[iBorrow] New iBorrow Feature

[Pinellas Park Public Library ILL]

Good morning Al,
 
In April we responded: option one, please. We have since changed our minds and now want option two. Could you please change that?
 
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From: iborrow-bounces at lists.tblc.org on behalf of Al Carlson
Sent: Fri 4/13/2007 12:48 PM
To: The iBorrow Project (discussion)
Subject: [iBorrow] New iBorrow Feature



iBorrow Users,

Our latest build of iBorrow has an enhancement that many of you will like.  But it requires a choice on your part.  Here's my offer:  I'll explain the new feature, and you'll tell me whether you want Option One, Option Two, or Option Three.  OK?  Think of yourself as the "borrowing" library as I do this.  Here we go.

When a patron requests a title through the iBorrow portal, the iBorrow server automatically checks with all the current players to see if anyone has an available (Checked In) copy.

If none of them do, iBorrow checks the Setup rules at the borrowing library (the patron's home library) and either sends the request to OCLC or just leaves it in that library's Mediated Borrowing work space for the ILL Librarian to figure out.  If you told us you wanted OCLC as your Lender Of Last Resort when we did your Setup, the request goes to OCLC.  If you said you did not want OCLC as your LOLR, it does not.  

So, you chose the initial options, but you had only two choices.  Now you have three.

Here are your new choices.

Option One

You choose OCLC as your Lender Of Last Resort, and any requests that can't be filled 'locally' will go there.  (Those of you who have this option now know that it's more complicated than that, but let's stick to the three main choices for now.)

Option Two

You choose yourself as Lender Of Last Resort, and any requests that can't be filled locally fall into your Mediated Borrowing work space, and you decide how best to handle them.

Option Three

You leave Lender Of Last Resort blank, and any requests that can't be filled locally vanish.  Well, something like that.  They get archived with a status of Unfilled.  And iBorrow sends the requestor an Email message that politely says, "We're sorry.  We were unable to fill your request for A Tale of Two Cities."


Got all that?  Feel free to read through it again, if any part is fuzzy.

Now it's your turn.  Please tell me ASAP whether you want Option One, Option Two, or Option Three.

Thanks.

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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