EUUG 3 rd June 2005 News from SIRSI Jonathan Field (Software Development Director)

New Sales Belfast Government Library Service Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust AWE Systems Scottish Libraries Consortium (EPS/Rooms) Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya

Software Releases GL3.0 (formerly: 2005) – in beta right now; release August GL3.1 (formerly: 2006) – beta starts July 1 st ; release December 2005 GL3.2 – coding underway now; beta starts April 2006; release October 2006

Rooms

EPS/Rooms Next generation OPAC Production release this month Hosted option

My Library Graphical configuration tool Reading Room Content (optional) OPAC Web Site Online Calendar RSS Feeds Single Search Resolver Builder Subject Rooms Ability to create Customized Rooms Best of Web

User Group Meeting Dublin 2005

Dublin Conference New web site – 7 th – 9 th September 2005 Closing date for bookings – 31 st July Pre-conference workshop (£70) Library tours – National Gallery of Ireland Evening entertainment Main conference – Stephen Abram

Inter Library Loans

History 1994 – CHUI module released 1997 – ART starts to gain popularity 2000 – Release of ILL module for WorkFlows XVT client 2002 – ISO ILL with OCLC 2003 – Relais Partnership

Protocols z39.50 – resource discovery ISOILL - requesting OpenURL – linking SIP2/NCIP

Questions Can the internet replace ILL? From the point of discovery? Are their benefits in Consortia? Is anyone using ISOILL? Do you get your material from one source? Is Copyright Clearance still an issue?

Who’s doing it? SIRSI/Relais Dynix URSA RLG – ILL Manager OCLC ILLiad VDX And others …

What are we doing? Existing ILL in Java WorkFlows – end 2005 Copyright Clearance – via OpenURL linking from Resolver and SingleSearch Relais alternative

Relais Relais Enterprise –Integrated request management –Z39.50 –Routing lists –Scanning (optional) –Invoice calculation Relais ILL –Good for small libraries –Hosted option –Annual subscription Relais Access –Web interface

Resource Discovery

ILL Request is initiated

User identification Relais does ‘LookupUser’ to get user information using NCIP

When item is requested Pre-populated request form NCIP ‘LookupUser’ Confirmation page is displayed with Request Number Confirmation is sent to user

After Request is submitted Goes to Relais Auto-search process Z39.50 search against a pre-defined set of catalogues If Auto-search finds results a routing list is created for the request Order of routing list is library-defined

Staff interface for creating/reviewing routing list Library A holds the requested title

Library A is added to the routing list

Library B does not hold the requested item

BL holds the requested item

BL is added to the routing list

Routing list for this request The order can be changed by staff

Request sent to Library A – ISO ILL transaction Library A responded with an ILL Answer – Not on Shelf

Request sent to BL – ISO ILL transaction

Item is supplied by BL – Loaned to user Loan Period Renewable Conditions with use of item

Loan of item triggers a series of actions Sends an to user indicating the book is available for pickup Prints a cover page including the duedate and conditions of use to insert in item Generates and sends an ISO ILL Received message to BL With NCIP Unicorn integration will create record in iLink/EPS

Loan of the item triggers a series of actions

Responding to requests from other libraries Requests received in a variety of ways: ISO ILL Requests As files in pre-defined format entered by staff Once requests are received Relais Auto-search checks your library catalogue Local location, class number & title are retrieved and added to request Request is sent to Print Request Queue Requests can be printed as frequently as required

Location, class number and title from the catalogue Example of printed request

Loaning item to another library With Unicorn integration this will trigger NCIP message to update the item in Circulation

Item is returned in Relais With Unicorn integration this will trigger NCIP message to update the item in Circulation

Questions?