Hi Steelsen,
Yes, I'd LOVE to have even a very unofficial API for Aeon. I think it would
go a long way to resolving a huge number of pretty bad usability issues...
I'll also note, in answer to Shaun's question, that we're using a pretty
heavily customized version of XTF as our discovery interface, and use the
"Bookbag" feature that comes with it as a way for users to create a list of
things they may want to request (or email to themselves, or print out).
We're just about a month into being live with Aeon, and so far it seems to
be working pretty well.

Hillel

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Hillel Arnold
Lead Digital Archivist
Rockefeller Archive Center



On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Smith, Steelsen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'll note that we are using Aeon as a target and because of the need to
> both request and efficiently read information out of it for this and other
> systems we're working on an unofficial api interface. Would anyone else
> ever use something like that?
>
> -sss
>
>
>
> From: Jennifer Vine <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Mar 9, 2015 2:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Get It Services / Cart
>
> Hi Shaun,
>
> Nope, we're not talking about Aeon, just Illiad - and just for Scan &
> Deliver. We're going to use OpenURL + javascript to populate and submit the
> Illiad document delivery form without the patron having to interact with it
> at all.
>
> Special Collections requests will continue to use a combination of our
> existing LAS paging and existing semi-manual processes. We're focusing on
> improving the patron experience and simplifying the mediation process.
>
>
> Jennifer Vine
> User Experience Designer
> Digital Library Systems & Services
> Stanford University Libraries
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2015, at 6:11 AM, Shaun Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Jennifer,
> > Sounds like a great project! When you refer to Illiad, are you talking
> about Aeon as well?  It's another Atlas product that is basically an
> adaptation of Illiad with better handling of SC/archival data and
> workflows. That's what we use for Special Collections requests.
> >
> > We've been wanting to interface with it better, but have hit roadblocks
> in our attempts to improve the user experience because of a lack of API and
> single sign-on in Atlas products. I haven't looked at them in a while
> (though coincidentally was planning to next week), so I'd love to know if
> there are now ways to do this, or if not, how your team is planning on
> approaching it.
> >
> > Shaun Ellis
> > User Interface Developer, Digital Initiatives
> > Princeton University Library
> > 609.258.1698
> >
> >
> > On 3/6/15 5:02 PM, J Vine wrote:
> >> Steelsen,
> >>
> >> Maybe related but not quite what you're describing: we're developing a
> requests application that will interface with a number of different
> systems, including Illiad, Symphony, and LAS, for fulfilling the requests.
> Specifically, we are:
> >>
> >> - adding a Scan & Deliver option for a subset of our materials, for
> qualified users
> >> - providing a single request process for off-campus materials,
> regardless of where the material is located (currently the user must use
> vastly different procedures depending on which offsite location the
> materials are stored at - and a single archive may have materials in 2 or
> more different locations)
> >>
> >> It's not a shopping cart model, and specifically doesn't solve the
> problem of enforcing Special Collections request limits across multiple
> archives. (In reality, for us, those limits are a little mushy, and all
> requests with limits are mediated - that is, it's up to the division's
> public service manager to decide whether an extra box will fit on the truck
> on Wednesday.)
> >>
> >> But in case it's useful, here's the current UI design spec:
> >>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__stanford.box.com_s_vqiy70jdh8jqmgg3s39e6ivk717rfln2&d=AwIDAg&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=FlU_ig33o98uJUfe7Tv5TWs-EbGWSS7i3RH_JUJdg9A&m=6UdSZ1rrZoFsIaBjPrmRD533TzPnVtgTTUseUWocC28&s=TH9Wik3bsPQUcHInrWVqww3EIY3Mm-TqojGUzz8Paf0&e=
> >>
> >> Feel free to contact me with any questions.
> >>
> >> Jennifer Vine
> >> User Experience Designer
> >> Digital Library Systems & Services
> >> Stanford University Libraries
>