WISCAT Users Group

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WISCAT Users Group
WLA 2005

• Vickie Long \ Mary Clark
• DPI, Reference Loan Library

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WISCAT Union Catalog

• New Features Coming

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New Look Coming!
New WISCAT
WISCAT union catalog (current version)
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Material Type qualifiers merged
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Author field changed to Author/Creator
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Language and Publication Year Qualifiers
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Full Record Display remains the same
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Each material format may have a Record Display
Profile created in PAC Admin
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Upgrade will be over a weekend
WISCAT will be brought down over a 2-4 day period
to install upgrade
Date to be announced on WISCAT ILL listserv
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WISCAT ILL (VDX)

• New Features

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Work Queues
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ILL Reports
Borrower Lender Work Queues
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Barcodes now on reports
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Pick Slips Responders No.
Responders Req. No.
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Shipping list Requesters No.
and Responders No.
Also Responders
Requesters Req. No.
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Easier to bulk action
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Delivery Address can now be different
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Email Responder
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RL staff emails requests to VDX Non-participants
VDX can now automatically email them instead
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Email requests will have no responder ILL number
Email Responder
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Items from Email Responders wont come with
shipping slips
From rllill_at_dpi.state.wi.us Sent Friday,
September 30, 2005 1249 PM To
donalds_at_racinelib.lib.wi.us Subject
INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUEST 2045094 Can you supply
this item? Another library has sent an
interlibrary loan request for an item held by
your library. If you are willing to lend the
item (or to send a photocopy if appropriate),
please do so as quickly as possible.
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Informed Not Supplied action
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Patron Privacy archiving requests
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Patron Initiated Requesting
WISCAT and ZPortal
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Patrons can check status of own requests
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INFO

• Manuals and guides available on the
  http//www.wiscat.lib.wi.us

Toll free 888-542-5543 press 1 for WISCAT
or 4 for ILL
Email us vickie.long_at_dpi.state.wi.us
mary.clark_at_dpi.state.wi.us
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Thank you