Hi Don,
We have been using Syrup for our academic reserves. It was developed by
the great folks at the University of Windsor in Ontario (Art Rhyno and
Graham Fawcett) and can be configured to be tightly integrated with
Evergreen. From Syrup, you can search the Evergreen catalog to add items
to a reserve list and make updates to the copies in Evergreen to change
circ modifiers, call numbers and copy locations. Syrup will remember the
copy's previous parameters so that you can easily revert the parameters
when an item is taken off the reserves shelf. Several of our academics
have reported that they are very pleased with this solution. Also, Art,
is super helpful if you have any questions or come across any problems.
The code for Syrup is available in the Evergreen git repository at
http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary. I believe there is
some documentation in that git branch as well.
If you're interested in taking a look at it, feel free to contact me
with any questions.
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
[email protected]
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
On 12/21/2012 10:35 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
Hi everyone,
We are still thinking through our organizational structure and have
run into the issue of academic reserves. Although the titles we check
out for material that is placed on reserve is diminishing every year,
it is still something that needs to be dealt with. Other library
systems have a module dedicated to reserve material, but I gather
academic Evergreen libraries have been using the bookbag feature to
service this area. Are academic libraries satisfied with bookbags as
an alternative to a reserves module? Would it be sensible to create a
sub-branch library named Reserves in our organization structure?
Should we treat reserve materials as a specific collection or material
type? Is there any documentation that specifically addressed how to
set up academic reserves? I didn't spot it in the 2.3 documentation if
it's there.
Thanks for your insights,
Don
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
[email protected]
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