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WorldCat Selection
In January 2011, OCLC introduced the latest modification, enabling the automatic creation of acquisition orders in the LBS for titles selected from the WorldCat Selection (WCS) platform. This involved converting WCS records into PICA format, as well as matching and merging records in the GGC (shared cataloguing system). The LBS4 tool that transfers the [...]
Library Support for Digital Readers
The aim of this project is to make recommendations on the Library’s role with regard to digital readers. The recommendations will be based on the outcome of the trials at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Philosophy. A newly discovered risk in the planning process is that, in order for [...]
Ranking
The ‘Ranking’ project (‘A project to support the position of the University of Groningen in rankings’) is one of the projects in the context of University funding ‘IT 2010-2014’. The content of the project proposal was finally approved in May 2011, after various rounds of the University committee responsible for funding. The funding [...]
Phasing-out of LBS3
Migration to LBS version 2.8.2 is being prepared with OCLC. This version is required for WorldCat Selection and (possibly) for WorldCat Local. In the final months of 2011, all outstanding LBS problems in FogBugz were recorded and compared to outstanding calls at OCLC, in Leiden as well as the USA. This resulted in an improved [...]
Redesign of Public Services at the Library (HPU project) and Learning Grid project
The HPU project got off to a good start. In the summer, in the run-up to the project’s official launch, some of the members of the project group made working visits to other libraries, in search of inspiration, best practices, tips from colleagues, etc. Once the group was at ‘full strength’, further working visits were [...]