Docusend the one stop, integrated, document delivery service

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service Interlend 2002: All Change DocDel horse sense: from donkey work to Docusend Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service What is Docusend? A one-stop document delivery service for journal article requests Electronic delivery wherever possible Funded by JISC/DNER Three years in duration Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service What can Docusend offer the end-user? Many different electronic information services now available Necessity for re-keying search terms Too many id/password pairs Services frequently yield bibliographic metadata only Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service Who is involved in Docusend? Consortium partners are: King’s College London, the Lamda libraries, EDINA Software provided under contract by Fretwell-Downing Informatics Software: VDX with bespoke functionality http://www.fdgroup.com/ Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service What is Lamda? A consortium of university libraries offering a document delivery service Originally an eLib project Lamda union list Ariel software for electronic delivery http://lamdaweb.mcc.ac.uk/ Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service Which libraries are in Lamda? Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service How does Docusend work? Reader submits docdel request ILL personnel log onto Docusend (IE5.5+) Perform title search or ISSN Select record Key bib. details of request into on-screen form and click on ‘submit’ Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service How does Docusend work? (continued) VDX searches (using exact match on title or ISSN) the Lamda union list for locations Will parse holdings statements where possible Populates rota from identified locations Load balancing Sends request to first library in rota Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service How does a supply library respond to a request? Incoming requests visible to first supplier Decides whether or not they can supply Can supply – scans document on Ariel workstation Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service How does a supply library respond to a request? (continued) Sends document to VDX using Ariel Status is automatically updated at responding and requesting sites Requesting site checks on progress of request – document accessible via hyperlink Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service …but what if first library on rota cannot supply the requested item? Logs on and views incoming requests Decides that they cannot supply Changes request status manually … and VDX moves the request on to the next library in rota AUTOMATICALLY Not supplied anywhere – routed to BLDSC Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service How far has Docusend got? Testing at libraries in five universities Want to complete roll-out to all libraries in all institutions in project consortium Preparing for extension beyond the consortium in both requesting and supplying Preparing for Ariel 3 Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service Where does Docusend want to go next? Suppliers: z-targets, born digital material, learned society publishers Requesters: extension to request-only sites, interoperation between ILL systems and Docusend Aggregators: supply medium in discovery services including RDN portals Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service The DNER JOIN-UP cluster We’re serious about serials! An infrastructure cluster (rather than content) Addressing the linkage between refs. in discovery databases and full-text services DNER verbs: discover/locate/request/access Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service http://edina.ac.uk/projects/joinup/index.shtml http://edina.ac.uk/projects/joinup/xgrain/ http://edina.ac.uk/projects/joinup/zblsa/ http://etoc.mimas.ac.uk/zetoc/ Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service What’s in Docusend for me? No need for location checking Automatically updates when supplied Hyperlink to document in web interface Can cope with local holdings Outstanding coverage Fast, and will be competitively priced Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service Where can I find out more about Docusend? http://www.docusend.ac.uk Or contact me: Peter Wynne p.wynne@umist.ac.uk 0161 200 4937 Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusendthe one stop, integrated, documentdelivery service Peter M. Wynne Docusend Project Manager 3 July 2002

Docusend the one stop, integrated, document delivery service