I am interested in access to Aeon data.
We created an application that accepts a request from our catalog
(Voyager) or from the Online Archive of California where users discover
our finding aids. They can click on a link in either system, and our app
pulls appripriate data from the other to provide a complete request to
Aeon. It is submitted by calling a DLL on the Aeon server.
The Atlas Systems programmers could only provide batch data via our sftp
server to integrate with other systems, specifically for remote storage
requests and billing/payments. (We could not use Aeon for billing, but
needed to integrate it into our existing billing and payments systems.)
I'm interested in your approach to api access. Can you directly access
the Aeon database?
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On 3/9/2015 12:08 PM, Smith, Steelsen 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 <[email protected]>
Sent: Mar 9, 2015 2:12 PM
To: [email protected]
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 <[email protected]> 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
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