To see the complete list of
enhancement proposals reviewed by INN-Reach group in e-mail discussions
and at IUG meeting May 1, with explanations and III responses: All suggestions considered
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since | institution(s) submitting request, and priority |
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Circ 1 |
Requesting: ID encryption |
When authenticating users for online borrowing, secure patron information by the use of secure socket layer (SSL) or by some other means of encryption. |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
3 |
|
Circ 2 |
Requesting: add announcement message |
Provide space (1-2 lines) for an announcement or instruction provided centrally to accommodate temporary special circumstances and alerts. |
1999 |
Orbis |
3 |
|
Circ 3 |
Requesting:
selection of pickup location |
Add a blank default to the Web list of pickup
locations to force patrons to make a conscious choice (i.e. currently,
some folks just unknowingly select the first location in the list by not
choosing). This should only apply to sites with multiple pickup
locations. note: already in the works for III
consideration |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
1 |
|
Circ 5 |
Requesting: screen messages and examples |
a. Use consistent phrases for instructions and prompts (local Webpac options should be the same as the central catalog options).
b. Display text and examples identically and automatically on both the
character-based and the Webpac. Currently, some options exist for one or
the other but not both. note: Orbis to submit
examples to INN-Reach list and to III [when time allows] |
1999 |
Orbis |
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Circ 6 |
Local option to request items available locally |
Provide flexibility for each individual
INN-Reach site to allow requesting for items available locally, for some
or all of the institution's collection. Background: The INN-Reach system
may be configured to allow patrons to request items that are available on
their local system, but applies to all the institutions in the INN-Reach
system. |
2000 |
Prospector |
2 |
|
Circ 7 |
Transfer unfilled request to another
system |
Provide ability
to move unfilled requests to OCLC ILL or other document delivery systems.
Features: configurable at local institution level to determine which
document supplier(s); format requests using national ILL application
standards (e.g. ISO 10160/10161); support features such as specifying last
date needed. note: current ILL standards (e.g. ISO
10160/10161) do not provide a format for an ILL request to originate in
one system and then move into the ILL system. Thus to provide a way for
requests to start with INN-Reach and be sent to an ILL system would
require proprietary formats at this time. However, the ILL Implementors
Group is discussing this issue at their August 2000 meeting and it is
likely that a standard protocol format will be proposed as an extension to
ISO 10160/10161.
|
2000 |
Prospector |
3 |
|
Circ10 |
Checkout (Inst'n)- Display delivery
stop |
Display
delivery destination (Institution delivery stop) on the screen when items
are checked out to Off-Campus. note: already
available with MilCirc |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
3 |
|
Circ11 |
Print hold pickup notices |
Allow hold pickup notices to be printed locally when no email address exists in the patron record. |
2000 |
OhioLINK |
1 |
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Circ12 |
Checkin-Insert barcode: display owning library |
In -+, for inserting the barcode, show the
owning institution code. Since the titles are truncated, same or similar
titles can be confused and the barcode inserted on the wrong item.
note: already available with MilCirc |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
3 |
| Circ14 | Virtual item: date and time | Add a date and time
to all status changes on the virtual item record in the patron record.
[Problem: much time is spent looking for something "RECD" when it's not.
Development issue: data needs conversion from UNIX time stamp to
displayable format.] note: already available in
MilCirc.
| 1999 |
OhioLINK |
1 |
|
Circ15 |
Virtual item status "in transit" |
When checking in for patron hold and the item is at the wrong circ location, leave the status as in transit and indicate on the screen where to send the book. |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
1 |
|
Circ16 |
Overdue notice: Print library name |
Show originating library (not just system
code) on overdue notices. This is particularly important for multi-library
sites that are all represented by a single 5-character code.
note: Mobius and Maine join the request,
as highest priority | 1999 |
OhioLINK |
1 |
|
Circ18 |
Checkout (Patron)-add INN-Reach item alert
for patron |
When doing
regular checkout for a patron, provide an automatic message to indicate
that the patron has Online Borrowing HOLDS waiting for checkout.
note: already available in MilCirc |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
3 |
| Circ19 | Statistics: Item # of checkouts | Create separate
checkout counters for Online Borrowing items in patron and item records.
[Purpose: collect item information for collection development- what's
being borrowed; collect patron information to review who's using
INN-Reach] |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
3 |
|
Circ23 |
Visiting Patron ID |
For visiting patron validation, allow more
than one indexed numeric field to be used to validate the patron (e.g.
social security number and PID). note:
as an alternate, if 1st doesn't work | 2000 |
OhioLINK |
3 |
|
Circ24 |
Visiting Patron renewals |
Allow for
Visiting Patron renewals at the owning institution. [current situation: if
renewed at Owning Site, information doesn't go back to Patron Site to
change due date in patron record] |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
2 |
| Circ25 | Visiting Patron on-the-fly checkout |
Simplify checkout of item not in database to
allow prompting for on-the-fly bib and item records. |
2000 |
Orbis |
3 |
| Circ29 | Patron verification; max # items |
a. Check
maximum # of items on each INN-Reach system for which institution is
participating, not simply total # of virtual items. b. Exclude from
the count any items with status "RETURNED". | 2000 | Circuit | 2 |
|
Cat1 |
Mat type code flexibility |
Develop a mapping for "material type" in
local Innopac systems to a central value on the INN-Reach system so users
can reliably limit searches by material type regardless of differences in
local system mapping. [similar to ability developed for BCode3,
etc.] |
2000 |
Prospector; Orbis |
2 |
|
Cat2 |
Improve screen messages |
Allow differentiated wording in the Web and
Telnet versions of PAC so that users may be given better screen messaging
in each particular interface.
note: Prospector to submit examples |
2000 |
Prospector |
|
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Cat3a Cat3b
|
Institutional-level URL links
(856) |
Allow URL hotlinks to be handled at the "item
level" so that different URLs may be displayed from the master record in
PAC.
Make URL's (856 fields) a valid field in item, check-in (and order?)
records as well as bibliographic records -- to clarify for patrons that
access to electronic resources may vary at the institutional level.
We urge III to work with the INN-Reach group on options and features as
this is being developed.
III response for 3a and 3b: III has started a
3-step development plan to store 856 fields in bib., item, and serial
issue records. (1) Allow 856 fields in item records DONE. (2)
Display 856 fields from institution records (INN-Reach systems) In
development. (3) How to upload from local sites.
|
2000 |
Prospector |
|
|
Cat5 |
Patron view local record |
Provide the ability for patrons to view local check-in records from within an INN-Reach PAC by linking back to a local Innopac. This link should appear with each "Library Has" statement. |
2000 |
Prospector |
2 |
|
Cat7 |
Display local summary
holdings when records are coded for "System Resource" |
At present, there are two Bcode3 values which override
local location information at the central OPAC ... The enhancement needed
is to append the summary holdings statement from the owning library's
checkin record. If the owning library has more than one checkin record
with summary holdings, the data would be pulled from the first checkin
record. |
1999 |
OhioLINK |
1 |
|
Cat10 |
Update Order status when Canceled |
When local order records are 'cancelled', reflect this status in the central OPAC. Currently, the item remains 'on order' until the record is deleted or suppressed. |
1999 |
Orbis; OhioLINK |
2 |
|
Cat11 |
Include record Load and Update dates |
In staff mode of the central OPAC display of a bib record, include the load date and last update date of the local bib record [used as master record] |
1999 |
Orbis; OhioLINK |
3 |