Southern Ontario Library Service

VDX User Documentation

• SOLS VDX User Manual - updated for VDX version 2.7.4
• Bib Searching 101
• Deleting User Records in VDX
• How a VDX request rota gets built
• Improved Request Search Interface
• ISBN-13 handling in VDX
• VDX and zPortal supported environments
• VDX Check-In function - are you doing it?
• VDX transactions and patron privacy issues
• VDX Troubleshooting and FAQ
• Work Queues in VDX 2.7.4

VDX Interoperability with Other Systems

• Chart of VDX Communication Status with Other Systems
• Interlibrary Loan with external Non-INFO libraries (ISO or Generic Script)
• Requesting from the collection of Library and Archives Canada (OONL)
• Requesting from Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)

Microfilm Requests

• Requesting Microfilm from Archives of Ontario (OTAR)
• Requesting Canadian Archival Microfilm from Library and Archives Canada (OONL)
• Requesting Newspapers on Microform from Library and Archives Canada (OONL)

Supplemental Services

• Borrowing from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
• Search for French Bibliographic Records
• Virtual Reference Canada: online reference service offered free of charge through Library and Archives Canada

Patron initiated Interlibrary Loan

• What are the advantages?

• Quick Facts - Patron Initiated VDX Pilot Project

• User Guide for patron's placing their own ILL requests
• Promotional Brochure, trifold (contact HelpDesk for  customizable Word version)

INFO Union Catalogue Submissions

• How to submit catalogue data for the INFO union catalogue (if you are not a Z39.50 target).