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Contents

  1. What's New
  2. Getting Started
  3. Tutorials
  4. Reference
  5. Cataloging
  6. Electronic Resources Management/ERM
  7. A to Z Lists
  8. Circulation
  9. Serials Management
  10. Searching and Reporting
  11. Properties
  12. Browser and Connectivity
  13. System Documentation
  14. E-mail Updates


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A. What's New

  1. Collection Development: the Collections and Circulation Report now included the item count. (2012.4.30)
  2. Newsletter April 2012 (2012.04.11)
  3. New Cataloging function: Remove old URLs. (2012.4.9)
  4. OPAC Images; Restricting URLs in a Union Catalog. (2012.4.9)
  5. Optimizing Your Connection to CyberTools Staff Functions and Circulation Functions (2012.3.19)
  6. Quick Tour: OPAC Manager and OPAC Images (2012.2.13)
  7. New OPAC Manager Guide (2012.3.28)
  8. New OPAC Highlights (2011.12.23)
  9. Newsletter January 2012 (2011.12.21)
  10. Introducing Kristin Sen, MLS (2011.12.20)
  11. OPAC Export to Bibliography Management Applications (2011.12.12)
  12. New Function: Inactive Patrons: Report or Remove (2011.12.11)
  13. Add Federal Holidays to the Library's Calendar (2011.12.10)
  14. Overdue Report now includes phone numbers (2011.12.8)
  15. ERM Guide: now includes Ebsco, ScienceDirect, and Wiley "Free" journals; new de-dupping too! (2011.12.5)
  16. Quick Tour: A to Z: Create, View, & Manage (2011.10.12 - large pdf file.)
  17. The OPAC and the Browser Back Button (2011.9.28)
  18. Password Management Enhancements (2011.5.26)
  19. Test Notice (2011.3.19)
  20. Batch Control Global Tag and Subfield Editor (2011.3.6)
  21. Search Catalog Search Results number of rows (2011.3.6)
  22. Secure Sessions, Encryption, HIPAA & FIPS 140-2 (2011.4.14)
  23. Demo Site: (A) Demo and Example OPACs, A to Z; (B) Staff Functions. Contact Us for Demo Staff Functions Access - User ID/Password.

B. Getting Started

  1. Setup Questionnaire for New CyberTools Users (doc)
  2. Converting to CyberTools? How to Complete the MARCIVE Bibliographic Database Output Specifications Form
  3. Using Pre-Existing Marcive Bibs to Setup Your Catalog
  4. Ongoing Cataloging, After Initial Setup, With MARCIVE Records
  5. InMagic Data Conversions
  6. Patron Import - File Format
  7. Setup Your New Catalog
  8. Setup New Staff Users
  9. Bar Code Questions & Answers
  10. CyberTools for Libraries Glossary of Terms
  11. Quick Tour: Add a MARC Bib to a Catalog
  12. Quick Tour: Interactive Z39.50 MARC Bib Import
  13. Quick Tour: Serials Management
  14. Quick Tour: Circulation
  15. Serials Management-Getting Started Guide (html) Guide (pdf)
  16. How Do I Resolve a Slow CyberTools Session? (2008.4.11)
  17. Import DOCLINE SERHOLD Holdings Report (2009.2.14)

C. Tutorials

  1. Demo Site: (A) Demo and Example OPACs, A to Z; (B) Staff Functions. Contact Us for Demo Staff Functions Access - User ID/Password.
  2. Product Overview: Recording (75 minutes)
  3. Quick Tour: Add a MARC Bib to a Catalog
  4. Quick Tour: Interactive Z39.50 MARC Bib Import
  5. Quick Tour: Using OCLC with CyberTools for Libraries
  6. Quick Tour: Using Analytics with Monographs
  7. Quick Tour: Using Analytics with Serials
  8. Quick Tour: Circulation
  9. Quick Tour: Serials Management
  10. Electronic Resources Management/ERM: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (80 minutes) - Guide (pdf)
  11. A to Z Lists: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (70 minutes)
  12. OPAC Manager: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (55 minutes) - Guide (pdf)
  13. Collection Development: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (42 minutes)
  14. Quick Tour: Patron Self Loan Setup (2008.3.21)
  15. Quick Tour: PubMed Central Journal List Import (2008.3.15)
  16. Crystal Reports: Getting Started (1999)

