Access Pennsylvania News - 📚 Get Ready for Fall: ILL, Training, & Back to School Info!

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August 20, 2024

Access PA ILL Reminder: K-12 School Libraries

Schools are in Holiday Mode through 9/8/2024.

Please note that schools are in summer Holiday Mode through 9/8. This process automatically excludes schools from appearing in lending strings. However, schools can still place ILL requests.

Questions? Please Contact Support

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This is the password you will need to:

Set up Access PA as a Z39.50 search in your ILS to download MARC records
Upload your .MRC file to the Auto-Graphics Cloud for your holdings updates
Set up your ILLiad IOS connection to SHAREit

Please note that this is not your SHAREit login.

Due to the sensitive nature of this password, we do not share it openly with participants in mass communication. If you need the password, please contact support.

It is also important to note that once the password is changed (and your saved one is no longer valid), you will not receive an error message. Rather, you will simply receive no results from Access PA's SHAREit database. Further, all communication between SHAREit and ILLiad/Tipasa will also not occur - you won't get an error message, there will just be no data sent to your ILL interface.

Questions? Please Contact Support

Teacher-Librarians! Here’s your POWER Library “Welcome Back” Checklist!

Let's get started off on the right foot!

Check your POWER Library contact information
Is your school’s entry in the Participant Directory up to date?
Does your district have any new librarians?
Please let us know so that we can get their contact information, get them added to email lists, newsletters, etc.

Check your access to POWER Library E-Resources

Test your links! The Links Generator is your friend!
Make sure you test ALL the POWER Library E-Resource links on your website from inside your school – sometimes authentication issues are vendor-specific.

Are you seeing another type of access issue? Check to make sure that you’re using your school-specific links, available via the Links Generator. If updating the links doesn’t solve the problem, please let us know!
Prompted for a barcode number in school?
Contact your IT department for your current public/external IP address or range as well as any additional public IP addresses including load balancers, backups, cloud filters, separate wireless or student device networks, etc. If there are any updates, please let us know!
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Does your school use SSO to access POWER Library? Login to your SSO platform and test. If it isn’t working and/or is prompting you for a library card number, please let us know!

Check your information in SHAREit, the Access Pennsylvania Catalog

Participate in ILL?
Take a look at your Participant Record in SHAREit and make sure it’s current. Participant Record documentation is available if you need a refresher. (If prompted for a password, it is the usual password for the Librarians Hub. If you need it, please let us know!)
At a different school this year?
Please let us know so we can verify that your school’s SHAREit notifications come to you.
Did you export your holdings at the end of last year?
If not, now is a great time to do so! Unsure how? Let us know and we’ll get you the documentation and login credentials you need.
On the Access PA Contacts e-mail list?
All staff who perform ILL activity should be on the Access PA Contacts e-mail list to ensure they are notified when there are system updates, issues, etc. If you need to be added to the list, please let us know!

We wish you the very best of luck as you start this new school year!

Need Help? Contact Us!

Register for Fall Training 2024!

What participants said about last year's POWER Library training!

"It was wonderful! I just started as a librarian last year and I learned so much today. I can’t wait to take what I learned back to the teachers and students that I work with."

"It was one of the best trainings I've been to in a long time. I had been struggling with knowing how to access and navigate the databases, but now I feel much more confident in using these resources with my students and staff members."

In-Person Training at 10 Locations!

In-person training will be convened at 10 Locations throughout PA. For locations, dates, and more information about in-person training and to register, please select below.

Virtual Training

on October 21st!

All sessions will be available as a virtual session on October 21st! Virtual training will not be recorded. If you register for a virtual session, please plan to attend the live event.

Do You Need Support? We Are Here to Help!

If you need support, please use one of the options provided below to contact HSLC.

Complete the POWER Library Support Form
Email us at support@hslc.org
Call us at 215-222-1532

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This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Library Access funds administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries. The views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services or the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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