In previous conference sessions, I presented about work that NC Cardinal was undertaking to implement geo-location services into Evergreen’s hold targeter. Since that time, we’ve rolled the code out into our production environment, entered in all of the new data that was required, and enabled the feature across the consortium. All of our holds are now having their potential targets chosen based on their physical distance from their pickup libraries and not by random chance. I would like to follow up on the effects that we’ve seen, our implementation process, and changes that needed to be made after reviewing our resource sharing process.
How Two Library Consortia Approach Staff Account Security
Managing staff accounts can be a juggling act. Join the staff of NC Cardinal and PaILS as we discuss the various technical and less technical layers of staff account management and permissions that we’ve implemented in our respective consortia. We’ll discuss topics such as permission projects, management of accounts across a consortium, as well as development for the safety and security of ILS accounts & data.
Resource Sharing Using Geolocation in North Carolina
In this presentation we’ll talk about the unique challenges that North Carolina’s geography creates for state-wide resource sharing and how geolocation services, such as the Bing Maps API, could be used to increase the efficiency of the hold targeter for inter-library holds in our consortium.