MyContents

MyContents is an online journal table of contents service which is part of a suite of personalized services at Cornell University called MyLibrary. This service seamlessly aggregates subscription-based table of contents services from different vendors, provides a common search and browsing
interface for selecting journal TOCs, and makes them available, for free,to patrons in a variety of formats. If a user chooses to receive a TOC in html format, journal title and article level linking to full text is provide through hooks into the Voyager catalog and LinkFinderPlus systems at Cornell. While the system uses a wide range of technologies for its implementation such as java servlets, Jakarta Struts, Jakarta James, XML, XSLT, and several others, this presentation will attempt to provide a higher level view ofvarious pieces involved, the workflow, and potential problem areas which might help an institution considering implementing a similar system.

Linking "Choices": Using Bib Linking in Voyager

Joyce Bell - Princeton University

Princeton University has used Voyager's bib linking feature to create hyperlinks in the catalog between records for print and electronic versions of a title--like the journal Choice, and its online manifestation ChoiceReviews.online. Bib linking allows us to manually provide hyperlinks in the catalog between records for related resources, as well as to automatically create hyperlinks for e-books which are bulk loaded and any print versions that we happen to own. Come see bib linking in action, find out how it has been employed at Princeton, and learn some of the quirks we have encountered.

Reporting How-to's

Lydia Pettis - Cornell University

"I need this!" Getting Books to Patrons Using Voyager Requests (Powerpoint)

Emily Batista - University of Pennsylvania

Do you want to set up campus delivery of library materials for your patrons, but aren't sure how? Are you looking for a way for patrons to request rush processing for materials in special situations? Learn how to set up Call Slip plus your own local request options. This session is for libraries new to Voyager or those who aren't yet taking full advantage of the OPAC request functionality.

Easy Acquisitions Made Easy : ITSO CUL

Scott Wicks - Cornell University

1. take incoming files of MARC records from the Library of Congress and materials vendors
2. sort the records to the appropriate subject selector
3. facilitate the selection process
4. embed relevant acquisitions data (price, fund code, holdings location) for a majority of titles
5. assign appropriate vendor code
6. apply appropriate bulkload profile
7. create a purchase order, loading bibliographic, and holdings records without human intervention.

The session will address what was required to develop the tool, who needed to participate in the planning process, what pitfalls were faced along the way, and the resulting outcome of Cornell's experience.

Customizing Patron Functions in Web Voyage and Beyond (Powerpoint)

Ken Herold - Hamilton College

Acquisitions Panel on Funds, Ledgers and Fiscal Year End Closing

Pamela Theus - William Patterson University and Kathy Holden - Rider University

The Check is in the Mail: Voyager to Accounts Payable Invoice Processing (Powerpoint)

Technical Documentation (Word)

Lisa Bankert, Robert Cleary and Augie Teska - Syracuse University

Syracuse University has developed an interface to deliver Voyager invoice information to central disbursements, eliminating the need to supply hard copies of the majority of invoices. We will present an overview of the interface and discuss ways in which this weekly process provides quality control for invoice processing, ensures timely payments to vendors, and enables weekly reconciliation of Voyager expenditures to the central ledger. We will discuss how the interface has evolved to its current state, covering enhancements that support changes in numeric fund code equivalents, revised report content, specific vendor requirements, and improvements to help reconcile figures with the accounts payable (AP) system. One of the most significant changes to date was to support multiple AP accounts within a single invoice, which eliminated the need to split invoices by account number and provided a significant staff time savings. The focus of the presentation is on the portion of the interface which generates transactions for the PeopleSoft environment. If your central accounting office uses PeopleSoft, or another system that can process external data, you may be interested to see how Syracuse uses Voyager to accurately transmit payment information.

Cataloging Images : A Collaboration of Technical and Public Services (Powerpoint)

Sarah Theimer, Bobbi Gwilt, Glen Wiley, Ed Gokey and Mike Puckett - Syracuse University

OpenURL Resolver Linking Products: A Panel Discussion

Cataloging Round Table

Sarah Theimer, Charles Tremper and Lydia Wasylenko - Syracuse University

During this sharing session participants will discuss the challenges and successes of the Voyager Cataloging module. Possible topics include: authority work, e-resources, evolving MARC standards, and link checking.

Creating Usable User Interfaces With Voyager, Encompass, and SFX (or LinkFinder) (Powerpoint)

Canned Demos (Powerpoint)

Canned Demo: Find Articles (Powerpoint)

David Lindahl and Jeff Suszczynski - University of Rochester

"Give patrons familiar, usable interfaces, and library technology offerings will make sense to them."

In this session, you will learn how to:
· Provide Blockbuster TM style browsing of your film, video, and music collections by genre and director
· Create an interface for finding articles that is as simple to use, and more effective than Google
· Pull live circulation status information from Voyager into your database driven web pages
· Replace the Voyager course reserves user interface with something that brings back richer content and context for students. This can include a course syllabus, library resources related to the course, and a custom metasearch box designed to search databases relevant to the course.

We will also discuss how you might:
· Create a catalog search interface with Google-like "Did you mean" spell checking
· Eliminate the initial-article issue with catalog searching
· Utilize the knowledge base in OpenURL linking products (but not the clunky user interface) to connect users (who have found a citation) with the articles they need. This could include providing a direct link to online articles, or displaying a building map to the location of the Journal in your library.

Novel Catalog Tutorial and “Express Train”: Training at Cornell

Ira Revels and Paul Houle (Catalog Tutorial); Joanne
Leary and Theresa Wells (Express Train) - Cornell University

Express Train
Joanne Leary and Theresa Wells are student supervisors in the Cornell Library system. After years of working independently on training tools for students, we combined our efforts to create a concept that would make training more effective and efficient. This concept, dubbed Express Train, was designed for use at any circulation department throughout Cornell's twenty libraries. Express Train is meant as a supplement or addition to one-on-one training. It covers Voyager's circulation client and related circulation policies. It is an interactive training tool that melds voiceovers, interactive screen captures, and content into self-contained 5-10 minute tutorials. Supervisors can monitor their students' progress and students get immediate feedback through assessments and exercises they complete. Express Train also provides a way to host local policies unique to each library.

Technology Tools for Small Libraries

Andrew Ashton - Skidmore College

Acquisitions and Circulation Queries

Lydia Pettis - Cornell University

Access Reports

Janet Lute -- Princeton University