Polaris 8.0 Highlights

Mar 5 2026 | 11am - 12pm


Our Polaris Production environment was upgraded to version 8.0 on Thursday, February 26th.

The ODIN Office hosted an informational session highlighting some of the exciting new features included with the upgrade.

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Agenda

General Updates

  • TRN upgrade: January 13th, 2026
  • Production upgrade: February 26th, 2026
  • All remaining system administration settings & tables are now available via the web interface
  • "I" icon hover function now requires clicking
    • Needing to double-click is a bug currently being investigated by Innovative
  • Leap Offline Check In

Cataloging

  • Management of bibliographic templates in Leap
  • MARC export in Leap
  • Automatic import of MARC files from OCLC via TCP/IP is now available

Circulation

  • Dated patron notes
  • Improvements to Display shelf processing
  • Automatic updates to patron codes based on age option
    • Birthdate field is required

Acquisitions

  • Administrative additions
    • Polaris System Modules
    • Configuring Vendor Accounts
    • Configuring the use of the Initial Article Table in Leap 

Web SSRS demo

  • Polaris Standard (aka 'out-of-the-box') reports now available in Leap