[iBorrow] New iBorrow build--Advance Warning

[Al Carlson]

IBorrow Users,

The latest iBorrow build on January 19 finally got it right.  It fixed
some long standing problems and introduced some nice new features.
SirsiDynix is already working on and testing the next installment.
We'll probably see it on Wednesday, February 21, so mark your calendars.
(In pencil)

If I can get a complete list of the new features prior to the download,
I'll put them out.  Here's some initial information.
1.  The 'patron friendly' messages that missed the bus last time will
appear in the My Account part of the portals.  We may still need to
offer suggestions for improvement, but the idea is that the patron will
actually be able to correctly interpret the statuses there.
2.  If a patron has an iBorrow identity, and if you do a proxy request
for that patron, the request you do will link up with his record and
show up in the My Account list of active requests.
3.  In Receive Loan, the default active 'blank' will be "Local Barcode",
which-as you ALL know-is the one you use whether you are using the
barcode that came on the borrowed item or a barcode of your own.  (Give
me a call, if this sounds like something that just came out of the
Twilight Zone.)
4.  You will be able to use a 'different ISBN' when you fill loans.  I'm
waiting for more detail on this one, but here's how I think it will
work.  Pay attention; this can be tricky.  
*	We and our patrons think of their active requests in terms of
titles.  They want "The World Is Flat" or "Ice Age".  But URSA/iBorrow
thinks of them in terms of their ISBN's.  When you said you wanted "The
World Is Flat", did you mean 0374292884, or did you mean 0374292795?  
*	If the patron originally clicked on Request Item next to the bib
record with the first ISBN (Hardcover), and you try to fill it with the
second ISBN (Paperback), iBorrow will get cranky and uncooperative, even
though both ISBN's are in the same Bib record.
*	With the new build, you will have a 'graceful' way to pat
iBorrow on its little head and say, "It's all right.  I know what I'm
doing."  And get on with filling the request.
5.  The new OCLC bugs will be fixed.

As I learn more, I'll pass it along.

Al Carlson
System Administrator
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
1202 Tech Blvd. Suite 202
Tampa, FL  33619
813-622-8252 ext. 223

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