[ILL-L] ILLIAD and III

[Brian Conlan]

Hi Allie,
WebCirc (or ILLiad Web Circulation as I think it's technically called) is a
new feature that came with the ILLiad upgrade to 7.3. You can find more
information on page 7 of these release notes:
http://www.atlas-sys.com/ILLiad73Update/ILLiadVersion73OverviewandReleaseNotes.pdf

Basically, WebCirc is a web-based circulation tool that you can log into
from any web browser. It doesn't communicate with Millennium, but it does
communicate remotely with ILLiad. It allows desk workers to check out/in,
renew, and place items in transit using the TN number. So, there's no on the
fly.

We just updated our borrowing bookstraps to feature the TN number barcode
more prominantly and have trained the Circulation staff (that's where the
ILL holdshelf is and where ILL materials circulate) to use that barcode
instead of the item's own barcode. Transactions automatically update in the
ILLiad Client, wherever you have that loaded.

It's pretty slick.

Check out those release notes and let me know if I can provide any other
input. I'm not at my most informative on late Friday afternoons...
-brian



2008/10/3 Allie Moore <amoore at albion.edu>

>  Hi Brian,
> Thank you for this information.  What is the WebCirc 7.3 module?  Do you
> have to create an on the fly record for all the ILL materials to check them
> out using that?
> Allie
>
> Allie Moore
> Access Services Librarian
> Stockwell-Mudd Library
> Albion College  (EXA)
> Albion, MI  49224
> Amoore at Albion.edu
> (517) 629-0441
> http://www.albion.edu/library/ill.asp
>
>
> >>> "Brian Conlan" <conlan at stolaf.edu> 10/3/2008 9:25 AM >>>
> Franca,
>
> It's frequently a pain, but we keep our ILLiad and Millennium transactions
> and patrons completely separate... for the most part.
>
> Basically, the only time that they come together is when a block (lost
> book, overdue, etc) comes into play. If we block a patron for a grossly
> overdue item in ILLiad, we will also block their wider library privileges in
> Millennium, but we don't have an automatic way to do this, we just enter
> manual blocks. In order to benefit from Millennium's easy notices and fine
> collecting features, we will manually enter ILL charges into patrons'
> Millennium account as well.
>
> All the tracking of transactions, due dates, etc stay in ILLiad. We don't
> check out books in Millennium, so there's no record keeping there. We do
> check out ILL materials at the circ desk though using the 7.3 WebCirc module
> though- we've been very satisfied with that.
>
> If I think of any other crossovers that are escaping me at 8.24 in the
> morning, I'll pass them along...
> -brian
>
>
> 2008/10/2 Franca Rosen <frosen at jefferson.lib.co.us>
>
>>  For all libraries out there that have ILLIAD and use Innovative
>> Interfaces...I have a question.  Have you, or are you able to, integrate
>> ILLIAD and III?  The reason I am asking is that we currently track all ILL
>> requests for our patrons in our circulation system.  The items also show up
>> on the patrons' records.  We are always reviewing how we do things in our
>> ILL department, and I was wondering how Innovative Interfaces libraries use
>> ILLIAD.
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>>
>> Franca C. Rosen
>> Head, Interlibrary Loan Services
>> Jefferson County Public Library
>> 10200 West 20th Avenue
>> Lakewood, CO 80215
>> PH: 303.275.2223  FAX: 303.275.2225
>> Email: frosen at jefferson.lib.co.us
>>
>> Find us on the web at: http://jefferson.lib.co.us
>>
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