2025 Circ Alerts
November 13, 2025 Symphony upgrade follow up - reprinting hold slips
November 6, 2025 Small expired hold lists today
November 4, 2025 Sellwood reopening, due dates, and holds
October 31, 2025 Symphony upgrade follow up - holds and labels
October 21, 2025 Northwest Library closure, due dates and holds
October 14, 2025 Rockwood reopening, due dates, and holds
August 26. 2025 Woodstock reopening, due dates, and holds
August 12, 2025 Updates to the Tech Lending Program
August 5, 2025 2025 mid-year review
July 29, 2025 Add Brief Title (fast add) and Not on computer procedure changes
July 15, 2025 Restricted user profile
July 8, 2025 Albina reopening, due dates, and holds
July 7, 2025 Update: New Library Staff Manual - Circulation
June 24, 2025 Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy limits change July 1, 2025
June 16, 2025 Hollywood closure, due dates and holds
June 10, 2025 Kenton reopening, due dates, and holds
June 3, 2025 Self-checkout updates at renovated libraries June 9-13
May 20, 2025 SRP T-shirt sales and cash handling updates
May 6, 2025 ILL, Iron Mountain, and Tech Lending holds
May 5, 2025 Recap: IMMS starts tomorrow!
May 1, 2025 New Library Staff Manual - Circulation
April 29, 2025 Sellwood closure, due dates and holds
April 22, 2025 IMMS holds, crates, and the end of TCS
April 15, 2025 IMMS, check in, and transit pop-ups
April 8, 2025 Pick lists and IMMS in the Circ Manual
April 1, 2025 Symphony updates - Staff field and cursor position
March 25, 2025 IMMS, shared collections, and damaged items
March 18, 2025 Rockwood closure, due dates and holds
March 11, 2025 Online update form is back March 12!
February 25, 2025 Woodstock closure, due dates and holds
January 28, 2025 Kenton closure, due dates and holds
January 27, 2025 Change to Discard/Donation Process 2025
January 14, 2025 North Portland reopening, due dates, and holds
2024 Circ Alerts
November 5, 2024 Canceling holds picked up by another person
October 30, 2024 Multnomah County Library at University of Oregon (MUO) - closure and holds
October 8, 2024 Troutdale reopening, due dates, and holds
October 3, 2024 Midland reopening, due dates, and holds
September 26, 2024 Patron lookup change and item shelving change
September 18, 2024 St. Johns closure, due dates and holds
September 12, 2024 Update to My MCL/BiblioCommons, Symphony, and eResource issues reporting
September 11, 2024 Adhesive hold label pilot
August 13, 2024 Belmont closure, due dates, and holds
July 31, 2024 Hillsdale reopening, due dates, and holds
July 17, 2024 Fairview reopening, due dates, and holds
June 26, 2024 INFORM: Pause on Overflow/Refill process - UPDATED: OK to resume
June 25, 2024 Holgate reopening, due dates, and holds
June 11, 2024 Adhesive hold labels coming in late summer
June 4, 2024 PIN/Password field and RFID pop-ups
May 30, 2024 Change to the Discard and Donation Process
May 30, 2024 Sort Center moves from Macadam to the Operations Center June 2
May 21, 2024 Troutdale closure, due dates, and holds
May 14, 2024 Welcome to Reading kits and shared collections
May 7, 2024 End of the Mailings field
April 29, 2024 Updated cash reports
April 25, 2024 Updating OPS center items and hold pickup location
April 23, 2024 Teen user profiles
April 16, 2024 Expired hold spreadsheet with initials
April 9, 2024 Account and service options for patrons
April 4, 2024 Connection to IMMS database on April 9
March 13, 2024 Changes in Symphony Display with IMMS
March 12, 2024 WSYL text notices start 3/19/2024
March 5, 2024 Hold slips updates start 3/13/2024
February 16, 2024 Update to commons paging lists
February 15, 2024 Symphony 4.1 upgrade changes
February 13, 2024 Updated 2/14/2024 Staff registration form is back 2/14/2024
