Web Based Interlibrary Loan systems

[Calarco, Pascal]

I have been developing html forms for public services in the Yale
Medical Library here.  They are still in a state of flux (changing
weekly), but are for the most part, in working shape.  The largest
task I have coped with has been establishing what validation
staff members and users would like/accept -- and this primarily
takes place within the perl scripts.  I can offer some of my
insights in the design process, if people are interested.

The URL for all of our forms:

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/services/forms.old.html

The scripts:

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/cgi-bin/

As of now, each form is handled by a separate script, although
I am working on rewriting the scripts to be modular (ie subroutine
much of the commonly used code), and more portable.

Pascal V. Calarco, MLIS
IAIMS Assistant
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Yale University
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From: web4lib
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Web Based Interlibrary Loan systems
Date: Tuesday, January 02, 1996 10:01AM

Can anyone point me to some good examples of ILL request forms on the
Web as well as actual cgi scripts and descriptions of how the systems
work?  We're interested in developing a Web based ILL request form as
a way to automate this process and so I'm also interested in knowing
both the advantages and drawbacks to this approach to automating ILL.
(eg. are there compelling reasons why or why not to go this route?)

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