D. Reference

  1. CyberTools for Libraries Glossary of Terms
  2. Workstation, Browser, Java, Connections, Proxy Servers, and Firewall Information
  3. Cataloging Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  4. Circulation Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  5. Properties Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  6. Reports Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  7. Search Catalog Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  8. Serials Management-Getting Started Guide (html) Guide (pdf)
  9. Serials Management Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  10. Electronic Resources Management/ERM: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (80 minutes) - Guide (pdf)
  11. A to Z Lists: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (70 minutes)
  12. OPAC Manager: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (55 minutes) - Guide (pdf)
  13. How to Install the Windows Help, PDF, and MS Word Documentation
  14. Install Documentation in Windows Help Format
  15. Install Documentation in PDF Format
  16. Install Documentation in Microsoft Word 2000 Format
  17. MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data at LC

E. Cataloging

  1. Quick Tour: Add a MARC Bib to a Catalog
  2. Quick Tour: Interactive Z39.50 MARC Bib Import
  3. Quick Tour: Using OCLC with CyberTools for Libraries
  4. Quick Tour: Using Analytics with Monographs
  5. Quick Tour: Using Analytics with Serials
  6. Quick Tour: PubMed Central Journal List Import (2008.3.15)
  7. A to Z Lists: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (70 minutes)
  8. Cataloging Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  9. Remove old URLs. (2012.4.9)
  10. OPAC Images; Restricting URLs in a Union Catalog. (2012.4.9)
  11. Batch Control Global Tag and Subfield Editor (2011.3.6)
  12. Search Catalog, MARC Boolean (2010.11.7)
  13. MARC Export (2010.7.13)
  14. Remove bibs enumerated in a file (2008.11.13)
  15. MARC Importing: Duplicate Bib Reporting Enhancement (2008.3.15)
  16. MARC Bib Tag 001, Control Number, Processing (2007.4.26)
  17. Call Number Processing Changes (2007.3.26)
  18. Serials: Title Change, Ceased Publication, or Cancelled Subscription (2007.3.15)
  19. Function [Move Items from one bib to another] (2007.02.06)
  20. Enhanced Import Dups: Merge Holdings (2007.02.06)
  21. New User Interface for function [Edit Existing Bibs] (2007.01.29)
  22. New User Interface for function [Remove Bibs from the Catalog] (2007.01.29)
  23. ISBN-13 Processing (2007.1.18)
  24. Serial Call Numbers (2006.8.31)
  25. Analytic Linkage (2006.05.12)
  26. Refresh MARC Bibs via Z39.50 (2006.05.12)
  27. Enhanced MARC Batch Control and Editing (2006.05.11)
  28. Batch Control & Brief Bib Editor (2006.05.08)
  29. MeSH 1999 Questions & Answers (1999.09)
  30. The MARCout Conversion Utility (1999.09)

    Cataloging FAQs
  31. Cataloging Web Tutorial FAQs
  32. Can I Import More Than One MARC Bibliographic Record into the system?
  33. Can I Copy Many Individual MARC Bibliographic Records into One File, and Import?
  34. How Can I Edit an Existing Bibliographic Record?
  35. How Can I Add More Items (Holdings) Once Batch Control is Done?
  36. How Can I Delete a Bibliographic Record?
  37. What does this message mean: "Unable to retrieve data from the selected Z39.50 server. Try another server."?
  38. I Can't Find ISBNs or ISSNs at a Z39.50 Server: How Do I Get To Another Z39.50 Server?
  39. How Do I Get Rid of an Item?
  40. What Tags and Subfields Are Commonly Used in Original Cataloging?
  41. Link a Bib to a Full-Text Resource
  42. MARC Bib tag 979
  43. Ongoing Cataloging, After Initial Setup, Via MARCIVE
  44. Union Catalog Conventions (2008.8.22)
  45. How Do I Handle Duplicate Bibs in Same Download? (2010.2.23)

F. Electronic Resources Management/ERM

  1. Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (80 minutes) - Guide (pdf)
  2. Quick Tour: PubMed Central Journal List Import
  3. E-Resource List! Capture more with a single portal search in CyberTools! Easily import these into your CyberTools online catalog.

