Prospector Annual Reports (2019 and earlier)

Annual Director's Meeting 2022 (recording)

 

Annual Report 2021

Annual Director's Meeting 2020 

Annual Report 2019

Annual Report 2018

Annual Report 2017

Annual Report 2016

Annual Report 2015

Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2013

Digital Lending

DIGITAL LENDING

Digital Lending FAQ

Digital Lending: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Requesting

Q. How do I request a digital item through Prospector? 

A.  You request digital items just like a physical item.  The status will show "available".  Click on the Request button and complete the authentication form.  The request will show up on the owning libraries paging slip.  The owning library retrieves the item from their database and sends the borrowing library contact an email which includes a link to retrieve the item and the expiration date. The borrowing library contact forwards this email onto their patron.

You can view the Prospector contact list (Google Docs) here.

Q.  What does the borrowing library need to do to check the item out to their patron?

A.  The borrowing library doesn't need to check the item out to their patron.  The lending library does a quick check out and check in before they email the borrowing library contact.  

Q. What is the checkout period for digital items?  

A. It depends on the resource. Typically 2-3 weeks with no renewals. 

Q. Can there be simultaneous checkouts of digital items? 

A. Yes, the owning library checks the item out and then in again which frees it up immediately for another request. 

Q. Can digital items be renewed 

A. No

Q. What are the different Ebook ILL models?

Direct delivery of PDF (or ePub)

  • Requires a transport service (e.g. Hightail) since files too big to send as email attachments
  • DRM free and patrons may keep after downloading from transport service
  • Examples include Springer & Elsevier

In-situ Ebook Access

  • Delivery of tokenized URL to publisher or aggregator portal
  • Patron reads the ebook in the portal with all of the advantages that the portal provides
  • Ebook access automatically disappears when time-period ends
  • Downloads, if supported, often require something like Adobe Digital Editions
  • Examples include ProQuest Ebook ILL Pilot, AVON & Swank (Streaming Video)

Q.  Which streaming videos allow public performance rights

A. Alexander Street Videos 

Licensing

Q.  What are some talking points to publishers to encourage Ebook ILL? 

  • Libraries have been doing ILL since the 1800s and it has been codified in US Copyright Law
  • New formats should not lead to loss of traditional library services
  • Libraries do not have the funds to purchase in multiple formats (print & digital) to support ILL
  • Trend with publishers to support ebook ILL, don’t be left out!
  • The pandemic has highlighted the need for digital delivery
  • We’ve found that ebook ILL provisions have increased ebook package sales in the consortium
  • With limited funds we will give preference to those that allow ILL

Q.  Which libraries lend digital content through Prospector? 

A.  See Digital Lending through Prospector (Microsoft Excel Document)

Q. Which publishers participate in the ProQuest Ebook Central pilot?

A. List includes:

  • Bloomsbury
  • Brill
  • Duke University Press
  • NYU Press
  • Oxford University Press
  • Taylor & Francis

There is plan to add more publishers in 2023. 

Q. Can short term loan (STLs) be borrowed through ProQuest

A. No, only "owned" titles may be requested. 

Q. It looks like the request disappeared from my patron record as soon as it was filled. Correct?

A. Yes, the patron request is removed from Prospector and the ILS once processed, at the email is sent, the request  is considered filled from Prospector's point of view.  

 

 

Old Prospector Presentations

OLD PRESENTATIONS

February 20, 2020

Prospector Everywhere-Integrating Prospector into Discovery Platforms -- Rose Nelson, CO Alliance 
PowerPoint

November 6, 2019

SILLVR (streaming video project) -- Katy Divittorio, Philip Gaddis-Auraria Library
PowerPoint

ILS Audit -- Lynn Gates-UCCS
PowerPoint

September 11, 2019

Meeting Recording 

Introduction to BIBFRAME -- Jim Kalwara
Handout

Fostering Diversity and Inclusion through the Catalog -- Sol Lopez
Radical Cataloging Resources Handout 

October 18,2018

Introduction to FOLIO and Inventory -- Paul Moeller and Laura Wright-CU Boulder

February 15, 2018

Back to the Basics -- Rose Nelson, CO Alliance (21 minutes)
Tour of Prospector website, catalog construction, Encore & Webpac
PowerPoint

Why Does Prospector Do That? -- Karen Neville, Red Rocks Community College (18 minutes)
Record matching in Prospector, multi-volume sets, union catalog
PowerPoint

E-Resources in Prospector -- Jessica Hayden-UNC, Cynthia Wilson-JCPL (20 minutes)
Loading records, encoding levels, best practices
PowerPoint

DCB Libraries in Prospector -- Erin Elzi-DU (12 minutes)
How DCB libaries work in Prospector
PowerPoint

October 5, 2017 

GoldRush® Bibcat Project -- Jeremy Nelson, Colorado College
Slides

The Wonderful World of ISNI -- Chris Long, CU Boulder
Slides

The Subfield Zero-Display Issues -- Jessica Hayden, UNC
PowerPoint

CSU Millennium to Alma Migration -- Oscar Raab, CSU
PowerPoint

Alliance Shared Print Workshop

Alliance Shared Print Trust-Technical Services -- Laura Wright & Paul Moeller, CU Boulder

October 20, 2016

Migrating from Millennium to Sierra -- Sommer Browning, Auraria Library

Migration Lessons -- Erin Elzi, University of Denver

July 21, 2016 

Getting Started with MarcEdit (Recorded Presentation) -- Laura Wright, CU Boulder & Melanie Walker, University of Denver
PowerPoint

ALA & PCC BIBFRAME and Linked Data Update -- Chris Long, CU-Boulder

CC:DA report for ALA Annual Conference 2016 UNC -- Jessica Hayden, UNC

Other Presentations

WorldShare Presentation -- David Whitehair, OCLC

Old Prospector Statistics

Archived Prospector Fulfillment Reports

Please Note: All the documents linked to on this page require Microsoft Excel (or equivalent) to view. Depending on your local computer's configuration and the browser you are using the documents will either open in a Microsoft Excel window or will download to your local computer.

