EDI Invoicing with Yankee Book Peddler is now available.

Yankee is able to provide electronic invoicing for both libraries that use the GOBI product and libraries that do EDI ordering.

The match point for libraries that use the GOBI product is the vendor reference number in the vendor Tab3 of the order record.

The match point for libraries that use EDI ordering is the Aleph order number.

Minneapolis Community & Technical College is already using the EDI Invoicing with Yankee. MCT reports “It is working smoothly and makes the invoice process very efficient. (The efficiency CANNOT be stressed enough!).”

Along with the EDI Invoicing process, libraries are also able to use the bulk arrival feature in Aleph to arrive all of the orders on the invoice. Documentation and training will be provided by PALS for libraries that wish to use the EDI Invoicing and bulk arrival features.

On Sunday, January 22, Aleph Service Pack 3632 was installed on the MnPALS Aleph production server. There are new Windows client executables and it is important to run version check to download them to your client workstation! The notes for the fixes can be viewed at: http://tables.dev20.mnpals.net/u20_1/service_packs/sp_summary.3557-3632

Changes have been made to the priv-02 service form.

The priv-02 is a custom service found under Services in Acquisitions/Serials. This service retrieves an EDI message file from a vendor and puts it in the proper directory in Aleph for processing.

Typically this service has been used by libraries using the EBSCO EDI Invoice process.

We are adding the capability for libraries to do EDI Invoicing with Yankee Book Peddler and Baker & Taylor (Baker & Taylor has not yet been tested). The priv-02 form has been modified to reflect these additional vendors.

The Executive Committee of the Consortium of MnPALS Libraries invites interested and knowledgeable members to serve on a committee that will help guide the Consortium in determining the next generation library system.

Although Ex Libris has not set a firm end-of-life date for Aleph, the current ILS environment is exploding with improved products, systems, features, and possibilities. Many vendors, including Ex Libris, are offering cloud or cloud-like systems. Many libraries are exploring non-proprietary open-source solutions. All the systems are evolving to meet changing user behaviors and to take advantage of new technologies.