ISO ILL

Summer 2004

Heather Grace Morrison

Project Coordinator, BC Electronic Library Network

Outline

• ISO 10160/10161• A-G, BC Libraries & AGent ILL

– Today– future

• AGent ISO ILL: what has changed• Using ISO ILL

• Questions? Anytime!

ISO 10160/10161

• A set of standards that allows different interlibrary loans software packages to communicate with each other– AGent & RSS– AGent & LAC’s software

• An emerging technology

• Evolving technology & service

BC, Auto-Graphics & ISO ILL

• Vendor to vendor testing– Library and Archives Canada– CISTI– Epixtech’s RSS (SFU, UBC, VPL)

• Future Development– OpenILL– VDX– Other

The Beta Test Process

• Vendor to Library Testing– LAC, CISTI, SFU, UBC

• Different versions / local customization

• Library to Library Testing– BCUC ISO– Thanks to partners:

• Okanagan University College• Selkirk College• Simon Fraser University • University of British Columbia• Vancouver Public Library

BC & AGent ILL: where we are now

• BC is the first consortium to implement the ISO compliant AGent ILL

• Most statuses remain the same• A few statuses are different• Most common statuses tested• Not every status tested• Minor workflow changes• Here’s how it looks and works…

AGent searching looks & works exactly the same as before ISO ILL

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AGent ILL looks very much the same, with a few differences

AGent ISO ILL: what’s new

• Statuses based on ISO standards– No more “Will Supply” - use “In Process”– “Check In”

• Reasons (optional)– To indicate reason for lending decision

Lender Pending List

Pending Options from Lender’s Pending List

Note that the “Will Supply” option is available. Items marked “Will Supply” will be moved to the “In Process” status. “In Process”, like “Will Supply”, extends the time for processing from 4 days to 2 years.

Pending Options from Lender Full Record Display

Lender’s Pending List & Reasons

• Default: “Omit reason”

• Use of reasons is optional

“Reasons” for Shipping An Item

“Reasons” from Lender Full Record Display

Wording change: “Check In”