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Find your library system listed below and get details about ILS interfaces that Blackwell offers.

Below we have described the EDI (Edifact, ANSII X12, and Tradacoms) interfaces supported by Blackwell. If you have questions you would like to ask us about Blackwell EDI services or about exporting brief MaRC records from Collection Manager to support your selecting/ordering workflow, please contact our expert, Ms. Irene Jones. We just need to know your name, your institution, and the name of your ILS software product to answer you effectively.

To help you streamline your selecting and ordering workflows we offer Collection Manager (CM) export records. These are brief US MaRC format records containing the essential bibliographic data elements (author, title, imprint, ISBN, LCCN, estimated price, as well as optional library specific acquisition data) needed to create orders on your local system. We’ve worked with many ILS vendors to ensure successful use of these records in local library systems. The list below indicates which vendor products work well with Blackwell Collection Manager Export records.

To begin exporting records from Collection Manager, please submit the online Collection Manager export profile form.

Library Systems by Product Name

ALEPH (ALEPH 500, ALEPH 300)

[logo: Ex Libris]

Download a PDF describing interfaces with Aleph.
AMICUS (LibriCore)
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT format purchase orders from AMICUS libraries running Release 3.5 or later via Internet FTP.
BIBSYS
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT purchase orders from BIBSYS libraries via Internet FTP.
EDI Order Status Reports: Bibsys libraries running the September 2007 release of the system, or later, can load Blackwell’s EDIFACT Order Responses which contain order status information. EDI Order Responses are available quarterly, monthly, weekly, or daily. The daily option provides the library with an order status message whenever the order status changes on Blackwell’s system.
BIBLIOMONDO
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts fixed BISAC format purchase orders from the BestSeller library system via Internet FTP.
CARL

[logo: TLC]

CM Export: CARL libraries can use the CM Export records in place of MaRC records provided by other bibliographic agencies or vendors to initiate creation of firm orders. Blackwell is willing to test a CM Export interface with any CARL library.
EDI Orders: Blackwell is willing to test EDI X12 orders with CARL libraries.
MaRC with Books: CARL system can load Blackwell MaRC with Books files via Internet FTP.
Tables of Contents: Blackwell TOC 505 enriched MaRC records can be loaded and indexed for keyword searching in the local CARL database.
COBISS
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT format orders via Internet email from COBISS libraries.
CONTEC C2 (Contec Data Systems Ltd.—NZ)
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts BISAC fixed format orders from CONTEC libraries via Internet email.
EOS (DATATREK)
No interfaces at this time.
DRA (Classic)
[logo: SirsiDynix]
CM Export: DRA Classic libraries can load a file of CM Export records to create a selection list and corresponding bib records. Order data entered into CM Export records by library staff (i.e. fund, quantity, selector name, etc.) will not populate selection list records. However, order data remains available to library staff in the bibliographic records. After selection list records are manually updated with quantity, fund and vendor ID, orders are created (“create PO” function). EDI orders are transmitted to Blackwell via the Internet FTP.
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts X12 format purchase orders via FTP from DRA Classic libraries running Rel. 2.5-2 or higher.
MARC With Books or WorldCat Cataloging Partners: DRA Classic libraries can successfully load Blackwell’s MaRC with Books cataloging or OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Partners records. MARC files are transferred to the local DRA system via Internet FTP.
EDI Invoices: Blackwell provides X12 invoices via FTP to DRA Classic libraries running Rel. 2.5-1 or higher.
Tables of Contents: DRA Classic libraries can load MaRC records with Blackwell TOCs in 505 format.
DYNIX

[logo: SirsiDynix]