Calendar Year Fulfillment Reports

Monthly Fulfillment Reports

2023 Reports

2022 Reports

2021 Reports

2020 Reports

2019 Reports

2018 Reports

2017 Reports

Bib and Item Quarterly Statistics

Prospector Monthly Fulfillments

Prospector Monthly Fulfillment Reports

Please Note: All the documents linked to on this page require Microsoft Excel (or equivalent) to view. Depending on your local computer's configuration and the browser you are using the documents will either open in a Microsoft Excel window or will download to your local computer.

2025 Reports

2024 Reports 

 

SWIFT Interlibrary Loan

SWIFT Interlibrary Loan and Prospector

SWIFT, formerly known as Statewide Interlibrary Loan Fast Track, merged with Prospector in 2020. With this merger, Prospector now includes more than 200 Colorado libraries,  comprised of academic, public, correctional, and special libraries. Over the next couple of years, SWIFT libraries will be fully integrated into Prospector. 

ADR Metadata Day 2013

Event Summary

The Alliance Digital Repository held a "Metadata Day" for the ADR Services Committee to discuss new developments in descriptive metadata in digital repositories. Attendees gave presentations, discussed ways to improve ADR descriptive metadata, and formed a working group to develop an updated ADR data dictionary for all members.

Agenda & Attendees

ADR Metadata Day 2013 Agenda

ADR Metadata Day Attendee List

Morning: Discussions

MODS Metadata Guidelines

  • The ADR metadata form works well for bibliographic metadata. If we ingest more non-bibliographic resources, we may have to use other metadata schemas.
  • The ADR serves two groups of users interested in metadata: repository managers/catalogers who create metadata, and end users who use metadata to find resources.
  • The best way to improve discovery and interoperability at the moment is not to change which elements we're using, but what metadata is being entered in those elements. Therefore, we need a local content standard or data dictionary that provides best practices for making metadata and applies to all ADR sites.

Aggregated Search

  • ADR metadata is contained in a single Apache Solr index, but there isn't currently a single target for cross-institution searching and harvesting.
  • A good first step would be to look at discovery interfaces we could put on top of the existing Solr index, such as Blacklight.
  • We should also investigate the possibility of creating a single OAI-PMH target for harvesting all repository objects.
  • Before we aggregate the metadata, we should agree on data content standards in the data dictionary.

Afternoon: Presentations

Introduction to Linked Data - Robin Dean, ADR

Schema.org - Kevin Clair, University of Denver

MARC & MODS to BIBFRAME Linked Data - Jeremy Nelson, Colorado College

Viewshare - Jane Monson, University of Northern Colorado

ResourceSync - Alison Verplaetse, Regis University

Outcomes and Decisions

We decided on two phases for improving the aggregation and sharing of repository metadata.

  1. Create an ADR Data Dictionary that will help members standardize how they enter metadata, particularly dates, names, and subjects. Due by the end of November 2013.
  2. Create requirements and a roadmap for an aggregated portal for searching and harvesting ADR metadata. Requirements and roadmap due by February 2014 as part of ADR strategic planning.

 

Research Data Management Conference 2014

Schedule

Friday, July 11, 2014 - 8:45 AM to 4:00 PM

Download conference program

Conference slides and handouts are linked below in the schedule.

TimeDescription
8:15 - 8:45Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00Welcome & Introduction - George Machovec
9:00 - 9:45

Keynote - Dr. Carly Strasser, California Digital Library

Research Data Management and the Role of Libraries

9:45 - 10:30

Lightning Talks: Data Curation in Practice

Data Management Support, Part 1 and 2

Faculty Concerns about Tenure/Promotion and Data Sharing

Paying for Long-Term Research Data Storage

Creating a Research Data Security Policy at UNC

10:30 - 10:45Break
10:45 - 11:45

Research Data Management: Perspectives from outside the library

Part 1: Research Data Management--an Institutional Perspective

Patricia Rankin, CU Boulder

Part 2: Researcher Perspectives Panel

11:45 - 1:15Lunch (on your own or order at the hotel restaurant)
1:15 - 2:00

Lightning Talks: Tools & Resources

REDCap Data Management Tool

Free Data Visualization Tools

Impact Metrics and the Research Environment

Developing Our Own Data Management Tool

Data Q: A Collaborative Knowledge Base about Research Data Management

2:00 - 2:10Break
2:10 - 2:55

Breakout Session A

  • Institutional Repositories
  • Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
  • Identifiers and Citations
2:55 - 3:00Break
3:00 - 3:45

Breakout Session B

  • Faculty Outreach
  • Metadata for Data Curation
  • Data-Sharing Mandates
3:45 - 4:00Closing

 

Question about this event? Email events@coalliance.org.

 

Sharing Colorado's Unique Digital Collections

Conference Agenda

The Sharing Colorado's Unique Digital Collections site has the conference agenda.

Presentations

Breakout Sessions

Questions

If you have any questions about this event, please email events@coalliance.org