DOCLINE System Updates

WHAT'S THAT I HEAR?
MEMBER CERTIFICATES ARE IN THE PIPELINE

Starting in the late Fall of 2006, the NER will begin to mail out NN/LM certificates to the membership. This occurs during the first year of every 5-year contract with the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Before certificates are mailed out though, member contact information (for both Affiliate and Full members) will be verified (such as: names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc.)

If you responded "Yes" to any of the questions above, please contact Mark Goldstein at the NER for a consultation over what the Regional Medical Library can provide you in the way of an appropriately measured response.

As mentioned in previous issues of this newsletter, the Hospital Library Subcommittee of the RAC (the Regional Advisory Council of the NER) has developed and approved a Hospital Library Advocacy Toolkit that will act both as a ways and a means to improving the visibility and support for hospital libraries throughout the region.

We're currently seeking libraries to work with us to help us test and improve the various components of the Toolkit, so please contact Mark if you'd like to have a talk about your hospital library - you're really not alone!

ANNOUNCING RELEASE OF DOCLINE® 3.0

[At the time of this issue's publication, DOCLINE 3.0 is expected to be released in mid-October. Preliminary release notes may be found below.]

DOCLINE Requests

• Borrow: Display borrower's LinkOut holdings information during Borrow to alert libraries to availability of item being requested.
• Borrow: Display borrower's DOCLINE serial holdings information during Borrow to alert libraries to availability of item being requested.
• Borrow: Display link to author manuscript for item being requested if available in PubMed Central and published article is not free. If published article is known to be free, then DOCLINE would show link to published article instead.
• Borrow: Added link to ILL record view on M/A/N Map routing to assist borrowers in searching lender's OPAC for item to be requested and confirm services & fees.
• EFTS: Added ability for EFTS participants to generate a file of charges to submit to EFTS. Process includes a confirmation page and then file generation page. The generated file is downloaded to the user's computer for submission to EFTS at their convenience.
• Loansome Doc Transfer: Display borrower's LinkOut holdings information during LD Transfer to alert libraries to availability of item being requested.
• Loansome Doc Transfer: Display borrower's DOCLINE serial holdings information during LD Transfer to alert libraries to availability of item being requested.
• Loansome Doc Transfer: Added link to view request on LD Transfer Routing Instructions page.
• Status/Cancel: Add ability to individually "review" retired unfilled requests.

HELP

• Help screens were added or modified for all new features or changes to DOCLINE 3.0.

Deja Vu: Testing Links in LinkOut

[This article has appeared in previous issues of the newsletter, but bears repetition.]

A number of hospital and academic libraries in our region have signed up for LinkOut, participating in the LinkOut for Libraries program, but many librarians are still not familiar with testing their full-text links when things go awry.

To test those links, follow these simple steps:
Step 1. Go to the PubMed Home Page:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Step 2. Enter the following URL in the Address bar:
http:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov / entrez / query.fcgi? holding= xxxxlib
where "xxxxxlib" is your LinkOut User Name.

Step 3. Then hit the Return key.

Step 4. In the Search box, enter the following: loprovxxxxxlib [filter]
where "xxxxxlib " is your LinkOut User Name.

Step 5. Hit the grey "GO" button.

Step 6. Next to the DISPLAY button, select "Abstract" in the drop-down box, where it defaults on "Summary".

Step 7. Hit the grey DISPLAY button.

Let's Welcome NER's Newest Members

Help? Advice? Questions?

Please contact Mark at:
508-856-5964 -or- mark.goldstein@umassmed.edu.