Using Document Delivery of ILLiadin the Voyager Catalog

Todd KingEastern Kentucky University

2012

REQUESTSYSTEM

FOR BOOKS

Let’s see it!http://ekulib.kyvl.org

We also renamedOur ILL service to“Library Express”

Works in SFX!

ILLiad uses EZproxy for login… simplify simplify …

ekulib:DocDel

In ILLiad

Item is availableGet it from shelf“Get it: 2 Days”(This sets expectation)AKA “PULL & HOLD”ILLiad: ekulib:DocDel

Item is checked outPlace Voyager Recall“Place Hold”(Better understood by patrons than “recall”)ILLiad: ekulib:Recall

Item is lost/missingRouted to ILL“Get it: ILL”(Patrons know their request will be filled)ILLiad: ekulib:Borrow

Why did we do this?Why do it this way?

You’re not here.

Considering Distance Education

Lost/Missing

Checked Out

Get it for me!

Oops, doesn’t circulate

Already using ILLiad Inc

oming

!

Get thesethings used!

The search that requires walking

Project Philosophy:

Keep it simple for userseven if hard on us

How we process the

requestsCirc staff trainedin ILLiad DocDel• See requests & act• Voyager: place hold or

recall• Pull & Hold: get book

off shelf, check out to “Lib Express” patron, put on hold shelf

• Email sent to patron• ILL requests get re-

routed to ILL staff

http://tinyurl.com/illiadroutingrules

• Distance Education Centers Delivery– Courier Service

• Online Students (our books)– Ship to home address

• “Pull and Hold”– Office Delivery for Faculty/Staff– Delivery to Locations/Libraries

MeetDewey

Some StatsBefore “Get It” Button

(Jan-July 2011)After “Get It” Button

(Aug-Dec 2011)Articles 530 Articles 539Books 111 Books 838

Total 2011 Interlibrary Loan Requests = 22475Total 2011 Document Delivery Requests = 2038

You were here

Disadvantages of this in the Catalog:• Upkeep code through upgrades• No support• What if we get new discovery tool?

Get “Get It”library.tamu.edu/directory/prabha

http://people.eku.edu/kingt/get

1. Configure apache to run Perl

If you installed Doran’s New Books, then you’re already good to go, if not:http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/vwebv/addcgi.html

Implementing the Code

2. Put source code javascripts in …/ui/<skin>/jscripts

Configure some specific values

3. Put Perl/CGI file in …/context/vwebv/htdocs/vwebv

(folder created in step 1)Filename must match variable in js files

4. Configure CSS file to your liking

Choose colors or use image for the button

5. Edit holdingsInfo.vbib.properties6. Edit …/contentLayout/display/display.xsl7. Copy local_getitLink.xsl from source code8. Edit …/contentLayout/display/display.xsl (again)

9. Edit …/ui/<skin>/xsl/displayRecord.xsl

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Thank Youhttp://people.eku.edu/kingt/get

todd.king@eku.edu