New developmentsversion 16

Users GroupDenmark23/05/03

Version 162

Main change – new clients

•New clients for Cataloging, Acquisitions and Serials (new Circ client available from 15.2).

•Search no longer a separate client – part of Cataloging, Acquisitions/Serials and Circ modules.

• Serials has been incorporated within Acquisitions.

Version 163

Main change – new clients

•Items no longer a separate client – part of Cataloging

•The Job manager client is now part of every module

• Administration module has been absorbed into Acq. (currencies), Circ. (profiles)module, all modules (privileges).

Version 164

Circ client

Version 165

New cataloging client

Version 166

Items management

Version 167

Browse in cataloging

Version 168

Acquisitions client

Version 169

Currency table now in ACQ

Version 1610

Serials module part of Acq.

Version 1611

New features - GUI• New ability to copy/paste data from the text lists in all GUI modules.•The “Enter Unicode value option” is available in all edit boxes • Now various alternatives for IP station identification identification:

– Station ID– External IP adress– Internal IP address

• GUI now uses HTML templates for display of data. All old display tables are no longer used.

Version 1612

Web OPAC A new column for an external link has been added to the Brief Display format of records in the WEB OPAC.

Version 1613

Cataloging

•Document length increased from 2000 lines to 5000. There is still a server limitation of 45000 characters.

•Check that the record won’t exceed 45000 characters, before sending it to the server. If so an error will be displayed (to avoid GUI crash) and the operation will stop.

Version 1614

Cataloging

•Unicode is now stored in UTF-8 (used to be in US7ASCII).

•It is now possible to view the value of a character by placing the mouse pointer over it. A tool tip with the Unicode value of the character will display.

Version 1615

Cataloging

•A new function allows for the display of a record in the ALEPH Web OPAC format

Version 1616

Circulation

• A picture ID can be attached to a user record. • The picture can be updated on-line using the “update picture” button

Version 1617

Circulation

• The new SIP2 server replaces the SC server. This server now supports the 3M Standard Interchange Protocol Version 1.00 and 2.00.

Version 1618

Advanced Booking in Circ

• Hold requests are now sensitive to ‘short loan’ items. A ‘Booking Schedule List’ will open instead of the standard Hold Request window.

Version 1619

Acquisitions – Order arrival• Upon the FIRST arrival of an order, a message can now be sent to the initiator of the order. Previously the options were:

– Create hold– Send directly– No action

Version 1620

Invoicing

•When a new invoice is created, or an existing one is modified, and the actual unit price exceeds the estimated unit price by more than a defined percent, an alert message displays

Version 1621

Acquisitions - VAT

• On the general invoice, a new flag allows for defining Y/N for VAT per line item.

•Budget summary also gives VAT breakdown

Version 1622

EDI

• Outgoing EDI– Monograph Order Dispatch – Order Cancellation– Order Claim - Monographs– Order Claim – Serials

• Incoming EDI– Serials Invoice– Monograph Invoice– Monograph Claim Response – Serials Claim Response

• An EDI loader log is now available and can be viewed on-line.

Version 1623

Course Reading

•A new summary list by instructor gives

– All course linked to an instructor– Bib info attached to them.

• Data Rights Access for E-reserve usage. It was developed for interaction with the "Course Reading" module, but can be used in any other environment in the system.

Version 1624

e-Reserves Flowchart

Version 1625

E-reserves

•The DRA system deals with three different cases:a.An object can be seen without any restrictions. b.An object can be seen with the approval of copyrights statement. c.An object can be seen only if the borrower is registered to the specific Course that the object is attached to.

Version 1626

Serials

• New developments place the prediction pattern in the HOL record rather than in the ADM record.

• Various expand programs takes the information from the 85x/86x fields, or the z30 record and expands it into the 866 format (summary holdings).

Version 1627

Claiming

•The list of claims was changed

•It is possible to edit claims

•Send claim optional

Version 1628

Claim Details

Version 1629

List of Claims

Version 1630

Claims Details - Update

Version 1631

Claims - Log

Claim text

Vendor reply

Version 1632

Acquisitions

Order Log new functionality:

User update

Version 1633

Version 1634

Order log - update

Version 1635

Transaction Type - Update

Version 1636

Order Log - Update

Version 1637

ILL request number

•Outgoing Request Number

•Incoming Request Number

Version 1638

Outgoing request number

last-req-no (util g/2)

ill.ini

Version 1639

Outgoing index

Version 1640

Incoming request number

last-in-req-no (util g/2)

Version 1641

Incoming index

Version 1642

Parallel Indexing

• Index building– Optimization and structural changes in

index building– Parallel indexing

– no downtime while index is being created - possible to change parameters and check results

without losing current indexes

Version 1643

Services

•The services are integrated on each module in the GUI client.

•Parameters are checked & corrected before submitting jobs.

•Parameter value options integrated with the system’s tables

Version 1644

GUI - services

Version 1645

Check/Correct – GUI Interface

Before submission:

Version 1646

Check/Correct – GUI Interface

After submission, including correction of parameters and errors

Version 1647

Batch Service - Value Options

Version 1648

Print History

Version 1649

Enhanced GUI Printing

•Flexibility in customization: editing and adding fields to the report

•HTML format

•Print history

Version 1650

SERVER

CLIENTGUI, Job manager, Print Daemon

HTML

PrintFile(Printouts)

XML

PC SERVERBatch Jobs

Translation

XML

XML

XSL

E-mail

Preview

Print

Save As

Version 1651

XML/XSL Print Mechanism

• Data Retrieval (XML)Contains all potential data to allow additional placeholdersOption to execute external programsPrint History

• Data Translation (XML)Codes to meaningful textsDates, Numbers and signs

• Data Formatting (XSL)Fast growing standard, support readily availableBuilt-in support for UTF8Templates managed and distributed from the server

Version 1652

Printing - Example

Version 1653

Printing - Example

Version 1654

Statistics

Z13 was enhanced - includes up to 5 additional based on tab22.

The fields can be individual BIB fields, or they can be multiple fields concatenated using edit_paragraph (up to 500 characters).

Version 1655

Statistics

Z00 table has a complementary table Z00R which is fully relational

Z00R table contains records including the bibliographic data in separate fields.

Version 1656

SQL-USM01> select * from z00r where Z00R_DOC_NUMBER = '000000500';**** Hit return to continue ****

Z00R_S Z00R_DOC_ Z00R_ Z Z00R_TEXT------ --------- ----- - ------------------------------------------- 000001 000000500 FMT L BK000002 000000500 LDR L 00868nam^^22002651^^4500000003 000000500 035 L $$a(OCoLC)99034062000004 000000500 040 L $$cCjkharP000005 000000500 05000 L $$aHG538.13$$b.F37000006 000000500 051 L $$cCopy 2.000007 000000500 090 L $$aHG538$$b.F294

Version 1657

Statistics

• The Z00R records are created by the “Update Short Bibliographic Record” (p_manage_07) batch process that also creates the short record (Z13).

•This service is available from the Build Indexes to the Catalog option of the Services menu in the Cataloging and Search modules.

Version 1658

Loading new records

Check input file against database (p_manage_36)Not in DB Unique match Multiple match

Tab_match

Match_doc_acc

Load MARCIVE Records RLIN LoaderOCLC Loader

Version 1659

Questions?

Version 1660

Action Log

• A new Action Log window displays all log transactions that match certain defined conditions.• The order button allows the user to jump from each log message to the related order.

Version 1661

Claims

•The claim window has been enhanced. •When a claim is sent to a vendor, the print format and date are recorded in the order log.