Inter library Loan System: Enhancing Resource Sharing of PERPUN Members

Inter library Loan System: Enhancing Resource Sharing

of PERPUN MembersPresented By:

Mr Kamal SujakChief Librarian,

Multimedia University Library

“Seminar Kebangsaan Sumber Elektronik di

Malaysia”5-7 Disember 2012

Bayview Beach Resort, Penang

1. Introduction on ILLS PERPUN System:Participating Libraries :From manual to automation

2. Technical requirements :Hardware:Software:Network architecture

3. Flow chart of the system 4. System implementations and status5. Strength, Opportunities, Challenge, and Threat6. Q&A

Highlight

This system has been developed base on collaborative decision of PERPUN members in PERPUN meeting (No. 3/2011) at UUM dated 19th September 2011.

“3.3.2 – Mesyuarat mengambil maklum agar satu sistem Pinjaman Antara Perpustakaan (ILL) dapat dilihat dan dibangunkan diperingkat PERPUN.”

An integrated web-based ILL system to replace and enhance the existing manual base ILL system used by PERPUN members.

Introduction

Introduction

A client-server web-based system architecture will improve the access and speed of ILL process by allowing participating library to update each other’s database directly, ensuring data integrity, simplifying status tracking, supporting current status and statistical reporting.

Introduction

This system has been developed by:

•Multimedia University Team•SIG ISM - MYSYL

The Development Team

IntroductionDevelopment Plan

IntroductionTechnical requirements

Hardware-Minimum requirement hard disk space 250 GB- Minimum Memory: 8 GB -Dell Server R610

Software and OS platform-Window base platform-Based on PHP5 version-Database MySQL

Cost-Server RM 45K

Internet

3.3 :Network architecture -Server will be located At Multimedia University

PAP Server

Located @ MMU

Introduction

of New ILL system

• Easily accessible, easy to use by both users and librarians, and minimize the amount of human effort in ILL process.

• Provide a mechanism to control legitimate access by library users, librarians and participating libraries.• Progress tracking exists to enable users to check about the status of their ILL requests.

Characteristics

of New ILL system

• Transaction updates to allow both libraries to keep track and monitor the loan status.

• Overdue items are automatically flagged and make known to the librarians.

• Completed ILL transactions are kept in the databases for 3 years prior being archived.

Characteristics

• Statistical report can be generated for viewing and analysis.

Flow chartNew Request

Flow chartRenew

Who Involved?

• Administrator - Each participating library appoints their own admin to manage and monitor their respective ILL users. (MySYL representative).

• Librarian – Person in-charge to process and execute the request.

Administrator

Admin UserAdmin User can appoint/add new librarian whom will be responsible and manage ILL process.

Once the institution’s admin login to the system, he/she will be directed to his/her university’s admin page, and able to modify his librarians’ account.

Admin UserAdmin able to modify librarians’ email and insert remarks, reset password, activate or de-activate user account. Any updates to the librarian’s account will be notified via email.

LibrarianRoles

Librarian

As a user, he/she can modify his/her account information such as email and password.

How to use the system Librarian

To request an item, librarian need to key in requestor’s personal data and choose item types.

There are 6 types of request can be made: Book, journal article, conference paper, chapter of book, dissertation and upload file.

*Upload file is a function that user may upload metadata file to the system. Readable metadata is on *.ris , *.txt and *.enw


User need to fill in the request form. This will ease the supply library to retrieve the record.

Different item types have a different required metadata.

For book, it is advisable for the librarian to priory search in KATALOG INDUK PERPUN and export the record to metadata format.


Search the required item from KIP or other database i.e. IEEE database and export the citation or metadata to your desktop.


Upload the metadata to the system.

System will read and encoded the metadata to text readable data.


Librarians should verify the data before submitting the request .

To view your metadata you may click on the VIEW THE FILE HERE


Once record submitted, user need to choose respective librarian and institution that may respond to his/her request .

User may also choose list of librarians from the institution that was selected. User also has an option to receive copy of email of the request.


Requested item record is available at REQUEST FROM OTHER INSTITUTION page.

Any unprocessed request, there is a CANCEL button at the end of the row for users to cancel the request. However for the processed request there is no cancel button provided .

Librarian may click the DETAILS button to get the detail of the request. They may also use the ALERT button to communicate with the requestor.


There are 2 types of cancelling request i.e. by item and by institution.

Only unprocessed item can be cancelled.


To check any request, user can click at the “Request from other institution” button.

To start processing the request, user click on detail button and user will be redirect to the item detail form.

When the status of the item is RETURNED, user may hide the report by clicking the HIDE button. This may useful to minimize the view of the request item list.


If user agree to provide the item, once he/she click on the submit button, all the same request to other institution will be cancelled.

For example if MMU request a book from UUM and UPM and librarian from UPM agreed to supply the item, automatically request to UUM will be cancelled.

In addition, if the supply library reject the request, other responded librarians are not affected.

Current Status

Current Status

• The system is installed initially in MMU library for a pilot run and further evaluation.• This system run in a development

server until the new server is ready.• Beta version has been reviewed and

tested by the librarians.• After full fledge installation, training

will be conducted in 1st quarter of 2013.

Further Enhancements

Future Enhancement

• Enhancing the interface for more user friendly.• Integrated with the library’s web

page to provide the added ILL functionality.• Requestor may directly request to

the PAP and librarian can choose valid request base on the library profile.• More Integration with the KIP.

Strength, Opportunities, Challenge, and Threat

Strength & Opportunities

• Focus on specific institutions (Academic) that mostly required similar item type.• Opportunities to enhance the system to

meet the user requirement.• Cost saving.• All transactions recorded either by email

or system.• Able to export metadata from KIP or

Other Online databases.• Maintaining and Enhancing the system

can be discussed on the MYSYL platform.• Standardize reporting for KPI.

Challenge & Threat

• There are differences in ILL policies and rules among all institutions, such as diversity on patron type, item type fee and fine.• Cooperation and responsibility.• Changing mindset of requesting

item from traditional method to a new system.

Conclusion

An integrated ILL system for PERPUN has been proposed and developed. The overall improvement in speed and efficiency of the ILL service will enable a large number of ILL request to be handled and this definitely will enhance resource sharing among participating libraries.

Q & A

Documents

Inter library Loan System: Enhancing Resource Sharing of PERPUN Members