Today's North Country van route [Friday, June 27] is cancelled. The affected libraries are:
Next Friday, is the 4th of July. In the past we have done make up routes for libraries that receive deliveries on the day of the holiday. Unfortunately we are unable to do so at this time.
Best,
Jill M Witham
Van Service Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library
The NHAIS ILL System will be offline briefly tonight (Tuesday, June 24) starting at 10 o'clock for software updates.
-Lists of request titles on some pages (including Borrower Requests, Lender Requests, and Shipping Labels) have been including initial articles ("The," "An," etc.) when sorting titles. This has been corrected--but the fix only affects requests created after this update. Older requests will continue to be sorted with initial articles.
-The Search by Request Number function has been enhanced. Clicking the "X" in the upper right of the Borrower's or Lender's Full Record Display will continue to bring you back to the search screen with the previously entered request number retained--but now that number will be selected so you can immediately enter a new number (typed or scanned) to replace it.
After a staff user or patron logs in, they will continue to see “Hello, [name]” in the header.
The SW-A route will be shortened today, the following libraries will receive delivery:
Charlestown
Dublin
Mont Vernon
Marlborough
Keene
Thank you,
Circulation
New Hampshire State Library
603-271-2616
nhslill@dncr.nh.gov
Although we did receive some fantastic news regarding our federal funding, due to the State of NH’s hiring freeze, we are still experiencing a staffing shortage. This makes it especially difficult to manage the delivery schedule when a van driver is out sick, takes vacation, etc.
After a lot of careful review of delivery data and routes, we are going to consolidate some of our library stops. In addition, some libraries will have a change in their delivery day. I will contact the affected libraries to let you know of the changes. If you do not hear from me, there will be no change to your delivery.
We will continue to monitor delivery data (loans and borrows). As always, the ILL delivery service will do its best to adapt to both our libraries’ needs and the realities of funding and available labor.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Best,
Jill M Witham
Van Service Coordinator
New Hampshire State Library
603 271-2206
Jill.m.witham@dncr.nh.gov
This message is for catalogers who use the Moo-PAC as a Z39.50 target (not the standalone NHU-PAC target).
Because of a change being made to the State Library's own catalog (not the NHU-PAC) to accommodate cybersecurity measures, settings for the Moo-PAC need to be updated. It's just one teeny-tiny change: the database name (sometimes listed as the database ID) needs to have a "2" added to the end.
(The view above is from the MarcEdit Z39.50/SRU Client. The Z39.50 setting screen in your ILS may look a little different.)
For now, both "nhunionstatezip" and "nhunionstatezip2" will work as database names. That will change in a few weeks when "nhunionstatezip" will stop working. If you have the Moo-PAC configured as a Z39.50 target, you should update the database name now.
The Moo-PAC was introduced in April as an additional option for catalogers looking to download free MARC records. It allows you to search both the NHU-PAC and the State Library's own catalog (known in-house as Moose) as a single Z39.50 target. See Options for Downloading MARC Records from NHAIS for more information.
I’m sorry for the late notice, but our North Country ILL route is cancelled again today [Wednesday, June 11]. We are working on a make-up delivery schedule and will keep you updated.
Charles Shipman
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
New Hampshire State Library
This message concerns only libraries which allow patron-initiated requesting in the NHAIS ILL System. From time to time, the NHAIS Help Desk hears from staffers bumping into a block in the system when trying to place a request on behalf of a particular account. This usually means something's changed with the account in your ILS. Check if the account has expired or if the patron has changed the password in your catalog. If the latter, having the patron log into the NHAIS ILL System with the new password should fix the problem.
