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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 ------- 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 >