Enhancements:

• Added a choice for using either Better World Books or Amazon for pricing. Amazon is no longer required to run GDM.
• Added Local Catalog call number to Batch Analysis
• Check box to include/not include local call number in Batch Analysis
• Added basic threading to Batch Analysis to improve speed, application handling. Will add multiple threads in a future version
• Added Book Lists field to Batch Analysis
• Added optional Google API Key setting and use for libraries searching more than 1000 records per day in the Batch Analysis

Bug fixes:

• Improved export to Excel feature so that Excel can now be run while GDM is running
• Fixed bug with weighting score in Batch Analysis

Thank you to everyone for submitting bugs and suggestions!

You can also download a copy of our GIST Workbook (122), which is a great planning tool for all libraries interested in implementing GIST. It will guide you through planning, installing, configuring, and launching GIST at your library.

Questions? Feel free to contact the development team!

• Missing WorldCat badge image
• Missing Creative Commons image
• Incorrect GIST.js script source in the webpages, preventing the scripts from running
• Other minor bugs

If you have already downloaded the webpages and customized your GIST.config file, please download and install the upgrader. Otherwise, please install the full version to get started.

• GIST for ILLiad Webpages Full Installer (77)
• GIST for ILLiad Webpages Upgrader (66)

Please report any other bugs to the GIST Development Team.

• Download: GIST_SQL.zip (67)

Use ILLData

go

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTWeb] TO [illiad]

GO

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTFunds] TO [illiad]

GO

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTHistory] TO [illiad]

GO

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTFundLink] TO [illiad]

GO

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTInvoice] TO [illiad]

GO

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTVendor] TO [illiad]

GO

GRANT  SELECT ,  UPDATE ,  INSERT ,  DELETE  ON [dbo].[GISTConspectus] TO [illiad]

GO

We hope to release a new SQL script soon that will automatically assign these privileges for new Acquisitions Manager users. If you have already installed these tables, please follow the directions above.

Also note that we listed minimum system requirements for using the Acquisitions Manager and GIST for ILLiad Webpages. As explained in the ILLiad 8.1 release notes, prior versions of ILLiad will be unable to access third-party tables. This includes the GIST tables needed for the Acquisitions Manager. Please update your server and clients to the latest versions of ILLiad before implementing the Acquisitions Manager or GIST for ILLiad Webpages. This will also ensure that the ILLiad client is able to properly handle the GIST ILLiad Addons.

A minor code typo was discovered in the GenericRequestGIST page that was released on January 31. If you have not yet installed the new webpages, simply download the GIST for ILLiad Webpages full installer to get the corrected page. Otherwise, please download the upgrade installer (this will preserve your GIST.config file).

Sorry for the inconvenience. 

New GIST Tool

The GIST Acquisitions Manager is a new type of acquisitions system built within ILLiad using new GIST tables and GIST Addons. It provides…

• Management of fund/budgets – with immediate fund balance checking at the point of review or purchasing
• GIST matches the funds with the requesters automatically.
• GIST manages a single ILL purchase on demand fund to large sets of collection development funds.
• Custom Conspectus – GIST recommends purchase or review when a request meets your collection building profile.
• Enable purchasing where ILL requests for materials not held in your consortia but fit your collection building profile.
• Adjust almost 1,600 Library of Congress classification and Dewey divisions to highlight where you want to grow your collection.
• Streamlined and flexible acquisition workflow
• Using GIST, you customize the services and process the way you want to enhance your ILL purchase on demand or fully share buy-borrow strategies that build a strong and diverse collection.
• Based on valued data, route requests automatically and make decisions about buy or borrow fast.
• Select the web services you want in your workflow; Connexion, Gobi, etc. including adding some 30 addons: https://prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/ILLiadAddons/Addons+Directory

Also in this release – a new discovery widget for your standalone ILLiad request form

• Requesters only have to add an author and title, or ISBN to search Worldcat from within the blank request form to discover exactly what they want you to buy or borrow – this helps you streamline your workflows and provide accurate services.

Look for the GIST Team in Virginia Beach

On March 21, 2012, we will be conducting an all-day pre-conference workshop with Atlas Systems at the 2012 OCLC ILLiad International Conference.

Acknowledgements

• Many thanks to the GIST Team and the IDS Project for their work on developing the Getting It System Toolkit.
• Special thanks to Atlas Systems and OCLC for their support of the project from development to deployment.
• Many thanks also to Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLC) and the NY3Rs for supporting GIST Development, including an RBDB grant.
• Very special thanks to Mark Sullivan’s countless hours of programming in LUA to get all the amazing acquisitions and collection development features in ILLiad’s robust request management system.

Sometimes things take a bit longer than expected, but like a good dry red wine, it’s worth the wait…

Thanks to beta-testing, the GIST team has a list of a few bugs to fix before releasing the Acquisitions Manager – this also gives us some extra time to better prepare our documentation for how to implement the latest GIST product – an acquisitions module inside ILLiad that includes budget/fund management, and the conspectus.

Stay tuned – the documentation will be evolving with new videos – thanks to Tim Bowersox’s talent for captivate, camtasia, and prezi.

All that said, you have time to prepare: Planning and description.

• Getting necessary APIs from OCLC and Amazon.
• Preparing various sets of OCLC symbols for your consortial partners,
• Most importantly, encouraging the dialogue and workflow tours between ILL and acquisitions – this is also a great time to review data from 2011 to see how various criteria – such as purchasing when no library holdings in group 2 or 3 – might impact the year ahead.

Also in the works – watch for GIST at the OCLC International ILLiad Conference in March.

Thanks for your continued interest in GIST – watch for more on the releasing of the Acquisitions Manager in the next few weeks.

Best wishes,

Cyril

The GIST development team at SUNY Geneseo is pleased to announce that the GIST Acquisitions Manager has been made available for beta testing! This new version of GIST transforms ILLiad into a full fledged acquisitions module, combining ILLiad’s request management features with addons for:

• Budget management, saving you time by even selecting funds at order based upon a user’s department or status
• Vendor management, including 20 preloaded vendors for quick ordering such as Amazon, GOBI, and TitleSource3
• Collection building profiles, featuring the same Conspectus-driven recommendation engine as our Gift and Deselection Manager
• Item by item invoice management right from within each ILLiad request

Thanks to the support of Atlas Systems and OCLC, these addons are powered by new standalone GIST database tables that can be installed on your local or OCLC-hosted servers. You no longer have to use ILLiad transaction fields. (Installation details will be provided during the full release of the Acquisitions Manager.)

Last, and certainly not least, the Acquisitions Manager includes new versions of the GIST ILLiad webpages that are designed to work with these new database tables. They also include a new “Find My Item” widget that gives users the ability to search by title and author keywords from within the ILLiad request form. This can greatly improve request accuracy and the number of requests you can automate through Direct Request.

Stay tuned–we’re planning a full release of the Acquisitions Manager the first week of December!

Learn More

• View interactive demos and a workflow overview
• Begin planning to implement the Acquisitions Manager at your library
• Want to be a beta tester? Contact the GIST Development Team
• Post your comments, questions, and customizations for every GIST component in our forums

If you have a prior version, you will need to download the GDM Updater (116). Otherwise, please use the GDM 1.0.2.7 Full Installer (179).

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue with Amazon now requiring Associate Tag to function properly.
• To obtain an Associates Tag, please join the Amazon Affiliates at https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/flex/associates/apply-login.html
• You will need to enter the Associate Tag into the GDM Configuration after the upgrade has run.