Introduction to Self-developed Web ILS Data Accessing Interfaces

Abstract

Hongfei Li, Systems Librarian, City University of Seattle.

The presentation will introduce some self-developed web ILS data accessing interfaces. The interfaces were developed for library staff to access data in different ways than Voyager Access Reports and clients. The interfaces are designed to display real-time Voyager data, and can be filtered, sorted and exported for multiple purposes by library staff. The formats of interfaces are Excel spreadsheets, ASPX pages on the campus SharePoint website, or the item processing pages residing on local PCs. Some data sources are merely from Voyager tables, while others are from combined data sources, such as data in Voyager combining with data in ILLiad, data in Voyager Reporter combining with data in Access Report. With the interfaces, library staff could perform regular library routines in an efficient way. The functions of the interfaces will be demonstrated, and the key issues of design and implementation will be discussed. The code is available to interested Voyagers.