NCIP Directory

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NCIP Directory

• Mark H Needleman
• markn_at_sirsi.com
• NCIP Implementers Forum
• October 2002

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ILL Directory

• Work started along time ago
• Got bogged down
• Revised about 2 years ago because of real needs
• Not really part of IPIG although many of the same
  people involved and directory meetings held in
  conjunction with IPIG
• Small pilot project done
• OCLC building a production directory
• Australian National Library Project

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ILL Policy Directory

• Describes ILL Processing Unit
• Contact information
• Services performed
• Service times
• Services policies
• Service descriptions
• Charges
• ILL Protocol Information
• What types of material will be lent and to whom

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NCIP Directory Questions

• Do we need a Directory now?
• Do we ever need a Directory?
• Is a directory an NCIP Implementers Forum
  activity?
• What type of information would go in a directory?
• Structure of the directory and access methods?
• Part of ILL Directory or separate entity? - part
  of some larger Library Directory entity?
• How do we envision it being used and what
  applications would it support?
• How would a directory (or directories) be run and
  maintained?

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• Discussion/Questions