the virtual illinois catalog (vic) jan ison lincoln trail libraries system oclc advisory committee...
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THE VIRTUAL ILLINOIS CATALOG (VIC)
Jan Ison
Lincoln Trail Libraries System
OCLC Advisory Committee for Public Libraries
June 6, 2000
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OVERVIEW
• LIBRARY COOPERATION IN ILLINOIS• CONSORTIA BASED AUTOMATION• VIC -- THE BIG PICTURE• CONFIGURING SITE SEARCH FOR VIC• BACKLOADING HOLDINGS INTO OCLC• RESOURCE SHARING• Q & A
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Library Cooperation In Illinois
• Illinois Library System Act, 1965. 1982
• 12 Library Systems
• More than 2700 ILLINET Members (Academic, Public, School, Special)
• Funding from the State of Illinois through the Illinois State Library
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Lincoln Trail Libraries System
• Membership Organization of Libraries
• 116 Full Members– 7 Academic
– 53 Public
– 41 School
– 15 Special
• Geographically based in 9 Counties of East Central Illinois
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LTLS Technology Services
• LINC– Shared Automation
• Began in 1978• Grants from Illinois
State Library
– Dynix• 74 Members
– All Types of libraries– Academic, Public,
School, Special
– Bibliographic Database• 1.65 Million Holdings• 586,000 Bibliographic
Records• 205,000 Patron Records
• Automate Local Library Activities
• Circulation• Cataloging• Acquisitions• OPAC• Serials
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LTLS Technology Services
• Resource Sharing – Patron Initiated ILL
• Holds
• Wide Area Network– Dedicated Circuits
– Internet Connectivity
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Other Illinois Technology Consortia
• Local System Vendors– Epixtech
– GEAC
– Innovative Interface (III)
– DRA
– CARL
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VIRTUAL ILLINOIS CATALOG (VIC)
• Goal– Seamless Searching and Reserving of Materials
for all Illinois Citizens on Illinois Bibliographic databases (Ideally beyond Illinois)
– 1996– Phased Approach
• OCLC Site Search -- The Search Engine
• OCLC Resource Sharing
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VIRTUAL ILLINOIS CATALOG (VIC)
• The Library Resources– Holdings of 600 Illinois libraries – Provides location, call number, and shelf status– Access to more than 55 million items in the
state
• Available 24x7 through Internet Access
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Configuring Local Systems For VIC
• Set-up Local Z39.50 Server• Provide ports or simultaneous users for
access to VIC• Determine Z39.50 use attributes for mapping
searches• Only keyword searching with current VIC
SiteSearch version-- No browse searching• Build additional Z39.50 indexes
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Setting up OCLC Site Search For VIC
• Require commitment of resources on both the system and state level - Java and HTML programmer (WebZ is not plug and play)
• T-1 Connection
• 250+ WebZ/SiteSearch licenses
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Adapting OCLC Site Search For VIC
• HTML Interface (Modified the Out of the Box Interface)
• Evaluation of searches (Looked at searches)
• Online help development
• Interim ILL e-mail component
• Online training courses
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Issues To Consider In Configuration
• Java programming• Inconsistency across
automation systems• Z39.50 standards
implemented at different levels
• Indexes
• Need to be able to map use attributes
• May need to build additional indexes
• Location of holdings data varies greatly across ILS
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Demonstration Of VIC
• Here’s an online demonstration of a search, using the VIC product. VIC is accessible through the Illinois Secretary of State’s “Find-It” site
• VIC Web Site: www.vic.lib.il.us
• Findit Web Site: findit.sos.state.il.us
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OCLC Holdings Backload
• BackLoad the Holdings into OCLC
• Full Users
• Selective Users
• Contract price for each Local Database Loaded
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Resource Sharing the Illinois Picture
• LINC -- Direct Holds (LTLS Area)
• VIC -- Email (Illinois Libraries)
• ILLINET Online -- Direct Holds (Illinois Libraries)
• OCLC -- First Search -- Patron Initiated
• OCLC -- ILL Module (Illinois Libraries/Nationwide & Globally)
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Issues and Next Steps
• Exporting Records -- Date Stamping
• Install next version SiteSearch for de-duping records
• Implement statewide Z39.50 “profile”
• Response Time• Enhance html
interface• Utilize customer
comments to enhance product
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CONTACT INFORMATION
• Jan Ison [email protected]
• LTLS Web Site: www.ltls.org
• VIC Web Site: www.vic.lib.il.us
• Findit Web Site: findit.sos.state.il.us