    ERM FAQs
  4. Where to Start?...
  5. Function [File Z39.50 MARC Bib Import] File Format
  6. Download CyberTools Z39.50 File Spreadsheet Template (2009.6.11)

    ERM Aggregators' Download Links
    This list does not include ERM resources without direct download links: EBSCO, Rittenhouse, Science Direct, Gale, OCLC, and OVID.
    Please consult our ERM guide and/or E-Resource list for instructions concerning these downloads.
  7. Download AccessEmergency Medicine MARC file. (2012.4.25) Important note for McGraw Hill MARC Files.
  8. Download AccessMedicine MARC file. (2012.4.25) Important note for McGraw Hill MARC Files.
  9. Download AccessPharmacy MARC file. (2012.4.25) Important note for McGraw Hill MARC Files.
  10. Download AccessPhysiotherapy MARC file. (2012.4.25) Important note for McGraw Hill MARC Files.
  11. Download AccessSurgery MARC file. (2012.4.25) Important note for McGraw Hill MARC Files.
  12. Download Alexander Street Press products MARC files. (2012.4.25)
  13. Download BioMed Central Journal Cataloging Data biomedcentraljournallist.txt (2012.4.18)
  14. Download DOAJ's doaj.csv (2009.1.29).
  15. Download HighWire AtoZlist.xls (2009.1.29).
  16. Download JAMAevidence MARC file (2012.4.25) Important note for McGraw Hill MARC Files.
  17. Download Liebert Online URLs tab-delimited file. (2012.1.20) Click on "Download this listing as a tab-delimited file." then save the file as "liebertjournals.txt".
  18. Download MD Consult MasterContentList.xls
  19. Download Nursing Consult MNC_Master_Content_List.xls (2012.3.30) it's here. On 4/8 it will be on their site.
  20. Download PubMed Central Journal Title List Click here then select link "Download CSV" then [Download (CSV)].
  21. Download Wiley Online Books for 2012 **
  22. Download Wiley Journals for 2012 **
  23. Download Wiley Online Reference Works for 2012 **
    ** Wiley note: at some point Wiley will introduce updated resources making the above links obsolete.
    For the most authoritative data see http:www.wiley.com/WileyCDA then under "RESOURCES FOR" select
    "For Librarians->(Our Online Resources) for Librarians->(Download Title and Price lists)" and select either
    "Journal Titles, Changes, and Collections" or "Online Books and Book Series" or "Online Reference Works"

G. A to Z Lists

  1. Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (70 minutes)

H. Circulation

  1. Quick Tour: Circulation
  2. Circulation Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  3. Notices Mini-Manual
  4. Test Notice (2011.3.19)
  5. Catalog and User Time Zone Properties
  6. Patron Import - File Format
  7. Item Location, Class, & Status Global Editor (2008.4.1)
  8. Quick Tour: Patron Self Loan Setup (2008.3.21)
  9. Patron Self Loan Guide (2008.3.20)
  10. Social Security Number Changes (2007.02.25)

    Circulation FAQs
  11. How Can I Loan An Item Not in the Catalog, for Example, for ILL?
  12. How Do I Set Up a Simple ILL?
  13. How Do I Add a New Location to My Catalog?
  14. How Do I Track Inhouse Journal Usage When I Don't Circulate?
  15. Patron Import: What File Format Do I Use?
  16. Union Catalog Conventions (2008.8.22)

I. Serials Management

  1. Quick Tour: Serials Management
  2. Serials Management-Getting Started Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  3. Serials Management Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  4. Delete Claims Enhancements (2009.4.18)
  5. Import DOCLINE SERHOLD Holdings Report (2009.2.14)
  6. CCC Rightsphere Export (2008.12.6)
  7. Multiple Copy Check In (2008.4.17)
  8. Routing Enhancements (2008.4.7 & 2008.4.16)
  9. Copy Subtitles (2008.3.12)
  10. Claims Displays Enhanced (2008.3.11)
  11. Copy Volume Global Editor (2008.3.10)
  12. Title, Copy, & Patron Routing Report (2008.3.8)
  13. Properties for Serials Management: Bound Volume Defaults (2007.5.3)
  14. Title Change, Ceased Publication, or Cancelled Subscription (updated 2007.3.15)
  15. Serial Call Numbers (2006.8.31)
  16. Professional Software Serials Management Import

    Serials Management FAQs
  17. How to Perform Original Cataloging, When no Bib in OCLC, SERHOLD
  18. Editing A Journal Title
  19. How to Fix a Book Cataloged as a Serial
  20. How to Fix a Serial Cataloged as a Book
  21. Correcting Check In Errors
  22. Title Change, Ceased Publication, or Cancelled Subscription (updated 2007.3.15)
  23. Managing Running Issues, aka 4-Digit Issue Numbers (Lancet, BMJ, Nature, etc.)
  24. Integrating CyberTools Serials with Another ILS
  25. Internal Circulation
  26. Unusual Frequencies-Cancer and Cancer Cytopathology, How to Manage
  27. How Do I Print TOC Journal Routing Labels?

