To acquire NCIP on DCB for your library, ask your DCB Administrator to contact Innovative.
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To acquire NCIP on DCB for your library, ask your DCB Administrator to contact Innovative. |
The NCIP on DCB product enables a DCB box to communicate with a non-Innovative ILS via the NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) during INN-Reach patron verification and circulation.
If your library has acquired this product, the DCB box automatically sends NCIP messages to your ILS whenever patrons attempt to request INN-Reach items or staff perform INN-Reach circulation activities. No additional action is required by staff beyond standard DCB circulation activities.
Note that you must continue to perform all INN-Reach circulation functions on the DCB box. The DCB box communicates that circulation data to the non-Innovative ILS via NCIP messages. On receipt of these NCIP messages, the non-Innovative ILS has the opportunity to update its local records to remain in sync with the DCB records. The nature and timing of these updates depends on the local implementation of the non-Innovative ILS.
This product uses NCIP messages that conform to the published Application Profile for INN-Reach DCB. As specified in the profile, the DCB Box acts almost entirely as an initiator of NCIP messages. It receives response messages from the non-Innovative ILS during patron verification only. Specifically, the LookupUser message requires a response from the non-Innovative ILS, the LookupUserResponse message. For more information, see the INN-Reach DCB Application Profile.
For more information on how NCIP on DCB works behind-the-scenes, see the following sections below:
The events described in this section correspond to those described in DCB Patron as Borrower.
When the patron attempts to request an item in the INN-Reach Catalog, the INN-Reach Central Server requests patron verification information from the DCB box. In response, the DCB Box:
If the patron is successfully verified, the INN-Reach Central Server sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. On receipt of this message, the DCB box creates the ItemRequested NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the owning site checks out the item to the DCB site, the system generates a standard INN-Reach circulation message. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates an ItemShipped NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the DCB site receives the item from the owning site, the following actions are possible:
The DCB site checks in the requested item from the DCB site. The DCB box:
The DCB site must insert a barcode into the virtual item record. The DCB box:
The DCB site processes the item to be returned uncirculated. The DCB box:
When the DCB site checks out the item to the requesting patron, the DCB box creates an ItemCheckedOut NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
Once the item has been checked out to the patron, the following actions are possible:
Either the patron or the patron site renews the item. The DCB box creates an ItemRenewed message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The owning site recalls the item. The system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB box receives the message, it creates an ItemRecalled NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The DCB site marks the item as lost. The DCB box creates a CirculationStatusChangeReported message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The DCB site reports the item as billed and paid. The DCB box creates a CirculationStatusChangeReported message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the DCB site checks in the item from the patron, the DCB box:
When the owning site receives the item from the DCB site, it checks it in and sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates an ItemReceived NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The following additional events can occur when a DCB patron is the borrower:
If the patron or the patron site cancels the request before the owning site has filled it, the DCB box:
If the owning site cancels the request (either manually or automatically), the system continues based on whether it can find another item in the INN-Reach Catalog to satisfy the request:
New Item Found
No New Item Found
If the owning site transfers the request to another item it owns, the system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates and transmits the following NCIP messages to the non-Innovative ILS:
If an owning site attempts to check out an item to a visiting DCB patron, the system requests patron verification information from the DCB box. In response, the DCB box queries its local version of the patron record and returns the results to the owning site. Note that this visiting patron verification process does not generate a LookupUser NCIP message.
If the patron is successfully verified, the owning site sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates an ItemCheckedOut NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The following can occur when the visiting patron returns the item:
If the visiting patron returns the item to the DCB box (patron site), the system actions are equivalent to those that take place when the DCB box checks in an item from a patron who used standard INN-Reach requesting.
If the visiting patron returns the item to the owning site, the system actions are equivalent to those that take place when the owning site receives the item from the patron site.
The events described in this section correspond to those described in DCB Site as Lender.
When a patron from another site in the INN-Reach System requests an item that belongs to the DCB box, the INN-Reach Central Server sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. On receipt of this message, the DCB box creates the ItemRequested NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the DCB site checks out the item to the patron site, the DCB box:
When the patron site checks in the item from the DCB box (or inserts a barcode into the virtual item record), the system performs standard INN-Reach functions, none of which trigger the transmission of an NCIP message to the non-Innovative ILS.
If the patron site processes the item for return to the DCB site uncirculated, the system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When it receives this message, the DCB box creates an ItemCheckedIn NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the patron site checks out the item to the requesting patron, the system performs standard INN-Reach functions, none of which trigger the transmission of an NCIP message to the non-Innovative ILS.
Once the item has been checked out to the patron, the following actions are possible:
Either the patron or the patron site renews the item. The system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates an RenewItem message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The DCB site recalls the item. The DCB box:
The patron site marks the item as lost. The system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB Box. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates a CirculationStatusChangeReported message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
The patron site reports the item as billed and paid. The system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB Box receives this message, it creates a CirculationStatusChangeReported message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the patron site checks in the item from the patron, the system performs standard INN-Reach functions, none of which trigger the transmission of an NCIP message to the non-Innovative ILS.
When the DCB box checks in the item from the patron site, the system:
The following additional events can occur when the DCB is acting as lender:
If the patron or the patron site cancels the request before the owning site has filled it, the system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. When the DCB box receives this message, it creates an ItemRequestCancelled NCIP message and transmits it to the non-Innovative ILS.
If the DCB site cancels the request (either manually or automatically), the DCB box:
New Item Found
No New Item Found
The system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the patron site, cancelling the INN-Reach request.
If the owning site transfers the request to another item it owns, the system sends a standard INN-Reach circulation message to the DCB box. The DCB Box creates and transmits the following NCIP messages to the non-Innovative ILS:
If the DCB site checks out an item to a visiting DCB patron, the DCB box:
The following can occur when the visiting patron returns the item:
If the visiting patron returns the item to the patron site, the system actions are equivalent to those that take place when the patron site checks in an item from a patron who used standard INN-Reach requesting.
If the visiting patron returns the item to the DCB box (owning site), the system actions are equivalent to those that take place when the DCB box receives the item from the patron site.
| September 2012 | |