Automated Patron load from Datatel

[Alan Bartlett <abartlet@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

	When we first implemented INNOPAC in 1992 a decision was made to manually 
key all patron record additions and updates.  This summer we are moving to 
INNOPAC Millennium and would like to automate our student patron load 
too.  Our campus administrative software is Datatel.  I would like to speak 
with a couple people who have working solutions using information from 
Datatel and uploading it into INNOPAC through a patron load table.

	Specifically, I want to know how the information from Datatel needs to be 
formatted, whether or not it requires an intermediary script to process 
that file before it can be processed by INNOPAC, and any helpful hints on 
setting up the load table to accept both new and overlay records.

	Alan E. Bartlett
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Alan E. Bartlett
Systems Librarian
Lawrence Lee Pelletier Library
Allegheny College				Telephone: (814)332-2740
520 North Main Street, Box 117		Fax: (814)337-5673
Meadville, PA 16335				E-mail: abartlet@xxxxxxxxxx

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