Just dashed from one presentation to another in a different room – unfortunately the start and end times don’t quite match, so I’ve come in halfway through a presentation from Queens University Belfast about integrating library services (apologies to Nicole Harris who was presenting on Federated Access Management, but I’ve seen quite a lot on this before…)

OK – so Queen’s Online seems to be the Queen’s portal. They have a ‘My Library’ channel which shows overdues, holds, etc. with single sign on. This is similar to a project we are involved in at Imperial at the moment.

Queen’s have introduced a strict fines policy, so they looked to make it as easy as possible for students to manage their account – to keep their loans current etc. Also looked at easiest way to pay. They established a project group with people from the library and the portal project. Implemented an e-pay solution, so fins can be paid online (use WorldPay to process credit card transactions).

They are describing how they setup the online payment service, using Talis Keystone, Queen’s Online and Worldpay, using Web Services – I won’t go into the detail, but the important thing here is the use of Web Services making it easy to integrate the library account with other systems.

The success of the work with Queen’s Online team is opening doors (really pays to work well with the University IT dept – they can help make things happen!). They are looking at increasing their presence in the portal, as well as smartcard epayments.

Andy Latham from Talis is summing up, basically saying that Talis Keystone is the solution for integration – I guess it is a Talis conference 🙂 Just finishing with the IT/Library video that is a take on the Mac/PC adverts – but I can’t track down the URL – if anyone knows it, drop it into the comments.

Just dashed from one presentation to another in a different room – unfortunately the start and end times don’t quite match, so I’ve come in halfway through a presentation from Queens University Belfast about integrating library services (apologies to Nicole Harris who was presenting on Federated Access Management, but I’ve seen quite a lot on this before…)

OK – so Queen’s Online seems to be the Queen’s portal. They have a ‘My Library’ channel which shows overdues, holds, etc. with single sign on. This is similar to a project we are involved in at Imperial at the moment.

Queen’s have introduced a strict fines policy, so they looked to make it as easy as possible for students to manage their account – to keep their loans current etc. Also looked at easiest way to pay. They established a project group with people from the library and the portal project. Implemented an e-pay solution, so fins can be paid online (use WorldPay to process credit card transactions).

They are describing how they setup the online payment service, using Talis Keystone, Queen’s Online and Worldpay, using Web Services – I won’t go into the detail, but the important thing here is the use of Web Services making it easy to integrate the library account with other systems.

The success of the work with Queen’s Online team is opening doors (really pays to work well with the University IT dept – they can help make things happen!). They are looking at increasing their presence in the portal, as well as smartcard epayments.

Andy Latham from Talis is summing up, basically saying that Talis Keystone is the solution for integration – I guess it is a Talis conference 🙂 Just finishing with the IT/Library video that is a take on the Mac/PC adverts – but I can’t track down the URL – if anyone knows it, drop it into the comments.