New MARC record source and more...

NHAIS libraries now have access to a new source of MARC records. MARCit from Auto-Graphics lets you search millions of bibliographic records from a number of sources and download selected records for local use. If your ILS permits it, you can search MARCit as a Z39.50 target and pull records directly into your catalog. Alternatively, you can search inside the NHAIS ILL System interface and download records to a file that you later import into your catalog.

MARCit as a Z39.50 target in your ILS:

Server Address/Host/URL: marcit-service.auto-graphics.com
Port: 210
Database ID/Database Name: MARCITZIP
Syntax/Format: MARC21/USMARC
Username: MARCITZIPUSER
Password: call the NHAIS Help Desk at 603-271-2141 for the password

MARCit as a resource within the NHAIS ILL System:

This will work with any staff login but we strongly suggest using the "cat" username for MARCit searching and downloading. There are downsides to using "ill" or "all" usernames which are noted below. If you need to reset any of your NHAIS ILL System passwords, call the NHAIS Help Desk at 603-271-2141.

Click on the "stack o' pancakes" icon to the left of the search box. To search just MARCit, uncheck Library Catalogs and check Cataloging.

Clicking on a title in the View Download Cart list displays full MARC info for that record. You can clear your Download Cart with the Empty the Cart button in the upper right.

Note that if you're searching MARCit with the username ending with "ill" or "all" you'll see the Request This Item button in your results. Using this will bring up the request form as usual and the ILL program will go through its usual routine to determine if New Hampshire lenders are available. If you're creating ILL requests, you should be searching with Library Catalogs checked rather than Cataloging so your results will be limited to what's held in Granite State libraries.

You can configure your "cat" login to search MARCit by default. Go to Your Account (top right of screen) > Your Favorite Resources, check Cataloging and uncheck Library Catalogs, then click the Save Resources button.

Note that MARCit is not curated. There's no attempt to deduplicate results or rate record quality. It's a large pool of MARC records available to you in a single search. Using the NHAIS ILL System interface allows you to take advantage of its facets, grouping, and sorting capabilities plus its ease of navigating from one record to the next but many catalogers will prefer the convenience of being able to draw records directly into the local catalog via Z39.50.

Need more help? Contact the NHAIS Help Desk via e-mail or at 603-271-2141.

   

Happy Monday!  Here are some reminders about today and tomorrow’s ILL Van Delivery Doings:

•    A Capital Route make up run is happening today.
•    There is NO SE-B route today.  Affected libraries: Salem, Derry, Nashua, Milford, Amherst, Merrimack, Bedford, Manchester
•    There is NO NC route today.  Affected libraries: Conway, Madison, Chocorua, Tamworth, Center Sandwich, Plymouth, Campton, Thornton, Lincoln, N. Woodstock, Franconia, Bethlehem
•    A North Country Hub Route is running tomorrow! (Tuesday, June 30).
o    HUB LIBRARIES: Northumberland, Colebrook, Lancaster, and Lincoln. 
o    Drop your bins off at any of those hub libraries to simply return your ILL materials.  
o    IF YOU ALSO WANT TO PICK UP YOUR REQUESTED ILL MATERIALS, please tell us at which hub library to leave your bin by 3:00 pm TODAY, June 29.

Any questions or comments, send them my way!


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

   

We are continuing to work out alternate plans for ILL deliveries across the state during our driver shortage.  Below is a list of the changes for next week, June 29 through July 3. Any routes not specifically listed should proceed as usual -- barring any unexpected illnesses, abduction by aliens, or winning of the lottery. 

THE UPCOMING ILL VANS DELIVERY PLANS 

JUNE 29 (Monday)
Capital Route make-up run
SE-B route cancelled (medical)
NC (North Country) route cancelled (medical)

JUNE 30 (Tuesday)
NC regular route cancelled. Instead, an NC Hub Route will run.   Hub libraries: Northumberland, Colebrook, Lancaster (Weeks Memorial), and Lincoln.  ** Please notify us if you wish to pick up your ILL items from a hub, and which one. 😊 Thanks! [in a change to the original plan, Whitefield will not be a hub for Tuesday]]

JULY 1 (Wednesday)
Normal day! The full NC Wednesday route will run with a substitute driver.

JULY 2 (Thursday)
Normal day.

JULY 3 (Friday)
Holiday - INDEPENDENCE DAY OBSERVED. NHSL closed, no ILL van routes running.

Questions? Problems? Paradoxes? Please let us know. We are but fallible humans, after all.  

Jennifer M. Finch (she/her)
Supervisor, Reference & Information Services and State Data Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
20 Park St.
Concord, NH 03301
Office: 603-271-2060
Ref Desk: 603-271-2144
Jennifer.M.Finch@dncr.nh.gov