IDS Logic

Remember, if Logic touches a transaction, it leaves notes on what function acted on the request. 

Common “Questions”

Lending Due Dates 

Logic controls your lending due dates and loan periods. To see what your library currently has configured, visit my.idsproject.org or look at the table at the bottom of this page. Any changes to due dates need to be done in your Logic configuration: email logic@idsproject.libanswers.com 

ALIAS coverage issues 

ALIAS can only decipher full year coverage. If you have partial coverage for a given year, ALIAS will return interpret that as access for the full year. 

ALIAS updates about once a month so if you have made very large changes to your journal coverage, you will need to contact IDS to get ALIAS up to date.

Embargo coverage must be in your journal holdings for ALIAS to include that in coverage considerations.

OCLC, ISSN, and ISBN order of searching

Logic looks at the OCLC number (sans leading zeros) first and then looks at ISBN/ISSN

Notes

IDS Logic leaves notes every time it acts on a transaction. 

There may also be a note that starts with "OCLC Request for..." and it is triggered by IDS Logic's ALIAS functionality because it uses ILLiad processes (ILLiad Connection Manager) to determine if a library is lower case or the OCLC symbol is invalid. The note indicates if those symbols were removed from the initial generated lender string.  The note includes detailed information about which lending symbols were modified/removed for troubleshooting purposes.

The following changes will impact your Logic configuration. You should reach out if any of these occur at your library

• Add new collections/locations that should not circulate to borrowers or lenders

• Change ILS systems

• Change journal knowledgebase systems

• Change your Reprints Desk account information

These are the default due dates applied to lending requests. You may also have a separate setting for media items and can see that within your my.idsproject.org interface. These due dates override any information in the customization manager or OCLC.