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NER'estah's ILL ADVISED (Summer 2004)

UPDATES FROM MLA

Here are some resource sharing-related updates from MLA 2004, which was held in late May in Washington, D.C. -

DOCLINE

• We're currently running in production release DOCLINE 2.1.2. Minor releases 2.1.3 and 2.1.4 are expected sometime this year in latter half of June or early July. These releases will include fixes for software bugs, as well as the anticipated introduction of the OCLC-to-DOCLINE serial batch update program.
  
  
• FACT: 96% of all borrow requests in the DOCLINE system are filled (or completed) on the second round of routing. Shortly, the DOCLINE Team at NLM will be conducting an analysis of "no fills".
  
  
• NLM will be producing an online demo on setting up DOCLINE Routing tables.
  
• REMINDER: The minimum time period to initiate a DOCLINE HOLD request (a temporary deactivation of DOCLINE) has decreased from 5 to 3 consecutive working days.
  
  

SERIALS

• As previously noted, the OCLC-to-DOCLINE serial batch update program is expected to be released shortly (perhaps prior to publication of this newsletter.) The DOCLINE-to-OCLC serial batch update program has been in production a number of months. If you have any questions -or- unsure of which program is right for you, please contact Mark Goldstein at mark.goldstein@umassmed.edu.
  
  
• The DOCLINE Serials Team will begin the MARC Pilot Project in early summer 2004. This will involve developing a program to export DOCLINE Serials records information into MARC format. The MARC-formatted information then could be imported to create union catalog listings.
  
  

ISO/ILL PROTOCOL

• The NLM DOCLINE Team (along with Atlas Systems) is currently testing the initial rollout of the DOCLINE-ILLiad interface, which is based on the ISO ILL Protocol (an international standard). This interface will be transparent to users and will result in a significant decrease in the time it will take to process ILL transactions.
  
  
• Additional third-party vendors will soon follow ILLiad's lead: VDX, RLG, Clio, QuickDOC, and Relais. Vendors will adhere to a set of NLM-documented procedures (such as: testing periods).
  
  

LINKOUT FOR LIBRARIES

• Future plans for the LinkOut program:
  
  Rearrange the LinkOut display to help users find links more    easily.
  
  Provide easier access to the Library Holdings filter in Cubby.
  
  Encourage providers to send more full-text links (especially free   ones!)
  
  Work with vendors (and systems librarians) for XML file   submission.
  
  
• FACT: There are currently 77 libraries in New England that participate in the LinkOut for Libraries program.
  
  
• FACT: From 1999 onwards, 77% of PubMed citations have full-text links.
  
• CAUTION: Watch out for Facts that include the number "77".
  
  
  
  
  
  

  We held our Annual Resource Sharing/ILL Meeting on May 14th and had close to 70 attendees. Many thanks to both NAHSL and the RML for sponsoring the event, as well as providing everyone with a sumptuous spread for lunch.

  Main topic for the morning's event was consortial purchase agreements. There were also systems updates on DOCLINE, EFTS, and QuickDOC, followed in the afternoon by separate breakout sessions for hospital libraries and resource libraries.

  Early this summer we'll be conducting an online evaluation of the Annual Meeting event to determine how best to plan for future meetings, soliciting feedback from both attendees and non-attendees alike.

  Please stay tuned!

  For any questions, please e-mail me: mark.goldstein@umassmed.edu.