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…)<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Andy Latham from Talis is summing up, basically saying that Talis Keystone is the solution for integration – I guess it is a Talis conference \ud83d\ude42 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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