Configure third-party connections

You can configure Vega to connect and communicate with the following third-party applications:

  • Axis 360
  • BorrowBox
  • cloudLibrary
  • Content Café
  • Google Books
  • Hoopla
  • OverDrive
  • PayPal Payflow or other payment system
  • Syndetics Classic
  • Syndetics Unbound
  • Econtent vendors (See Configure econtent management.)

For information on administration of third-party accounts, contact the provider.

Note: Vega uses either Google Books, Syndetics Classic, Syndetics Unbound, or Content Café to display book covers. If you enable one, Vega automatically disables the others. By default, Vega uses Google Books.

If you enable Syndetics Classic, Vega also displays author biographical information (if available) on the Person page. If you enable Syndetics Unbound, Vega displays the following:

  • Book covers
  • Author biographical information and author images on the Person page
  • Showcases that include persons and bookmarked authors on My Bookshelf

Important

You can configure econtent APIs for Axis 360, cloudLibrary, BorrowBox, Hoopla, and OverDrive to load econtent records directly into the Vega context engine instead of manually loading and cataloging the records in your ILS. For more information, see Configure econtent management.

In phase one of implementing this feature, we recommend that you use a vendor’s API to provide records directly to Vega only if you are comfortable with the following:

  • Loading the entire subscription into your Vega Discover context engine.

    • Note that the Hoopla catalog contains over 1.5 million records.

  • The level of cataloging detail provided by the vendor.

Loaded records cannot be individually updated like they can in the ILS. Some titles may not roll up with works based on vendor-provided data.

  • ILS-cataloged copies of matching title IDs from vendor subscriptions will appear instead of the API-ingested record.
  • You can use this feature to correct record metadata.
  • You don't need to delete your current ILS econtent records before you load records via the APIs, and you can take your time to remove ILS copies of econtent records.

Before you configure third-party connections for econtent vendors such as OverDrive, Hoopla, cloudLibrary, Axis 360, and BorrowBox, you must configure econtent mapping. For more information, see Configure econtent mapping.

  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Axis 360.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Enter the following information:
    • Library ID
    • Username
    • Password
  4. (Optional) If you want to use the Axis 360 API to load econtent records directly into the Vega context engine, select Use API to provide records directly to Vega.
  5. (Optional) If you want to upload a custom logo, do the following:
    1. Select Upload Logo.
    2. Select the logo you want to use.
    3. Select Open.
  6. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for BorrowBox.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Enter the following information:

    • Library ID
    • Username
    • Password
  4. (Optional) If you want to use the BorrowBox API to load econtent records directly into the Vega context engine, select Use API to provide records directly to Vega.
  5. (Optional) If you want to upload a custom logo, do the following:
    1. Select Upload Logo.
    2. Select the logo you want to use.
    3. Select Open.
  6. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for cloudLibrary.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Enter the following information:

    • Library ID
    • Username
    • Password
  4. (Optional) If you want to use the cloudLibrary API to load econtent records directly into the Vega context engine, select Use API to provide records directly to Vega.
  5. (Optional) If you want to upload a custom logo, do the following:
    1. Select Upload Logo.
    2. Select the logo you want to use.
    3. Select Open.
  6. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Content Café.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Enter your user ID and password.
  4. Select Use Content Café for Book Covers & Content Enrichment.
  5. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Google Books.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Select Use Google Books for Book Covers & Content Enrichment to enable Google Books.

  4. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Hoopla.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Enter the following information:

    • Library ID
    • Username
    • Password
  4. (Optional) If you want to use the Hoopla API to load econtent records directly into the Vega context engine, select Use API to provide records directly to Vega.

    5. Warning: Enabling this feature will schedule an ingest of ALL content in your Hoopla subscription into Vega Discover. Don’t select this option unless you want to load all Hoopla records into Vega Discover.

  5. (Optional) If you want to upload a custom logo, do the following:
    1. Select Upload Logo.
    2. Select the logo you want to use.
    3. Select Open.
  6. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for OverDrive.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Enter the following information:

    • ILS name
    • Library ID—This field must only contain digits.
    • Website ID
    • (Optional) Advantage account ID
  4. Select from the following patron authentication types:
    • Patron Barcode (Most Polaris libraries use this authentication type.)
    • Patron ID (Many Sierra libraries use this authentication type.)

    If you don't know which authentication type your library uses to send API transactions to OverDrive, contact OverDrive support.

  5. If you want to use the OverDrive API to load econtent records directly into the Vega context engine, select Use API to provide records directly to Vega.
  6. (Optional) If you want to upload a custom logo, do the following:
    1. Select Upload Logo.
    2. Select the logo you want to use.
    3. Select Open.
  7. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Syndetics Classic.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. In the Client key field, enter the Syndetics Classic client key.

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To enable Syndetics Classic, select Use Syndetics Classic for Book Covers & Content Enrichment.

