SirsiDynix Updates Resource Sharing App to version 4.2

SirsiDynix has released the URSA® 4.2 (Universal Resource Sharing Application) automated interlibrary loan system. It “communicates with local circulation systems to provide self-service requests that save staff time and speed the delivery of materials to library users,” the vendor said. The system also includes a reciprocal borrowing module that enables staff to authenticate visiting patrons against their home library system, discover their current status, and, if eligible for service, automatically create a new record for the user.

There are a slew of enhancements, including web-based staff interface for reciprocal borrowing, searching All Partners option to show a user's status at multiple partner sites, ability for staff to change pickup locations until an item is received at the borrowing library, and staff editing patron barcodes at any time. Requests for items owned by the user's own library can be profiled to convert automatically to a hold, refer users to their own library's catalog, or place the request at a partner library. A number of customers worked with SirsiDynix to define and test URSA 4.2 prior to its release.