SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Bristol University (05 June 2008)
• CONSER (15 June 2008)
• Durham University (28 May 2008)
• ISSN (13 June 2008)
• Napier University (03 June 2008)
• Royal Society of Medicine (05 June 2008)
• Sheffield University (14 June 2008)
• Sussex University (09 May 2008)
• Swansea University (15 June 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Quick Survey of Inter-Library Loan Librarians

Last month we reported our attendance at a North West Interlending Partnership meeting in Preston, where we took the opportunity to conduct a quick survey with the participants at the meeting. We have now analysed the responses and the following is a short summary of the findings.

The North West Interlending Partnership provides Inter Library Loan (ILL) support services to libraries in the north west of England. It has a total of 32 partners, including 20 Public Library Authorities; 11 Academic Libraries and one Specialist Library.

• 33% of the respondents had previously used SUNCAT as part of their (Inter-Library Loan) ILL workflow.


• The remaining 67% all indicated that they would now consider using SUNCAT as part of their ILL workflow.


• 76% of the respondents indicated that they would like more public libraries to be added to SUNCAT


• 50% of respondents indicated that they would like more Higher Education and Specialist libraries to be added to SUNCAT
  

Respondents were also asked to rate the usefulness of five new or potential SUNCAT developments.

• The recent development Listing the holding libraries on the result screen was the most popular development with 100% of the respondents rating this at the top end of the scale.


• The second most popular development was Linking from SUNCAT holdings to the equivalent record on Contributing Libraries’ local catalogues with 86% of the respondents rating this at the top end of the scale.


• The next most popular development was Linking from SUNCAT to Table of Content (TOC) services, e.g. Zetoc with 67% of respondents rating this at the top end of the scale.


• Following this, Integrated presentation and access to SUNCAT, COPAC, Zetoc etc. had 57% of the respondents rating this at the top end of the scale.


• The least popular development was the Integration with ILL request mechanisms which only 43% of the respondents rated at the high end of the scale.
  

These results were very encouraging for SUNCAT, demonstrating that we are on track with our new and planned developments, but should concentrate on developing deep links to local catalogues and to setting up links to TOC services. The results also highlight that it would be helpful to include more public libraries on the catalogue and to promote the service further to the ILL community.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Exeter University (06 June 2008)
• University College London (08 June 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• British Library (30 May 2008)
• Cambridge University (02 June 2008)
• CONSER (02 June 2008)
• Glasgow University (28 May 2008)
• Kent University (01 June 2008)
• Liverpool University (10 June 2008)
• London Business School (03 June 2008)
• National Library of Scotland (09 June 2008)
• Newcastle University (28 May 2008)
• Nottingham University (02 June 2008)
• St. Andrews University (04 June 2008)
• Warwick University (10 June 2008)
• York University (02 June 2008)
• Zoological Society of London (30 May 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• British Geological Survey (28 Apr 2008)
• British Library (03 May 2008)
• Cardiff University (27 May 2008)
• CONSER (15 May 2008)
• Institution of Engineering and Technology (02 May 2008)
• Liverpool University (15 May 2008)
• National Museum Wales (07 May 2008)
• Natural History Museum (12 May 2008)
• Southampton University (26 May 2008)
• Swansea University (15 May 2008)
• University College London (06 May 2008)
• University of London Research Libraries (01 May 2008)
• York University (07 May 2008)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.