NILDE reloaded: a new system open to international interlibrary loan
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present new concepts and features introduced in NILDE 4.0, an online ILL and document supply request system designed for and used by more than 700 Italian libraries and research institutions.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors use a case study approach based on their professional experience at the NILDE Administrator library, the CNR Research Area Library of Bologna.
Findings
New concepts and features include, among others, a multilingual user interface, a Z39.50 link to national catalogues and union catalogues, a ranking algorithm to assist libraries in balancing their ILL borrowing and lending volumes with partner libraries, a single sign-on user authentication and authorisation system, and a bibliographic citation management system. Future development plans include the ability to create library groups; although this functionality is already built into the new system architecture, it has not yet been implemented by the community.
Originality/value
The authors have published previously on earlier versions of the NILDE software; this paper presents an overview of the recently released version 4.0.
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Acknowledgements
Received 8 March 2012. Accepted 13 March 2012. Published with the kind permission of IFLA, www.ifla.org/ The authors wish to thank the following colleagues for their work and collaboration: Diego Malipiero, NILDE 4.0 software developer, and Daniele De Matteis, NILDE 4.0 graphic designer; Vincenzo Verniti, Orietta Bonora, Gabriella Boninsegna and Christian Rossi, from the ACNP Italian Serials Catalogue, University of Bologna; all the members of the NILDE Library Committee and working groups: Elena Bernardini, Francesca Brunetti, Marco Chiandoni, Paola Domina, Marida Fasano, Gustavo Filippucci, Luisa Fruttini, Laura Garbolino, Marina Grazioli, Stefano Guarise, Gianfranco Maiozzi, Rosella Magno, Monica Ortolan, Stefano Stabene, Elisabetta Tamburini, Ingvild Unterpertinger.This paper was originally presented at the IFLA 12th Interlending & Document Supply Conference held in Chicago, 19-21 September 2011.
Citation
Mangiaracina, S. and Tugnoli, A. (2012), "NILDE reloaded: a new system open to international interlibrary loan", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 40 No. 2, pp. 88-92. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641611211239551
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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