    • To disable Syndetics Classic, clear the Use Syndetics Classic for Book Covers & Content Enrichment checkbox.
  5. Select Save.
  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Syndetics Unbound.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Select the features that you want to appear on the Resource page:
    • Other Books in the Series
    • Reader Reviews
    • Professional Reviews
    • You May Also Like
    • Book Profile
    • Reading Level
    • Awards
    • About the Author
    • Excerpt Preview

  4. Do one of the following:

    • To enable Syndetics Unbound, select Use Syndetics Unbound for Book Covers & Content Enrichment.

    • To disable Syndetics Unbound, clear the Use Syndetics Unbound for Book Covers & Content Enrichment checkbox.
  5. Select SAVE.
  1. In the upper-right corner, select Settings Settings icon..
  2. From the Settings menu, select Library defaults.
  3. Select Site Configuration.

    4. The Sites page opens.

  4. From the Actions column, select Options The Options icon. > Edit for the site you want to configure.
  5. Select Third-party connections.
  6. Next to Syndetics Unbound, select Configure.

  7. Do one of the following:

    If you want to Do this
    Select the features that you want to appear on the Resource page:
    1. Select the Use Syndetics Unbound for Book Covers & Content Enrichment checkbox.
    2. Clear the Use Global Settings checkbox.
    3. Select from the following:
    • Other Books in the Series
    • Reader Reviews
    • Professional Reviews
    • You May Also Like
    • Book Profile
    • Reading Level
    • Awards
    • About the Author
    • Excerpt Preview
    Use the global settings
    1. Clear the Use Syndetics Unbound for Book Covers & Content Enrichment checkbox.
    2. Select the Use Global Settings checkbox.
  8. Select SAVE.

About collection site-level payment configuration

If your library uses a single payment account across all branches or collection sites for processing patron fine payments, you should configure fine payment at the Vega Discover level. If any branches or collection sites use a separate payment account for processing patron fine payments, you can configure that fine payment account at the consortia collection site- or kiosk-level.

If there is no consortia collection site- or kiosk-level fine payment configuration, the collection sites or kiosks use the Vega Discover-level fine payment account.

  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections.

    2. The Third-party connections configuration page opens.

  2. Select the Configure button for Fine Payment.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. Select one of the following:
  • PayPal Payflow
  • Other
  1. Do one of the following:

    2. If you selected Do this
    PayPal Payflow
    1. In the User field, enter one of the following:
    • If you set up one or more additional users on the PayPal account, enter the ID of the user who is authorized to process transactions.
    • If you did not set up additional users on the PayPal account, enter the same merchant login ID that you enter in the Vendor field below.
    1. In the Partner field, enter PayPal or the ID that an authorized PayPal reseller provided to you.
    2. In the Vendor field, enter your merchant login ID created when you registered the PayPal account.
    3. In the Password field, enter the password you defined when you created the PayPal account.
    4. Select a template from the list.
    Other
    1. In the Payment URL field, enter the URL provided by the payment service provider.
    2. In the Payment Button Text field, enter the text that you want to appear on the payment button. For example, Pay Fines.

  1. (Optional) In the Minimum Payment box, enter the minimum payment that patrons must pay.

    2. The value you enter must be a whole number. If you don't enter a value, Vega accepts any amount.

  2. (Optional) In the Payment Note box, enter information that you want to display to patrons.

If you enter text, a question mark icon appears next to the payment button. Patrons can select the icon to see the text.

Example: Please allow up to 24 hrs for payments to be processed.

  1. Select Save.
  1. In the upper-right corner, select Settings Settings icon..
  2. Select Library defaults > Site Configuration.
  3. In the Actions column, select Options The Options icon. > Edit for the collection site or kiosk that you want to configure.
  4. Select Third-party connections.
  5. Next to Fine Payment, select Configure.
  6. Select one of the following:
    • PayPal Payflow
    • Other
  7. Do one of the following:

    8. If you selected Do this
    PayPal Payflow
    1. In the User field, do one of the following:
    • If you set up one or more additional users on the PayPal account, enter the ID of the user who is authorized to process transactions.
    • If you did not set up additional users on the PayPal account, enter the same merchant login ID that you enter in the Vendor field below.
    1. In the Partner field, enter PayPal or the ID that an authorized PayPal reseller provided to you.
    2. In the Vendor field, enter your merchant login ID created when you registered the PayPal account.
    3. In the Password field, enter the password you defined when you created the PayPal account.
    4. Select a template from the list.
    Other
    1. In the Payment URL field, enter the URL provided by the payment service provider.
    2. In the Payment Button Text field, enter the text that you want to appear on the payment button. For example, Pay Fines.

  8. (Optional) In the Minimum Payment box, enter the minimum payment that patrons must pay.

    9. The value you enter must be a whole number. If you don't enter a value, Vega accepts any amount.

  9. (Optional) In the Payment Note box, enter information that you want to display to patrons.

    10. If you enter text, a question mark icon appears next to the payment button. Patrons can select the icon to see the text.

    Example: Please allow up to 24 hrs for payments to be processed.

  10. Select Save.

Delete a third-party connection

You can delete all third-party connections except Google Books.

  1. From the Settings menu, select Third-party connections to open the Third-party connections configuration page.
  2. Select the Configure button for the connection you want to delete.

    3. The Edit connection page opens.

  3. At the bottom of the page, select the trash can Trash can icon..

See also