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Enhancing Library Systems in Europe: A Comprehensive Voyager Report

This report summarizes the status of Voyager versions across European countries, highlighting areas for improvement such as Unicode testing, multilingual features, and compliance with European legislation. Issues with circulation, cataloging, and acquisitions are also addressed for better library management in Europe.

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Enhancing Library Systems in Europe: A Comprehensive Voyager Report

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  1. European EndUser2003 European Report – based on the Country Reports Annu Jauhiainen September 5, 2003

  2. Countries: Libraries • England:7 • Finland:51 • France: 1 • Scotland: 9 • Sweden: 7 • Switzerland: 2 • Wales: 6

  3. Voyager versions • 2000.3 (Finland) • 2001.1 (Finland, France, Wales) • 2001.2 (Finland, Sweden, Wales) • Unicode testing?

  4. Modules and add-ons in use • all basic modules in use • self check-out, self check-in • call-slip • EDI • Multilingual WebVoyage • Bookbag and MyOpac • Bibliographic Record Linking • Universal Catalogue • Universal Borrowing

  5. CLIO-ILL • not in use in any library • being evaluated by several sites • version 3 does not fulfil European requirements (for example in exchanging data with the British Library) • testing version 4

  6. ”European issues” 1 • Quality control of new releases, especially regarding international features • regional settings of the workstation • currencies • character sets • Too many patches to new releases

  7. ”European issues” 2 • WebVoyage is not really multilingual • The implementation of PIN doesn’t comply with European legislation or requirements • Implementing FAST search engine to Voyager

  8. ”European issues” 3 • Circulation • Hold/recall functionality • Pick-up location • High volume circulation • Not enough flexibility • Self service, especially self check-in: poor support of SIP 2.0

  9. ”European issues” 4 • Cataloguing • Duplicate detection • Bulk importing • Global change

  10. ”European issues” 5 • Universal Catalogue • Immature functionality, with no further development • Unknown to EISI Support

  11. ”European issues” 5 • Acquisition • currency

  12. ENCompass, LinkFinder Plus • The Scottish Voyager Consortium: ERA, EDC, LFP, live in 2003 • Wales: LFP • Linnea2 of Finland: EDC, LOI

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