[iBorrow] New iBorrow Build--What's in it for me?

[Al Carlson]

IBorrow users

So, you're getting a new iBorrow build today.  Big deal!  What's in it
for you?  
Here is a partial list.

Java 1.6 compliance
OK.  That's not a really exciting new feature.  But it will save you
(and Matt and me) a lot of headaches as more and more of your PC's
automatically update themselves to Java 1.6 and as you buy new PC's that
come with Java 1.6 already installed.

Faster response time in the URSA client
You right-click on a request to edit it and wait.  And wait and wait and
wait.  Well, your wait just got shorter.  
"How much shorter?" I hear you ask.  I don't know yet.  I'm still
reading the release notes.  The actual software won't go on our server
until later today.  Ask me Monday.

Dis-Allow Local Holds works
Not all of you want to Allow Local Holds.  Those of you who do not have
been sometimes frustrated when iBorrow would go ahead and place-or try
to place-an inappropriate local hold, even when that feature was
supposedly OFF.  The OFF button should now work.

Proxy Request Improvements
Three for the price of one.  
The Email address box (which iBorrow politely let you fill in, and then
rudely ignored) is gone.  
And the patron's barcode characters are no longer masked as you enter
them, so, if you make a mistake as you are typing, you will be able to
see it.
And the default action when you complete the form is now "Continue"
rather than "Cancel".  So, when your reflexes make you tap the RETURN
key, iBorrow will submit your request rather than erasing all the work
you just did.

LOLR fixes
Two fixes for the price of one here.
When you are the borrowing library with an LOLR such as OCLC or your own
library, and the other participants fail to fill your requests, all of
them will now come back to your Mediate Borrowing work space rather than
going to Could Not Fill and hiding in Archived.
On the other hand, if you have no LOLR in your configuration-not even
your own library-your patron's unfilled requests will go straight to
Archived and not hang around in your Mediate Borrowing work space.

The Ability to Walk Through Walls
Just kidding.  No longer available with Bud Light and not yet available
with iBorrow.

There are a couple more, but I don't have all the details yet, so I'll
send those as a follow-up.

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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