February 6, 2024 Hillsdale closure, due dates, and holds
January 30, 2024 2023 year in review
January 25, 2024 Searching impacted in Symphony on Sunday 1/28/2024
January 19, 2024 Weather closure recovery
January 9, 2024 Fairview closure, due dates, and holds
2023 Circ Alerts
December 19, 2023 Capitol Hill reopening, due dates, and holds
December 13, 2023 New Storage location in Symphony
December 12, 2023 Gregory Heights reopening, due dates, and holds
December 5, 2023 Staff registration form won't work on 12/6/2023
November 7, 2023 Accepting HOPE Center ID
October 31, 2023 Hold slip grace period ends 11/1/2023
October 24, 2023 Procedure changes withdrawing items
October 10, 2023 Replacing library cards update
September 28, 2023 New library code in Symphony
September 26, 2023 New hold slips and Circ Manual updates
September 12, 2023 New holds slips and picking up other people's holds
September 7, 2023 New hold slips start 9/27/2023 and patron communication
August 22, 2023 New holds slips and administrative accounts
August 15, 2023 New holds slips FAQ
August 10, 2023 New hold slips and Alias
July 27, 2023 New holds slips
July 18, 2023 Address verification and ZIP+4
July 11, 2023 2023 update
June 27, 2023 Cash procedure change and register quick guide
June 23, 2023 Circulation and claims return counters reset July 1
June 22, 2023 RFID security gates decision
June 13, 2023 Gregory Heights closure, due dates, and holds
April 25, 2023 New library cards
April 21, 2023 INFORM: New CENPOPUP location in Symphony
April 11, 2023 Capitol Hill closure, due dates, and holds
April 6, 2023 The Rockwood hold locker is available as a pick up location in My MCL. See the Hold Locker page in the Circ Manual.
April 3, 2023 Tote Checkin System (TCS) starts 4/4/2023 and logins
March 29, 2023 New Location in My MCL
March 28, 2023 Materials Movement changes update
March 23, 2023 Delay in Sort Center Adoption of AMH
- Sort Center will start using AMH on April 3, 2023.
- Materials movement changes with crate check in, crate colors, and no hold routing post-its will start April 4, 2023.
March 21, 2023 Circ Alert: Crate color changes
March 16, 2023 New Transfer location in Symphony
March 14, 2023 Tote Checkin System (TCS)
March 7, 2023 Materials movement changes March 2023
March 3, 2023 New Storage location in Symphony
February 28, 2023 North Portland closure and holds
February 22, 2023 Albina closure and holds
February 7, 2023 Central closure 3/11/2023 and holds
January 10, 2023 Paging list update and routing locker holds
2022 Circ Alerts
November 29, 2022 Updated User ID Manager page and Library Connect
November 15, 2022 Mailed hold fee resumes 1/1/2023
November 8, 2022 Paging list and self-checkout updates November 14-15
October 25, 2022 Holgate and Midland closures
October 4, 2022 Symphony upgrade 10/11/2022
September 20. 2022 Notices update
September 13, 2022 Lucky Day and sharing J Holiday items
July 27, 2022 Changing staff locations and cash reconciliation
July 19, 2022 Central closure #2
July 12, 2022 Central closure and holds
June 28, 2022 Payments and fees #5 - Get ready checklist and credit card machines
June 14, 2022 Payments and fees #4 - talking with patrons and cash register safety
June 7, 2022 Payments and fees #3 - cash register
May 24, 2022 Payments and fees #2 - refunds and donations
May 17, 2022 Payments and fees #1
May 12, 2022 Payments to resume July 2022
April 5, 2022 Address format and automatic updates
March 29, 2022 Notices and the collection agency
March 16, 2022 Interlibrary Loan returns
February 15, 2022 Interlibrary Loan starts today, 2/15/2022
February 8, 2022 Email notice "from" address
January 25, 2022 Library e-policy updates
January 14, 2022 Most circ tasks can wait