Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
"Snow date" (in case of bad weather):  March 13, 2009

Time: 10:00 am – 3:30 pm

Place: CARLI Office
100 Trade Centre Drive, Suite 303
Champaign, IL 61820
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Trainer: Casey Sutherland, Library Systems Coordinator, CARLI User Services

Lunch: Provided

Intended audience: Cataloging and/or circulation staff with data maintenance responsibilities at I-Share libraries, who have very minimal or no previous experience using Macro Express software. Attendees are expected to have basic familiarity with either the Voyager cataloging or circulation clients. 

Maximum number of attendees: 15

Note: this is a basic introduction to using Macro Express software in conjunction with Voyager databases, and will include the topics below.  Primary focus will be on downloading and using macros posted to the I-Share Shared Macro web page.  Hands-on exercises will be performed.

Topics covered:

• Introduction to Macro Express software
• Importing macros from the Shared Macro page
• Macro Express and Voyager client preference settings
• Setting the macro’s activation key
• Input and output files
• Timing issues
• Voyager client commands
• Adapting an existing macro for another task

Registration required. Because this is the first offering of this workshop, registration is initially limited to one person per I-Share institution. If space is still available, registration will be opened to more than one person per institution.

Please direct any questions about the workshop to support@ carli.illinois.edu

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