[ILL-L] an enhancement I'd love to see in WRS

[kendall vance]

I agree; an RSS/Atom feed would be an nice solution to this problem.
Granted, RSS doesn't typically involve authentication, but I know it can be
done. I use an RSS feed in a similar manner with my gmail account. If I am
logged into gmail and have an active session, I can see my unread messages
using an "live bookmark".   I  second the motion  - and  vote  for an XML
feed of some sort.

On 1/7/08, Joe Ellison <j-ellison at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I just sent a comment to OCLC regarding an enhancement I think would
> be useful in WRS, and thought I'd share it with the list to spark
> some discussion. Background info--I don't currently use any of the
> commercial ILL management systems, and my homebrewed Access databases
> don't interface with WorldCat Resource Sharing. Therefore, I work
> directly in the WRS interface when performing my ILL duties. Being in
> a special library within the university library system, my office is
> a relatively small operation compared to main university ILL units,
> handling roughly 2000 lending and 100 borrowing requests annually.
> ILL is not my only duty. I spend about 7 hours weekly on reference
> desk duty, and also spend time on various scanning projects and the
> ubiquitous other duties as assigned. I have one 10-hr/week student
> assistant, with that position currently vacant.
>
> Keeping all that in mind, I find that periodically checking WRS for
> new requests and action needed/taken on existing requests is the only
> way I can keep on top of things, but it becomes tiresome (to say the
> least) and, I feel, wastes a certain amount of my time. I can, of
> course, limit myself to checking only at set intervals. It struck me,
> though, that this would be the perfect place to have an RSS feed to
> which one could subscribe. It would alert the subscriber to the
> existence of new pending requests on the lending side, as well as
> changes in status to requests in both lending and borrowing (renewal
> requests, renewals granted, items returned, etc.). Ideally one could
> customize the feed to report only statuses that require further
> action (e.g., new pendings and pending/conditionals, but not returns
> in lending; conditionals and refusals, but not shipped in borrowing).
>
> Anyone else think this would be useful?
>
>
> Joe Ellison
> Document Delivery Assistant, Transportation Library (OCLC symbol JCR)
> Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Dr.
> Evanston, IL  60208-2300
> phone: (847)491-8600, fax: (847)491-8601
> j-ellison at northwestern.edu
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