ILL fixes and enhancements Thu 12/5 10pm

A number of fixes and enhancements for the NHAIS ILL System will be installed Thursday night (Dec. 5). The system will be offline for up to 15 minutes for the update, starting at 10 p.m.

-Shipping Labels will print with the larger font size that was used prior to the October 15 software update.

-The record validation process is being adjusted to include stricter validation for OCLC Number and UPC matches to correct a problem where libraries were sometimes added to lender lists for items they did not own.

-Lender requests in Pending status were prematurely displaying the red flag icon, which is supposed to indicate a library’s last day to respond. This was due to selections for Days Requests are Processed (in the Participant Record) not being consistently applied. This has been corrected.

-The Lending Policy display has been updated. You'll be able to see the new display at Staff Dashboard > ILL Admin > Participant Record > Lending but remember that you need to submit a Lending Policy form to change your settings.

1.    Enable Library Lending Policy will now be a slider button rather than a check box.
2.    Tooltips provide more information about the headings.
3.    Loan and Renewal policy options are Yes, No, or Not Applicable.
4.    Change the Loan Period or Renewal Period using the arrows or delete the entry and enter the new one.
5.    Use the functions in the upper right to Cancel (discard changes and close the policy) or Save changes.

You may click the 3 dots to print the policy or select the Help button to open the ILL Administration User Guide. Also, the Format to Print option on the Lending Policy page did not print the full policy. The Print option will now correctly print the full policy.

-Some of the reports found under Reports (beta) aren't really in beta status anymore. With Thursday's update, Reports (beta) will be relabeled as Reports (new).