Pika Administrator Role

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Last updated: Jul 31, 2024
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This role page contains essential, basic, intermediate knowledge-based materials. If available, it may contain expert knowledge as well. Here is more about the levels. The beginning level for someone who has just been hired or someone who is moving into a different role within their current workplace. Next is the early/intermediate level. Next would be a truly intermediate stage and ultimately being an advanced user within a library.

The roles are meant to be general since library staff have more responsibilities than their job title states in the description and many library staff wear many hats. In order to get all the information needed for your library position, you may need to look at multiple roles. Please feel free to create your own more specific onboarding for your position from the documentation listed for each role.

Pika Administrator is responsible for updating and maintaining the library systems settings, library location settings as well as other admin features for their library’s Pika interface.

Essential Knowledge

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Contacting Marmot 101

 

 

Participants will learn:

  • When to Contact Marmot

  • Emergency Topics/Issues

  • Information to have ready

  • Contact methods

 

TBD

 

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Beginner/Basic Knowledge

Training or Self-Paced Course

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Training or Self-Paced Course

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Marmot OPAC/Pika 120: Patron UX

  • Search and view search results

  • View/Pay fines

  • Place holds

    • Modify holds

    • Cancel holds

  • Review patron account

  • Review full record display

  • Patron Account Management

 

1 hour

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Early/Intermediate Knowledge

Training or Self-Paced Course

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Training or Self-Paced Course

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Marmot OPAC/Pika 220: Patron UX

  • Create user lists

  • Link patron accounts 

30 minutes

Reports & Statistics 230

Reports & Statistics

  • Student reports

TBD

 

Shared eCollections 240

Shared eCollections
New York Times

  • Patron Set Up

OverDrive

  • Patron Set Up

Wall Street Journal

  • Patron Set up

New York Times

 

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Intermediate Knowledge

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Marmot OPAC/Pika 320: Pika Admin Configuration

  • Library System Settings

  • Library Location Settings

TBD

Marmot OPAC/Pika 321: Pika Basic Admin User Features

  • User Lists

 

 

 

 

  • Browse Categories

  • Materials Request

 

 

  • Widgets

  • Cataloging (Merging & Unmerging)

TBD

 

Marmot OPAC/Pika 322: Pika Handling

  • Grouping Logic

 

  • Facet Logic

  • Format Logic

  • Custom Cover Art

  • Catalog Enrichment Sources

TBD

Marmot OPAC/Pika 323: Sideloading

Sideloading

  • Instructions

  • Information

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Marmot OPAC/Pika 324: Sierra and Pika Interactions

  • Export profile

  • UTF-8 encoding

  • API key configuration

TBD

Marmot OPAC/Pika 325: External Pika

  • Pika Search Box

  • Configuration for OPAC Machines

  • Google Analytics

TBD

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