Re: Interlibrary loan and library heirarchy

Posted by Elbiot on Sep 29, 2010; 2:52pm
URL: http://ngl.70.s1.nabble.com/Interlibrary-loan-and-library-heirarchy-tp5582178p5584266.html

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Verus Open Source Support [via NewGenLib] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello,
We would like to first appreciate this innovative concept of lending library.
As you have mentioned for this concept we either need to implement an ILL or Network library to realize this.
ILL is available in NGL in Circulation functionality.
However from a "traditional" library's point of view an item loaned on ILL basis is usually meant for one patron only. Once the patron is done with the item it is returned back to the lending library. Which is not your case!
Using Library network will be heavy weight.
Also, most of the books in a library are its own property, hence accession numbers are provided for them.

As of now NewGenLib does not meet the  such requirements. We will consider this business case in our next development cycle.

Thank you for considering my questions thoughtfully.  Good luck to you,

Elliot