ArticleReach Options
This page describes the Web options for the ArticleReach options group. Review these options to determine any necessary setup that your organization might need to perform.
These options control ArticleReach functionality in the WebPAC. For more information, see Using ArticleReach.
ARTICLEREACH_CENTRALS
At Local Servers that participate in ArticleReach requesting on more than one Central Server, this option defines a list of Central Servers that the Local Server should poll for requests to display in the View Your Patron Record feature. The option consists of a vertical bar-delimited list and is set as follows:
ARTICLEREACH_CENTRALS=[host name or IP address]|[host name or IP address]
An optional port (with a preceding colon) can be specified for each Central Server value. For example:
ARTICLEREACH_CENTRALS=ircent1:6621|ircent2:6620
This option should be set on the Local Server.
ARTICLEREACH_LABELS
This option defines which data columns display in the patron's ArticleReach request history display in the View Your Patron Record feature.
The option consists of vertical bar-delimited elements and is set as follows:
ARTICLEREACH_LABELS=1|2|14|15
When the option is set according to the above example, the column labels display as:
Request Id|Journal / Article Title|Pickup Location/Delivery Information|Status
The possible option elements are:
Element | Label | Description of Data |
---|---|---|
1 | Request Id | The unique number used by the system to identify each article request. |
2 | Journal / Article Title | The titles of the requested article and the serial in which it was published. |
3 | Author | The author of the requested article. |
4 | ISSN | The serial's ISSN. |
5 | E-ISSN | The serial's EISSN. |
6 | Volume | The volume in which the requested article was published. |
7 | Issue | The issue in which the requested article was published. |
8 | Number | The number of the issue in which the requested article was published. |
9 | Quarter | The quarter in which the requested article was published. |
10 | Season | The season in which the requested article was published. |
11 | Pages | The starting and ending pages of the requested article. |
12 | Date of Issue | The year, month, and day on which the article was published. |
13 | Citation Source | The text entered by the patron in the sid field in the ArticleReach Request Form. |
14 | Pickup Location/Delivery Information | This field can have the following values, depending on the status of the request:
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15 | Status | The request status. The possible values of this field include: "REQUESTED", "IN TRANSIT", "FILLED", "CANCELLED", and "SUBMITTED FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN". |
16 | Mediation Reason | The reason the system updated the request status to "IN MEDIATION". Note that the Status field displays a "REQUESTED" value for a request that has an "IN MEDIATION" status. |
17 | Staff Notes | The text entered by library staff in the Staff Note field when processing paged requests or editing mediated requests. |
18 | Note | The text that the patron entered in the Note field in the ArticleReach Request Form. |
19 | Cancel if Not Filled By | The date after which the requesting patron no longer needs the article request. This field displays the date that the patron entered in the NNAfterDate field in the ArticleReach Request Form. |
Note that the Mark to Cancel column label cannot be specified, and the column cannot be suppressed.
If this option is not defined, the default columns display as if the option were set as follows: 1|2|14|15.
This option should be set on the Local Server.
ICON_ARTICLEREACH[scope][_P#][_lang]
This option defines the display properties of the "Request Article" link on the bibliographic record display. Clicking this link displays the request verification form. The value of this option is HTML, either defining the text or an image to use as the link. For example:
ICON_ARTICLEREACH=Request Article
or:
ICON_ARTICLEREACH=<img src="/screens/request_article.gif" alt="Request Article" border="0" />
If this option is not defined, the text label "Request Article" displays.
This option can vary by patron type (P TYPE), scope, and language.
This option should be set on the ArticleReach Central Server.
ICON_MYARTICLEREACH[_P#][_lang]
This option defines the display properties of the "Article Requests" link on the patron record display. Clicking this link displays the patron's available ArticleReach request history. The value of this option is HTML, either defining the text or an image to use as the link. For example:
ICON_MYARTICLEREACH=Article Requests
or:
ICON_MYARTICLEREACH=<img src="/screens/article_requests.gif" alt="Article Requests" border="0" />
If this option is not defined, the text label "Article Requests" displays.
This option can vary by patron type (P TYPE) and language.
This option should be set on the Local Server.
ICON_REQUESTARTICLE[scope][_lang]
This option defines the display properties of the "Request Article" link on the ArticleReach Request Form. Clicking on this link submits the form. The value of this option is HTML, either defining the text or an image to use as the link. For example:
ICON_REQUESTARTICLE=Request Article
or:
ICON_REQUESTARTICLE=<img src="/screens/article_requests.gif" alt="Request Article" border="0" />
If this option is not defined, the text label "Request Article" displays.
This option can vary by scope and language.
This option should be set on the ArticleReach Central Server.