INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
Acquisitions
Rosann Bazirjian, Chair
Interfaces
Record Content and Format
Budget/Fund Accounting
Ordering
Receiving
Invoicing/Payments
History
Reports
Serials Control
Janice Donahue, Chair
Predictive check-in
Routing
Reports
Looseleaf check-in
Claiming
Binding records
Cataloging & Authorities
Martha Hruska, Chair
User Interface -- in this case, staff are users
The Shared Cataloging Environment
Catalog Creation and Maintenance
Bibliographic Records
Authority Records
Holdings Records (volumes & copies)
Links among these records
Indexing & Displays
Authority Control & Maintenance
Labeling
System Interfaces
Searching & Navigation
Reports
Documentation
Collection Maintenance
John Hein, Chair
Inventory Control
Bindery Control (also listed as a subfunction by Serials SubTaskForce)
Preservation (Including Digitization) and Repair
Materials Processing and Labeling
Circulation
Shixing Wen, Chair
System Characteristics
Record Types
Local Circulation Functions
Circulation Between SUS Libraries
Staff-Initiated Functions
Request
Renewal
Hold
Recall
Tracking
Delivery
Patron-Initiated Inter-SUS Circulation
Reserve Functions
OPAC Display
Search
Request
Charge
Discharge
Loan Period
Scan
Copyright Management
Hyperlink to E-text
Patron Notices
Overdue
Billing
Hold
Recall
Return
Reminder
Renewal
Fines/Replacement Management
Reports and Statistics
Circulation
Reserve
Circulation Backup Functions
ILL
Sherry Carrillo, Chair
Online request system
automatic transfer of patron information
bibliographic data transfer (when available)
delivery options
copyright warning
customization capabilities for individual libraries
generic form to handle all types of materials
verification of patron eligibility
online acknowledgment to user that request is accepted
checks requested information against the user's OPAC
compatible with OCLC, RLIN
mediated or unmediated option
routing (to predetermined lenders (regional, consortia, etc.)
tracking capability
user ability to check status of request
converts to "hold" for items found in users library
Management system
borrowed materials managed by OPAC circulation function
automatic overdues, billing, invoices
mailing labels
customized reports
generates pickup notices
OPAC/Databases/Gateways
Pam Tucker, Chair
Searchable fields
Search logic
Word proximity
Truncation
Ability to rerun search strategy
Ability to search multiple databases
Marking/sorting
Display options
Output - email, downloading, printing
Hook to holdings (print and electronic)
Search saves
Ability to handle all types of data
Customized displays
User friendly
Help screens
Navigability
Authentication
Gateway to other systems
System Administration
Michele Newberry/Mark Hinnebusch, Co-Chairs
Architectural Flexibility
Functional Flexibility
Interoperability
Modifiability
Manageability
Performance
Scalability
Security