Transmission of data between organizations using electronic means. This is used for Acquisitions.
Evergreen::
Evergreen is an open source ILS designed to handle the processing of a geographical dispersed, resource sharing library network.
-[[F]]FIFO (First In First Out)::
+[[F]]Fieldmapper IDL:: See <<IDL, IDL>>
+FIFO (First In First Out)::
In a FIFO environment, holds are filled in the order that they are placed.
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)::
FUD is a marketing stratagy to try to install Fear, Uncertainty, and/or Doubt about a competitors product.
Used in the acquisitions module to map subfields to the appropriate item data.
[[I]]ICL (Inter-Consortium Loans)::
Inter-Consortium Loans are like ILL's, but different in the fact that the loan happens just with in the Consortium.
+[[IDL]]IDL (Interface Definition Language):: A model that Evergreen's software components use to understand how Evergreen's data are structured. IDL is sometime refered to as the Fieldmapper IDL.
[[ILS]]ILS (Integrated Library System)::
The Integrated Library System is a set of applications which perform the business and technical aspects of library management, including but not exclusive to acquistions, cataloging, circulation, and booking.
ILL (Inter-Library Loan)::