Docusend the one stop, integrated, document delivery service

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• Interlend 2002 All Change
• DocDel horse sense
• from donkey work to Docusend

Peter M. Wynne Docusend
Project Manager
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Docusendthe one stop, integrated, document
delivery service

• What is Docusend?
• A one-stop document delivery service for journal
  article requests
• Electronic delivery wherever possible
• Funded by JISC/DNER
• Three years in duration

Peter M. Wynne Docusend
Project Manager
3 July 2002
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• What can Docusend offer the end-user?
• Many different electronic information services
  now available
• Necessity for re-keying search terms
• Too many id/password pairs
• Services frequently yield bibliographic metadata
  only

Peter M. Wynne Docusend
Project Manager
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• Who is involved in Docusend?
• Consortium partners are Kings College London,
  the Lamda libraries, EDINA
• Software provided under contract by
  Fretwell-Downing Informatics
• Software VDX with bespoke functionality
  
• http//www.fdgroup.com/

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Project Manager
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• What is Lamda?
• A consortium of university libraries offering a
  document delivery service
• Originally an eLib project
• Lamda union list
• Ariel software for electronic delivery
• http//lamdaweb.mcc.ac.uk/

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Project Manager
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• Which libraries are in Lamda?

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Project Manager
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• How does Docusend work?
• Reader submits docdel request
• ILL personnel log onto Docusend (IE5.5)
• Perform title search or ISSN
• Select record
• Key bib. details of request into on-screen form
  and click on submit

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Project Manager
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• How does Docusend work? (continued)
• VDX searches (using exact match on title or
  ISSN) the Lamda union list for locations
• Will parse holdings statements where possible
• Populates rota from identified locations
• Load balancing
• Sends request to first library in rota

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Project Manager
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• How does a supply library respond to a request?
• Incoming requests visible to first supplier
• Decides whether or not they can supply
• Can supply scans document on Ariel workstation

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Project Manager
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• How does a supply library respond to a request?
  (continued)
• Sends document to VDX using Ariel
• Status is automatically updated at responding
  and requesting sites
• Requesting site checks on progress of request
  document accessible via hyperlink

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Project Manager
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• but what if first library on rota cannot supply
  the requested item?
• Logs on and views incoming requests
• Decides that they cannot supply
• Changes request status manually
• and VDX moves the request on to the next
  library in rota AUTOMATICALLY
• Not supplied anywhere routed to BLDSC

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Project Manager
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• How far has Docusend got?
• Testing at libraries in five universities
• Want to complete roll-out to all libraries in
  all institutions in project consortium
• Preparing for extension beyond the consortium in
  both requesting and supplying
• Preparing for Ariel 3

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Project Manager
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• Where does Docusend want to go next?
• Suppliers z-targets, born digital material,
  learned society publishers
• Requesters extension to request-only sites,
  interoperation between ILL systems and Docusend
• Aggregators supply medium in discovery services
  including RDN portals

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Project Manager
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• The DNER JOIN-UP cluster
• Were serious about serials!
• An infrastructure cluster (rather than content)
• Addressing the linkage between refs. in
  discovery databases and full-text services
• DNER verbs discover/locate/request/access

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Project Manager
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• http//edina.ac.uk/projects/joinup/index.shtml
• http//edina.ac.uk/projects/joinup/xgrain/
• http//edina.ac.uk/projects/joinup/zblsa/
• http//etoc.mimas.ac.uk/zetoc/

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Project Manager
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delivery service

• Whats in Docusend for me?
• No need for location checking
• Automatically updates when supplied
• Hyperlink to document in web interface
• Can cope with local holdings
• Outstanding coverage
• Fast, and will be competitively priced

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Project Manager
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delivery service

• Where can I find out more about Docusend?
• http//www.docusend.ac.uk
• Or contact me
• Peter Wynne
• p.wynne_at_umist.ac.uk
• 0161 200 4937

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Peter M. Wynne Docusend
Project Manager
3 July 2002