J. Searching and Reporting

  1. OPAC Tutorial
  2. Search Catalog Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  3. Reports Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  4. New OPAC Highlights (2011.12.23)
  5. Current Fines, Fees, and Loans Report (2009.12.21)
  6. Collection Development: the Collections and Circulation Report (2012.4.30)
  7. Collection Development: the New Location Inventory Report (2009.4.22)
  8. OpenURL Overview and Examples
  9. OpenURL Technical Specifications
  10. New Utilization Reports
  11. Send Contents of a Window to Your Browser
  12. Union Catalog Results: Single Catalog Search Displays Union Title
  13. ODBC Data Relationships
  14. Download Cache ODBC driver for Windows
  15. How Do I Setup a Direct OPAC Query from Library's Home Page? (2006.06.05)
  16. Example field on the library home page that can start a keyword search in the OPAC:
    Search library catalog for

    Searching and Reporting FAQs
  17. The OPAC and the Browser Back Button (2011.9.28)
  18. Search Catalog Search Results number of rows (2011.3.6)
  19. Example of OPAC Instructions for Patrons Courtesy of Cara Helfner, Director of Library Services, Faulkner Hospital, Boston.
  20. How Do I List All Holdings?
  21. How Do I List New Books in a Particular Year?
  22. How Do I Report All Titles With Same Call #, Title, or Subject?
  23. Circulation Trace (2008.5.2)
  24. Overdue Report now includes phone numbers (2011.12.8)
  25. OPAC Export to Bibliography Management Applications (2011.12.12)

K. Properties

  1. Properties Guide (html) - Guide (pdf)
  2. How To Setup New Staff Users
  3. Customizing the Look, Content, and Search Logic of the OPAC
  4. Bar Code Questions & Answers
  5. Catalog and User Time Zone Properties
  6. Password Management Enhancements (2011.5.26)
  7. New Function: Inactive Patrons: Report or Remove (2011.12.11)
  8. Add Federal Holidays to the Library's Calendar (2011.12.10)
  9. OPAC Manager: Slideshow (pdf) - Recording (55 minutes) - Guide (pdf)

L. Browser and Connectivity

  1. Workstation, Browser, Java, Connections, Proxy Servers, and Firewall Information
  2. Optimizing Your Connection to CyberTools Staff Functions and Circulation Functions (2012.3.19)
  3. Secure Sessions, Encryption, HIPAA & FIPS 140-2 (2011.4.14)
  4. Add Data to Scrolling Lists (Examples: Add Names to Routing Lists; Add Subfields, etc.)
  5. Send Contents of a Window to Your Browser - For Review, Printing, Sending to CyberTools Support
  6. How Do I Resolve a Slow CyberTools Session? (2008.4.11)
  7. Install CyberJ Client for Windows and Mac OS X (2006.05.11)
  8. Install CyberJ Client for Mac 8 and 9 (2006.05.11)
  9. Installing Multiple Versions of Java (a.k.a. Kronos work around) (2006.05.02)
  10. CyberJ Client Installation and User Guide (2005.08.09)

M. System Documentation

  1. System Management Overview
  2. Z39.50 Demo Instructions
  3. Patron Import - File Format
  4. Server Update Instructions (2004.05.10)
  5. Migrating to A New Server: Setup (2004.03.09)
  6. Z39.50 Installation & User Guide (2004.01.02)
  7. New System Installation from CD-ROM (2003.12.18)
  8. Setting up Servlet Support (2009.1.23)
  9. Server Update Instructions (2003.07.25)

N. E-mail Updates

  1. Newsletter April 2012 (2012.04.11)
  2. Newsletter January 2012 (2011.12.21)
  3. Introducing Kristin Sen, MLS
  4. May 2009
  5. March 2009
  6. August 2008
  7. June 2008
  8. April 2008
  9. March 2008
  10. October 2007
  11. May 2007
  12. January 2007
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