Checking you own catalog in the NHAIS ILL System

Sometimes you can use the NHAIS ILL System to see what's in your catalog even when that catalog is otherwise inaccessible. Such was the case yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 18) when Cloudflare, an Internet security firm, experienced a global outage. This affected many web services, including Koha catalogs hosted by Bywater Solutions. The NHAIS ILL System searches those catalogs through a connection that doesn't involve Cloudflare so yesterday morning it was possible to at least check availability through the ILL system even when a catalog wasn't reachable through normal channels.

You can always narrow searches in the NHAIS ILL System to one or more catalogs by clicking on the "stack-o'-pancakes" icon to the left of the search box (the hover text says "Select Resources"). Choose Expand All (if displayed), then Clear All, then select your catalog from the list and enter your search terms. Note that all Z-targets reliably return results for author, title, subject, and ISBN searches; results for other search types, including general keyword, may vary by catalog.

When you're creating an ILL request, of course, it's best to have Check All chosen on that list to get the widest picture of what's available. However, your selection of catalogs to search has no bearing on which locations are added to your lender list--the ILL program does its own search of all connected resources to determine the lender list after you submit your request.