Circ Alert archive

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