Heading to Jacksonville, FL for the OCLC Resource Sharing Conference on March 19-21, 2019? Catch up with Atlas Systems staff  to talk about all things ILLiad! Look for us at our Ask Atlas table and at various sessions throughout the conference.

Atlas Systems staff attending include:
Heather Black, Implementation and Concierge Services Team Leader
John Brunswick, Business Development Representative
Matt Calsada, Senior Developer
Genie Powell, Director of Special Projects
Stephanie Spires, Chief Operations and Service Officer
Dustin Stokes, Chief Technology Officer

Want to schedule time to meet with someone in advance? Visit our staff directory to email or call them before the conference.

We are participating in several sessions, including:

• OCLC Tuesday – ILLiad Breakout session https://sched.co/JiLg
• Single Click User Request Submission via the ILLiad API https://sched.co/JiMY
• Unmediated Reprints Desk for ILLiad https://sched.co/JiMw
• Atlas Update  https://sched.co/JiNZ

We look forward to seeing our ILLiad customers in Jacksonville!

Have you heard? OCLC and Atlas Systems want libraries to have choices in the resource sharing software and services they use and announced that Atlas Systems will continue to develop ILLiad. OCLC will also continue to develop Tipasa. If you missed the announcement, please take a few minutes to view the OCLC/Atlas Systems ASERL webinar presentation from November 2018.

Join the ILLiad UserVoice forum  today to suggest enhancement ideas or vote on ideas suggested by your colleagues. 

Have you heard about the very active ILLers; a FB Group For Interlibrary Loan Librarians and the newly formed Course Reserves Cove; a Group for Library Staff who process Course Reserves? These groups are great places to meet colleagues, collaborate on solutions, and share best practices. If you are a Facebook user, please check these groups out, introduce yourself, and share your experiences.

Visit the ILLiad Best Practices community forum topic area to learn more about these topics:

ILLiad release for DOCLINE 6.1 integration

End of support dates for ILLiad versions 8.6 and 8.7

ILLiad and Ares users are advised that effective March 1st, 2019, the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) will no longer support Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 protocol and any prior versions. Please see https://support.atlas-sys.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360026565953-The-CCC-s-new-TLS-1-2-Security-Protocol-Requirements for more information.

The 50th Annual Colorado Interlibrary Loan Conference will be held on April 25-26, 2019 at the Westin Hotel in Westminster, CO. If you plan to attend, please join Atlas Systems' Heather Black for a pre-conference workshop entitled ILLiad as a Power Tool.

Heather will outline some recent custom projects completed for ILLiad customers that make the most of ILLiad's customization options. Topics include creating power searches for on the spot reporting; creating workflows for faculty delivery; adding retrieval services from an off-site repository; and managing special requests to meet the need for accessibility services. She will describe available configurations and provide tips and tools to so you can complete these types of projects on your own. In addition to allowing time for general Q&A about ILLiad, we will present a review of features in the upcoming ILLiad 9.1 release.

Visit the conference website to register for the pre-conference . See you in Colorado!

All of us, here at Atlas Systems, would like to acknowledge Centennial College, Morgan State University, New York University, Princeton University, and University of Maryland, Baltimore County on their successful Ares implementations! We’re looking forward to working with you as Ares is introduced across your institutions.  The torch has now been passed on to our newest Ares customers; please join the rest of the Ares community in wishing a warm welcome to Grinnell College, Iowa State University and Purdue University Fort Wayne.

All of us enduring bitter cold and snow were just a little envious of our colleagues who attended the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, where they were lucky enough to run into some sunshine (yes, sunshine in Seattle in January). But, after all, they were there to work and learn, as well as enjoy some quality time with Atlas customers. You can read all about Atlas Systems' ALA experience in our most recent Report from the Field .