2015 SWIFT User Group Meeting April 29, 2015 Cheyenne Mountain Resort Colorado Springs, CO
Courier Update Sharon Walker CLiC
SWIFT User Needs Assessment Survey Lori Smith Colorado State Library
Important No cost Availability checking Automatic deflection based on lending policy Not Important Patron initiated requesting NCIP (links to circulation system) Libraries outside of CO borrow/lend with SWIFT
Important No cost One step multi-copy requests (book club) Borrow/lend with Blue Sky Express and COKAMO libraries Not important Buy it option available Patron initiated requesting Interoperability with other systems
Important No cost Availability checking Automatic deflection based on lending policies One step multi-copy requests (book club) Not Important Buy it now option Patron initiated requesting Customizations done locally Electronic delivery of journal articles
Not the decision maker Can’t pay – budget too small Won’t pay – using Prospector, OCLC, Marmot, AspenCat Willing to contribute, small amount
Not the decision maker Depends on changes to software Depends on possible cost Important service, staying regardless of changes
User friendly and easy to use No cost or affordable Like Prospector or Marmot Connects to circulation system
Thanks! SWIFT Users appreciate program vs. software Valued by library patrons Understand importance of program (even if not using SWIFT for borrowing) Features – Availability checking – Load balancing
Future of SWIFT Lori Smith Colorado State Library
Software Solutions OCLC Auto-Graphics Relais International Inc. Innovative Interfaces Inc. FulfILLment
Software Solutions - OCLC Version of WorldShare Familiar functionality & workflow Libraries load holdings Blue Sky/COKAMO Same price for fixed period End of VDX – March 2018
Software Solutions – Auto-Graphics SHAREit Contains most asked for features Customizations are additional cost ISSI (interstate resource sharing group) Greater price range
Software Solutions – Relais D2D & Relais ILL Stable product & workflow Mostly academic users Greater price range
Software Solutions – Innovative Interfaces INN-Reach Circulation based resource sharing Software development Prospector & Marmot Unknown price range
Software Solutions – FulfILLment FulfILLment (Equinox Software & OHIONET) Open source ILL software No cost for software – Cost for hardware, development, staff time
SWIFT Future SWIFT Advisory Committee Software Exploration User Input
SWIFT Advisory Committee Rebecca Bernal – Colorado Mesa University Wendy Corcoran – Estes Valley Library Moriah Haley – Anythink Libraries Regan Harper – Colorado State Library Sarah Hartshorn – DOC Representative Elizabeth Jarrell – East Morgan County Library Franca Rosen – Jefferson County Public Library Jan Ryan – Delta County Libraries Mark Skinner – Alamosa High School Lori Smith – Colorado State Library
Colorado Book Club Resource Arian Osborne Colorado State Library
Colorado ILL Best Practices Lori Smith Colorado State Library
Best Practices - Revisions Simplify – Remove CLC, electronic methods, large libraries as last resort Update – Borrower – Confirm holdings – Lender – Renewal requests Suggestions
SWIFT Software Lori Smith Colorado State Library
SWIFT Software Vote Prospector Marmot Ebooks