0 Comments As part of a multi-phase effort to make Batch Processing easier to use and more efficient, additional enhancements have been made to the service. Previous enhancements initiated ordering through the Online Service Center (OSC) and introduced automated processing of files as they are received. January 2010 enhancements include expanding automated processing capabilities and OSC ordering.
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We are very pleased to share this announcement from Nylink’s partner, and leader in the Lexis Nexis national aggregation, Lyrasis. This is great news! Details specific to Nylink’s subscribers will be forthcoming as soon as we have renewal details from Lyrasis.
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Beginning this week, your users will have the option to reserve OCLC NetLibrary content that has already been checked out by another user. New holds functionality, scheduled for release on Wednesday, January 27, will be automatically integrated into NetLibrary’s Web-based user interface and the Media Center.
Designed to help libraries manage the growing demand for eAudiobook and eBook titles, the new holds feature will enable users to:
When the holds feature is initially released, functionality will be activated for eAudiobook content only. To activate holds for eBooks, you will need to e-mail OCLC’s Customer Service Department at support@oclc.org. OCLC NetLibrary also plans future enhancements that will allow you and your staff to manage configuration of holds functionality and generate related access reports through the Library Resource Center. Be sure to watch for upcoming announcements.
Please note: During this upgrade, the NetLibrary Web site will be offline from 7:00-8:00 am EST on Wednesday, January 27.
Nylink partner Atlas Systems has announced the first Ares User Group meeting, to be held at ALA Midwinter in Boston.
As Ares Electronic Reserves continues to grow in the number of users, Atlas decided that it was time to turn the Ares User Group meetings over to the Ares community, and are very pleased that Crystal Hester of Case Western Reserve University has agreed to serve as the first Chairperson of the Ares User Group Meetings. As Chairperson, Crystal will handle the organizing, promoting and running of the Ares User Group Meetings to be held at the 2010 ALA Midwinter and Annual Conferences.
The inaugural Ares User Group Meeting will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2010, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm at the Westin Waterfront Hotel’s Hancock Room. Current Ares subscribers as well as librarians interested in learning more about how Ares Electronic Reserves can help automate and streamline e-reserves functions in their library, are welcome to attend.
In July, OCLC will add metasearch functionality to WorldCat Local.
WorldCat Local metasearch will enable users to search your library’s collections, library resources in WorldCat, electronic resources from OCLC and other content providers from a single search with integrated search results. In addition, relevancy ranking will feature your library’s resources in results lists.
Learn more about the upcoming addition to WorldCat Local at a webinar on Thursday, June 25 at 1:00 – 2:00 PM Eastern. This program will include a sneak preview of the metasearch functionality planned for July along with overview of OCLC’s plans for future development of the service.
Register here to attend the WorldCat Local metasearch webinar: https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=WorldCat%20Local%20metasearch
If you’re a WilsonWeb user, and a MP3 player aficionado (and who isn’t these days?), check out WilsonWeb’s new ReadSpeaker functionality. This new, free, tool converts HTML files from nearly 20 popular Wilson databases into audio files to either take along with you, or to use as read-along supplements, great for learning or visually challenged users. To learn more, visit Wilson’s online demo.
Richard DelBango of Nassau Community College is setting sail as the Ship’s Librarian for SUNY Maritime’s 2009 sea cruise this spring! Follow his blog at http://bibliosailor.blogspot.com/ Avast!
WorldCat Local “quick start” is now included in subscriptions to the WorldCat database on the FirstSearch service at no additional charge, giving subscribing libaries additional options to deliver their own resources and those of libraries around the world in a single search. Built on the popular WorldCat.org interface, WorldCat Local “quick start” includes:
To learn more about WorldCat Local “quick start,” or to register for a webinar introducing the service and its options, visit the WorldCat Local Quick Start page.
Nylink is pleased to share the news that our partner, Atlas Systems, developers of the Ares e-reserve management system, have recently made it possible to automatically cross-check your permission requests that are stored in Ares with titles covered under Copyright Clearance Center’s Annual Copyright License. To celebrate this expanded copyright management functionality, Atlas has announced a special promotion. Through August 1, 2009 receive the first year of your Ares software subscription and server hosting at no cost when you purchase or renew your Annual Copyright License.
Visit www.atlas-sys.com to sign up for a web demonstration of Ares or contact ares@atlas-sys.com for more information. If you are attending ACRL, you can stop by the Atlas Systems booth, # 435, to learn more about Ares and this new integration with the Annual Copyright License.
CCC will also be exhibiting at ACRL in booth #519. If you are interested in more information on the Annual Copyright License contact Chuck Hemenway by email at chuck@copyright.com.
OCLC invites interested libraries to a special webinar entitled, “QuestionPoint: Take a Second Look.” This webinar will be held on January 21 from noon to 1 pm, Eastern Standard Time.
QuestionPoint is a unique virtual reference management service that provides tools for libraries to
interact with their users via chat and/or e-mail, in cooperation with a global network of QuestionPoint libraries worldwide. Participation in the 24/7 Reference Cooperative is an additional option, and provides libraries with the ability to provide live chat reference services to their users, around the clock.
OCLC staff will also demonstrate some of the major QuestionPoint improvements, including the chat interface’s new look and feel. They’ll also discuss some special, limited-time offers for new and current QuestionPoint libraries.
This is a free, live web presentation during which attendees can ask questions of the presenter. Register online at: https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=QP090121
