MCW is having a problem with receiving Odyssey documents. I have posted a note to this effect on the computer by the scanner.
UA’s: If you see an article request from MCW, be sure to code it for Ariel, not Odyssey. Unfortunately, I have attempted to un-click this in Address Management in ILLiad, but every time a new request is downloaded, it will overwrite my edits.
Students: If you notice that the UA’s have missed this, just automatically send documents to MCW via Ariel.
I have posted updated instructions on the wiki on how to code any requests we get from Vermont Public Libraries. Look under New Libraries and then click the link for NON OCLC libraries.
This morning we saw the preview of ILLiad version 8! It looks a lot like the new MS Office with Ribbons and Tabs. It is easily customizable, so that we can all have our Client look different if we choose.
And the best part….when printing: No MORE MAIL MERGE!!
We have a new full text database of dissertations and theses from UMI. When we receive a dissertation/thesis request, we should run it through there first before sending the request out on OCLC.
To find it: Go to the Databases page. Type in “Dissertation Abstracts” in the Find Database box. This will give you a link to click. Enter the title in and there it is. We can then save the dissertation with the ILLiad TN number and post it on the server using FileZilla. Then email the patron that you found it “Full Text @CCSU”.
In an effort to save some money, be sure to check reQuest first for materials that our patrons need.
1) Find the ISBN number and enter it into the request form in ILLiad.
2) Pick five libraries who are ILL Lenders in reQuest and leave that in a note in the record.
3) Under the OCLC information, change the System ID from OCLC to ISO. [Save changes]
4) Then, select [Route] to [To Other Request Processing]
I will then take it from there.
The AutoHot Keys will now automatically open when you turn on your computer! The new list of keys is as follows:
[F1] BOUND
[F2] CURRENT
[F3] SCIENCE DIRECT
[F4] IFM
[F6] MICROFILM
[F7] RARE BOOKS
[F8] COPIES ONLY
Enjoy!
Remember that email from the University of Tennessee about ISO requests from AGent not downloading into ILLiad? Well, we had similar problems. As a matter of fact, Tracy at UT and I are still comparing them. Thursday morning, reQuesthad 66 Pending. I sent an email to OCLC ILLiad Support and by mid morning on Friday they had restarted the ISO service and our ISO Manager. It appears that it was dead in the water all this week (Jan 19-23). Requests were still getting through as of Friday, Jan 16, though updates were scattered. I am not sure they all got through.
So far, it appears that we lost only five requests due to aging on the system, since the ILLiad did not send our updates until Friday morning. There may be more errors, I am keeping an eye on them.
IF you notice a day go by without any ISO requests, tell me! I think we can consider it rare that we would ever not get any. And I can honestly say that I don’t remember whether we saw any on Tuesday or not.
I have added two email forms to ILLiad in Borrowing. These can be used when libraries are in non-Lender status. We have a few requests that I could try now, since some libraries have gone lower-case for the holidays.
To send an ALA form to a library that is not in lending status in OCLC.
1) Enter the OCLC symbol in the Lending String box.
2) Select OTH for the system ID.
3) Click on EMAIL.
4) Paste the lending library’s email address into the “To” field.
5) Click on SEND.
The same instructions pertain to a request to NLM, (aka:The National Library of Medicine) The only difference is that when you put NLM in the lender field and select email, the NLM form will have their email address already in the “To” field.
Since the holidays are coming and we are not going to have as many students for as many hours, we should go to plan B on updating the journals.
EFFECTIVE immediately until the first week in February, we will update all journal requests before they go into the back office.
The first item that is in this presentation that I am viewing today is the feature “Copy to Clipboard.” I remember mentioning this in passing, but it is so important that it should be posted to the blog.
In both Lending and Borrowing, the book or journal title is automatically saved to the clipboard so that you can then go to Consuls or where ever and then paste the title into any search engine or database.
There is also a shortcut for the paste feature that is some sort of Auto Hot Key, but I have to figure out how to do that….so there will be more coming on this subject.
