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Open SiteSearch at ALA

ILL Documentation to be Released

Open SiteSearch at ALA OCLC is pleased to demo the 4.1 version of Open SiteSearch at the American Library Association annual conference in New Orleans, June 26-29. Join us Saturday June 26 at 8am for the User's Group Meeting Breakfast to hear Open SiteSearch managers explain the features and enhancements of version 4.1 and outline future plans for Open SiteSearch. Also be sure to stop by and see us on the floor in booth #403. To register for any of the presentations contact: Becky Hawk, Product Support Coordinator. Phone: 800/848.5878 x 6061 Email: Schedule of events (as of 5/10/99): Saturday, June 26 8:00am - 9:00 Open SiteSearch User's Group Meeting Breakfast     9:30am - 11:00 LITA Vendor Connection From ILL/Document Delivery to Electronic Books and Journals: How Do We Get There from Here? Pat Stevens, Marketing Manager for OCLC Distributed Systems, discusses how Open SiteSearch integrates holdings information with document delivery processes. Sunday, June 27 8:00am - 9:30 Breakfast Workshop XML - Extensible Markup Language with Open SiteSearch Its Role in Your Electronic Library. Eric Miller, Research Scientist with the OCLC Office of Research, and Pat Stevens discuss the nature and scope of the XML metadata language and OCLC's plans to implement XML functionality with Open SiteSearch. Monday, June 28 8:00am - 9:30 Breakfast Workshop XML - Extensible Markup Language with Open SiteSearch Its Role in Your Electronic Library A second session of Sunday's workshop.

ILL Documentation to be released Coming later this month, the Help Zone will add comprehensive documentation on Interlibrary Loan. ILL was most recently addressed briefly in the Tips and Techs section of the April InSite. Topics covered include: WebZ and Interlibrary Loan Locations.ini Configuration File Configuring WebZ to Use OCLC ILL Direct Request ILL Configuration Files WebZ and E-Mail ILL Requests Adding or Removing ILL Lender Locations IllService.ini Configuration File Configuring WebZ to Send ILL Requests to an E-Mail Address Testing ILL Services Location Configuration Files WebZ and OCLC ILL Direct Request   After the documentation has been posted to the Help Zone, we will notify users through the Open SiteSearch listserv. We welcome your comments.