Millennium's First Birthday

It is hard to believe that we've been using Millennium for a year already, but today we celebrated the first birthday of our Millennium system with cake and prize drawings at Cook Park and Evergreen. There were a lot of happy winners all over the library.

Everyone wins because we recently joined LINKin, which allows patrons to directly request material from 5 Innovative libraries in our area. We also upgraded to Encore 2.0, which has a lot of great features, including Community tags, fewer logins, and reviews, summaries, and tables of contents.

There was also a special appearance by Ms. Millennium, Deb Lindahl. She really lit up the room with her special presence and left with a lovely corsage--the sugar flowers from the cake.

Read below for a list of people's favorite Millennium features, least favorite things, and Millennium wishes. We also asked people for their favorite shortcuts.

What is your favorite Millennium feature?

• fines paid, change due date, # in hold list, ++++


• Ease of checking patrons out.


• It is very easy to use and it was easy to learn.


• easy patron name lookup in circ


• ease of cancelling holds


• It is easy for new people to learn!


• looking up patron name & item title/not barcode


• placing holds


• looking up patron library card numbers


• Millennium Collection Module & Fines Paid


• You can see what number you are in the hold list.


• I can see what # I am in a hold list.


• Ease in which one can place & modify holds.


• CREATE LISTS, a very powerful tool


• The custom hold slip!


• The ability to create lists and do global changes.

What is your least favorite Millennium feature?

• only being able to check current and last patron


• Bibliographic information is inadequate.


• The "Account in use" messages blocking accounts


• title searching & scrolling down to barcode


• length of time to load


• The statistics. They are too rigid.


• waiting time for login


• back-up procedure


• trying to find a title for a hold


• Can't checkin patron's items on more than 1 computer


• You can not tell when an item is at bill stage


• Two computers can't have same info up at same time


• That items are not listed in chronological order.


• Printouts leave a lot to be desired.


• The locking of patron records.


• System allows barcodes to be used more than once.

What do you wish Millennium would include?

• Lock on Bib Inq drop down menu, so it won't change


• Better checkout history of an item.


• Not having to use the beginning of barcodes


• deeper access to last patron & last status on item


• glossary (and there is probably one there)


• A report writer for statistics.


• Starbuck's French Vanilla Capuchino


• simpler acquisitions


• Only put in the last #s of patron & item barcode


• When you are checking in mode,it includes a number


• Fries and a diet coke.


• Ability to limit CDs to an artist as main entry


• Better ways to find the "right" topic in the IGR.


• Just type the last 7 digits of patron barcode


• Nothing that I can think of now.

What is your favorite Millennium Shortcut?

• F11 & F12, Alt Q


• predefined card templates


• F1 and F2


• alt-q


• F11 and F12


• The space bar to activate the selected option.


• is there one? too many mouse clicks now.


• none


• F1 checkout F2 check in


• Katie's F1, F2, F3 function


• Checking in in Circ Desk mode!!!!!


• spacebar to override alerts


• I have 2:Ctrl-] next bib rec; Ctrl-. next item rec


• Recent patrons


• None that I can think of now.