[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic bibliographic reserves

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi Don,

We have been using Syrup for our academic reserves. It was developed by 
the great folks at the University of Windsor in Ontario (Art Rhyno and 
Graham Fawcett) and can be configured to be tightly integrated with 
Evergreen. From Syrup, you can search the Evergreen catalog to add items 
to a reserve list and make updates to the copies in Evergreen to change 
circ modifiers, call numbers and copy locations. Syrup will remember the 
copy's previous parameters so that you can easily revert the parameters 
when an item is taken off the reserves shelf. Several of our academics 
have reported that they are very pleased with this solution. Also, Art, 
is super helpful if you have any questions or come across any problems.

The code for Syrup is available in the Evergreen git repository at 
http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Syrup.git;a=summary. I believe there is 
some documentation in that git branch as well.

If you're interested in taking a look at it, feel free to contact me 
with any questions.

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

On 12/21/2012 10:35 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We are still thinking through our organizational structure and have 
> run into the issue of academic reserves. Although the titles we check 
> out for material that is placed on reserve is diminishing every year, 
> it is still something that needs to be dealt with. Other library 
> systems have a module dedicated to reserve material, but I gather 
> academic Evergreen libraries have been using the bookbag feature to 
> service this area. Are academic libraries satisfied with bookbags as 
> an alternative to a reserves module? Would it be sensible to create a 
> sub-branch library named Reserves in our organization structure? 
> Should we treat reserve materials as a specific collection or material 
> type? Is there any documentation that specifically addressed how to 
> set up academic reserves? I didn't spot it in the 2.3 documentation if 
> it's there.
>
> Thanks for your insights,
>
> Don
>
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu 
> <mailto:don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu>
> (859) 858-2227
>
>
>

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