[Live Shelf Status] The Illume Admin Centre has been setting up Z39.50 searching and Live Shelf Status checks for as many libraries as possible over the past year.
With Live Shelf Status activated, the Illume system live checks the Lender library's Z39.50 server for the status of the item and confirms that the Lender library owns that exact item. For some libraries, when searching Illume, you may see Location and Status information available on some of your records (example below) that are found via your Z39.50 Search Target.
You can always check at the top of any record in the "Found in:" section to discover if the record/item was found via one of the union databases (BC Union Catalogue, ELN Media Cat or ELN Serials Cat) or through a Z39.50 server record look-up (eg. College of New Caledonia).
This indicates that your Location and Status information is being successfully retrieved from your Z39.50 server. But it doesn't necessarily mean that Live Shelf Status has been activated for your library yet!
The Illume Administrative Support Centre will work together with you to activate Live Shelf Status. To double-check if it has been activated for your library you can check your records found in the BC Union Catalogue (formerly OutLook Online) union database instead (example below). If you have a hyperlinked "Check Shelf Status" link available next to your Library name - then you have Live Shelf Status activated! For example only Coquitlam Public Library (BCOQ) and Richmond Public Library (BRIZ) have Live Shelf Status activated below. Click on a "Check Shelf Status" link to see the availability of that item.
Most libraries will only search the union databases for records and a few select z-targets, such as Simon Fraser University, and will never see your z-target records when searching Illume. Instead the Z39.50 catalogue records will mostly be used during requesting to check availability. We do recommend that you activate/configure your own z-target as a Search Resource to make up-to-date records available to your own patrons. If you've already configured your Z39.50 target with us, you may see Location and Status information available on some of your records even though you don't have Live Shelf Status activated yet.
Would you like to activate Live Shelf Status as soon as possible? Please contact us for assistance!
List of all libraries with Live Shelf Status Active:
- Burnaby Public Library (InterLINK) (BB)
- Camosun College (SITKA) (BVIC)
- Coast Mountain College (BTEN & BPRC)
- Coquitlam Public Library (InterLINK) (BCOQ)
- Fort St. James Public Library (SITKA) (FSJA)
- Greater Victoria Public Library (BVI)
- Justice Institute of BC (BVAJI)
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University (ISO Relais) (BSKC)
- New Westminster Public Library (InterLINK) (BNW)
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (SIKTA) (BMN)
- North Island College (BCOM)
- North Vancouver City Library (InterLINK) (BNV)
- Okanagan Regional Library (BKO)
- Pemberton & District Public Library (InterLINK SITKA) (BPE)
- Port Moody Public Library (InterLINK) (BPMP) - May currently be experiencing issues.
- Prince George Public Library (BPG)
- Richmond Public Libraries (InterLINK) (BRIZ)
- Squamish Public Library (InterLINK SITKA) (BSQ)
- Surrey Public Libraries (InterLINK) (BSUR)
- Tumbler Ridge Public Library (SITKA) (BTR)
- Trinity Western University (BLTW)
- Vancouver Island Regional Library (BNVI)
- Vancouver Public Library (BVA)
- West Vancouver Memorial Library (InterLINK) (BWV)
- Whistler Public Library (InterLINK SITKA) (BW)
- Live Shelf Status Lenders can optionally deactivate shelf availability checks for Borrower libraries submitting Blank Request forms. For additional information please check-out our FAQ here: https://illumebc.ca/faq-lss-disable-blank-request
- Encountering an erroneous live shelf status error when submitting your request to one of the above libraries? Contact us and we can override shelf checking for that particular request.