfiction
      • Biography
  • Ebooks
    • Sora/Libby
      • how to login
      • how to search
  • Friday Focus
  • WeShare
  • What to do at the start of the year besides library cards