OCLC and Atlas Systems continue to provide ongoing enhancements to the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management software to insure that ILLiad meets the changing needs of libraries. The latest version of ILLiad software is version 8. Using the latest development platforms and tools, the ILLiad version 8 client can perform faster and more efficiently than previous versions. Read more »
The IDS Project has sent out a last call for poster session proposals for their conference taking place in August. The deadline is July 20, 2010.
This a great conference and has a good turn out. Why not show off what fabulous things you have accomplished? Plus, this year’s session will take place on August 3 from 5-6:30, during cocktail hour. (The room has wireless and access to power.) What could be better than chatting with colleagues about a cool thing you’ve done while having some yummy treats?
Possible themes include:
New library services
Creative marketing
New collaborative models
Cooperative collection development
Redesigned library space
Information literacy
Outreach initiatives
Assessment
Professional development
As Nylink prepares to wind down its operations, plans are being put into place to secure a new home for LAND (the statewide delivery service administered by Nylink) or its alternative. A statewide delivery transition steering committee has been formed to explore all alternatives. Members of the group and the constituency that they represent are Ed Rivenburgh (IDS), Gary Thompson (ConnectNY), Loretta Ebert (New York State Library), Mary Beth Krupczak (New York State Library Division of Library Development), Carey Hatch (SUNY Office of Library & Information Services), Curtis Kendrick (CUNY), John Shaloiko (Reference and Research Library Resources Systems-NY3Rs), and Kathleen Gundrum (Nylink). As plan progress, information will be shared. If you have comments, questions or concerns, please direct them to Kathleen Gundrum (gundrumk@nylink.org).
WorldCat Resource Sharing now includes an option for users to request delivery of books to their home or office. This feature continues the partnership between OCLC and Better World Books that began during a 2009 pilot of the service. The new option is available to libraries in the United States. Read more »
Relais International is pleased to announce that the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is our first Australian customer to be hosted by CAVAL Ltd. which provides Support and Hosting Services for Australasian customers of the Relais ILL Management Software.
We expect all of our Australian customers to be migrated to the CAVAL-hosted Relais ILL Service over the next few months.
CAVAL provides a Help Desk and first line Application Support Service for libraries using Relais in Australia and New Zealand. The Help Desk operates as a triage service, assigning local resources to issues based on their severity and urgency, and escalating calls to the Relais International Service Centre in Canada where appropriate. CAVAL staff are trained to provide application support for Relais.
CAVAL is a not-for-profit library consortium owned by 11 Australian universities and offering a range of specialist services to libraries including inter-library-loan and document delivery services and systems, digitization of library materials, consultancy, specialist cataloguing services, training and staff development in library and related fields, and off-site storage for library and archive materials.
Relais™ International Inc has been providing ISO ILL compliant Inter Library Loan and resource sharing systems for over a decade. Based in Ottawa, Canada, specialized Inter Library Loan application staff provides continuous improvements to the Relais product. Currently, 11 Australian libraries are using Relais to interoperate with over 1000 Australian and New Zealand libraries and also libraries worldwide.
The OCLC ILL Policies Directory is a web-based source of interlibrary loan policies for WorldCat Resource Sharing libraries. The Policies Directory has been completely redesigned and includes a new user interface, a new hardware platform, and a new underlying database. Read more »
All Nylink member libraries are invited to join the Nylink Reciprocal ILL Agreement. The purpose of this agreement is to encourage reciprocal interlibrary loan among libraries in the Nylink region. Libraries signing the agreement agree to provide free ILL service to other libraries also signing the code, and to abide by the provisions of the code. The Nylink ILL agreement has been signed by more than 200 libraries to date.
In addition, an OCLC Resource Sharing Group has been created to help libraries quickly identify code signers. A search by group symbol ZERO retrieves a list of the members of the Nylink ILL Agreement.
Congratulations to Natalie Sturr and Michelle Parry from the Penfield Library at SUNY Oswego on their upcoming article in the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. And thanks for your mention of Nylink Professional Solutions True Serials® and EffectiveData! Here’s the abstract of the article, and citation information:
One of the signposts of 21st century librarianship is the shifting paradigm to an increasingly dynamic collection to serve the resource needs of our patrons. Interlibrary loan is an integral library service for this model. This article focuses on key facets of successful practices and administrative issues that maximize efficient resource sharing, particularly regarding nonreturnable materials (articles/book chapters). Issues regarding tools, staffing, accurate and informative serials holding information, deflection policies, embargoes and database licensing are identified.
Nylink’s LAND (Libraries and Nylink Deliver) service has 110 participating libraries across New York. Over 350,000 items are delivered each year. Each one of those items meets a need, helping library patrons do original research, read widely in their field, and broaden their perspectives. This critical function of LAND is illustrated by a slightly silly video.
Back on January 22, CISTI announced that beginning on January 25, they would no longer bill using IFM (Interlibrary Loan Fee Management). CISTI announced today that they have reinstated their participation in the OCLC IFM payment option, Effective yesterday, February 3, ILL requests sent to symbol CAI with IFM payment selected will be processed as standard IFM transactions.
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