CM Export: Dynix Classic libraries can load Collection Manager™ (CM) MaRC format selection records to auto generate a selection list and corresponding purchase orders for Firm and New Title Announcement Form Orders. Dynix Rel. 180 or higher offers a MaRC loader program that automatically maps order data (location, quantity, fund, comments/notes and source) from 970 fields of the CM export records into the selection list records. The library must submit a CM Export Profile form.
EDI Orders: Blackwell can accept EDI orders (X12 or EDIFACT) from libraries running Dynix Rel. 173 or higher. Transmission is via Internet email or FTP.
MARC With Books or WorldCat Cataloging Partners: Dynix Classic libraries can successfully load Blackwell’s MaRC with Books cataloging or OCLC WorldCat Cataloging Partners records. MARC files are transferred to the local Dynix system via Internet FTP.
EDI Invoices: Blackwell provides X12 invoices via FTP to Dynix libraries.
HORIZON
[logo: SirsiDynix]
Download a PDF file describing interfaces with Horizon.
ERUDITE
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT format purchase orders from ERUDITE libraries via Internet FTP.
Infor Library Solutions
CM Export: Advance libraries can use CM Export records to auto generate orders using their approval loader program. Order data from the CM Export records in 9xx tags will automatically map into Advance order records. Careful coordination of tag/subfield assignments in the Advance loader and in the CM Export profile is required. Some order data elements (such as fund and vendor) are set at load time.
EDI Orders: Blackwell can accept BISAC fixed format purchase orders from Advance libraries. Transmission of orders is via Internet FTP.
MaRC with Books: Advance libraries can load Blackwell MaRC with Books records with embedded acquisitions data to automate the processing of Approval shipments. Using the Advance Approval loader, Advance libraries can load records for Approvals to automatically create bibliographic and order records.
Tables of Contents: Advance libraries can load Blackwell MaRC records enriched with TOC data in tag 505.
INNOPAC and MILLENNIUM

[logo: Innovative Interfaces]

Download a PDF describing interfaces with Innopac and Millennium.
LIBERTAS (Innovative UK)
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT orders transmitted via Internet FTP from Libertas libraries.
MaRC with Books: SLS LIBERTAS is compatible with Blackwell MaRC with Books records.
NONESUCH (Ringgold)
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts BISAC fixed format orders transferred via Internet FTP from NONESUCH libraries.
Tables of Contents: NONESUCH libraries can load Blackwell TOC enriched cataloging records. Full indexing is available.
OLIB
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT format orders from OLIB libraries
PALS
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts PALS X12 orders via Internet FTP.
POLARIS LIBRARY SYSTEMS (Galaxy and Polaris)
CM Export: Galaxy libraries can use CM Export records in place of MaRC records provided by other bibliographic agencies or vendors as the basis for creation of order records plus bibliographic records in the system; however, order data embedded in 9xx fields in CM export records is not utilized by Galaxy. Polaris libraries can use CM Export records in place of MaRC records provided by other bibliographic agencies or vendors as the basis for creation of order records plus bibliographic records in the system. Additionally, Polaris libraries running release 2.0 of higher can automatically map order data from 9xx fields of CM export records directly into orders using the "Bulk Add to Purchase Order" capability.
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts BISAC fixed format orders via Internet FTP or email from Galaxy libraries.
SISIS Sunrise
EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts EDIFACT format purchase orders via email from Sunrise libraries running versions V3.0A20 or later. SISIS documentation describes the procedure to set up an EDIFACT output form for Blackwell.
SPYDUS (Sanderson’s—Aus.)
EDI Orders: BISAC testing has been completed by Sanderson’s (Australia) and transmission is via Internet e-mail.
TALIS

[logo: Talis]

EDI Orders: Blackwell accepts the UK standard TRADACOMS format order from TALIS libraries.
EDI Acknowledgements: Blackwell provides the UK standard TRADACOMS Acknowledgements (i.e., order status reports) to Talis libraries.
EDI invoices: Blackwell plans to test EDI invoices with TALIS when Talis implements this application.
TECHLIB-PLUS
No interfaces at this time.
UNICORN
[logo: SirsiDynix]
Download a file describing interfaces with Unicorn.
VOYAGER

[logo: Ex Libris]

Download a PDF describing interfaces with Voyager.
VTLS Classic and VIRTUA

[logo: VTLS]

Download a PDF describing interfaces with VTLS Classic and Virtua.

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