2015 SWIFT User Group Meeting

April 29, 2015Cheyenne Mountain Resort

Colorado Springs, CO

Courier Update

Sharon WalkerCLiC

SWIFT User Needs Assessment Survey

Lori SmithColorado State Library

Important

• No cost

• Availability checking

• Automatic deflection based on lending policy

Not Important

• Patron initiated requesting

• NCIP (links to circulation system)

• Libraries outside of CO borrow/lend with SWIFT

Important

• No cost

• One step multi-copy requests (book club)

• Borrow/lend with Blue Sky Express and COKAMO libraries

Not important

• Buy it option available

• Patron initiated requesting

• Interoperability with other systems

Important

• No cost

• Availability checking

• Automatic deflection based on lending policies

• One step multi-copy requests (book club)

Not Important

• Buy it now option

• Patron initiated requesting

• Customizations done locally • Electronic delivery of

journal articles

• Not the decision maker

• Can’t pay – budget too small

• Won’t pay – using Prospector, OCLC, Marmot, AspenCat

• Willing to contribute, small amount

• Not the decision maker

• Depends on changes to software

• Depends on possible cost

• Important service, staying regardless of changes

• User friendly and easy to use

• No cost or affordable

• Like Prospector or Marmot

• Connects to circulation system

• Thanks!• SWIFT Users appreciate program vs. software• Valued by library patrons• Understand importance of program (even if

not using SWIFT for borrowing)• Features – Availability checking– Load balancing

Future of SWIFT

Lori SmithColorado State Library

Software Solutions

• OCLC• Auto-Graphics• Relais International Inc.• Innovative Interfaces Inc.• FulfILLment

Software Solutions - OCLC

• Version of WorldShare• Familiar functionality & workflow• Libraries load holdings• Blue Sky/COKAMO• Same price for fixed period• End of VDX – March 2018

Software Solutions – Auto-Graphics

• SHAREit• Contains most asked for features• Customizations are additional cost• ISSI (interstate resource sharing group)• Greater price range

Software Solutions – Relais

• D2D & Relais ILL• Stable product & workflow• Mostly academic users• Greater price range

Software Solutions – Innovative Interfaces

• INN-Reach• Circulation based resource sharing• Software development• Prospector & Marmot• Unknown price range

Software Solutions – FulfILLment

• FulfILLment (Equinox Software & OHIONET)• Open source ILL software• Open source ILL software• No cost for software – Cost for hardware, development, staff time

SWIFT Future

• SWIFT Advisory Committee

• Software Exploration

• User Input

SWIFT Advisory Committee

• Rebecca Bernal – Colorado Mesa University• Wendy Corcoran – Estes Valley Library• Moriah Haley – Anythink Libraries• Regan Harper – Colorado State Library• Sarah Hartshorn – DOC Representative• Elizabeth Jarrell – East Morgan County Library• Franca Rosen – Jefferson County Public Library• Jan Ryan – Delta County Libraries• Mark Skinner – Alamosa High School• Lori Smith – Colorado State Library

Colorado Book Club Resource

Arian OsborneColorado State Library

Colorado ILL Best Practices

Lori SmithColorado State Library

Best Practices - Revisions

• Simplify– Remove CLC, electronic methods, large libraries as

last resort• Update– Borrower – Confirm holdings– Lender – Renewal requests

• Suggestions

SWIFT Software

Lori SmithColorado State Library

SWIFT Software Vote

• Prospector

• Marmot

• Ebooks