New facet, other changes for ILL program Tue 11/10 and more...

The NHAIS ILL System will be offline briefly starting at 10 o'clock tonight (Tuesday, Nov. 10) to update software.

-As part of ongoing efforts to enhance request processing, tonight's update includes speed improvements for the Search by Request Number and Barcode Processing functions, helping requests load and process more efficiently.

-Speaking of Barcode Processing, do you scan the shipping label barcodes to change the status of requests? Be aware of this change: the ILL program will now confirm your role as Borrower or Lender before updating a request. Because some statuses, such as Received, are available for the Borrower in their Borrower Action Items queue and for the Lender in their Awaiting Borrower Action queue, until now staff could inadvertently select the wrong Received queue for barcode processing and update requests to the wrong status. 

-The conditions under which the Owned by My Library message will display have been modestly expanded. While it will still be true that the message only appears when you're looking at a record on which your library (the location you're logged in as) has a holding, its display no longer depends on whether a collection code for a Z-target is mapped as lendable.

-A new facet will be added to the list of options for narrowing search results. Owning Library joins Format, Author, Date, and other options found on the left side of the search result screen and will function similarly. A count of records in the result set will appear next to the library name. The library name can be selected to limit the displayed results to records with holdings from that location. You may need to click the down arrow to expand the Owning Library list and click on Show More to see your library's name. 

This feature was developed to benefit catalogers at libraries that maintain holdings in the NHU-PAC to make it easier for them to find records with their holdings in the union catalog. Libraries without an automated catalog can use this as an online surrogate, giving them an option to see what books they have on certain subjects or by certain authors, assuming their NHU-PAC holdings are up to date. Before launching a search, limiting search resources to the NHU-PAC (click on the "stack-o'-pancakes" icon) can further help narrow results.

Questions? Contact the NHAIS Help Desk via e-mail or call 603-271-2141. 

   

The NH State Library is closed tomorrow [Wednesday, Nov. 11] to honor Veterans’ Day, and therefore there will be no Wednesday ILL van deliveries.

Thank you for understanding.

   

The Capital District (CD) route for ILL van deliveries is postponed until TUESDAY, 11/10.

Affected libraries are in the list below. If you prefer to come pick up your bin from the NHSL, please give us a call at 603.271.2616.

Boscawen
Canterbury
Loudon
Chichester
Epsom
Pembroke
Allenstown
Hooksett
Bow
Dunbarton
Talking Books
NHTI

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Supervisor, Reference & Information Services and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library

   

Today’s SE-B ILL van route [Monday, Nov. 9] is cancelled. The affected libraries are as follows:

Salem
Derry
Nashua
Milford
Amherst
Merrimack
Bedford
Manchester

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,
Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Supervisor, Reference & Information Services and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library