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Direct to INN-Reach (D2IR) Vendor Status

Updated  by jennifer.pelton@iii.com

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D2IR Vendor Statuses Explained

  • Onboarded
    • Resource Sharing product and engineering teams have met with the vendor, discussed the certification process, and shared API documentation.​
    •  Vendor has signed a Mutual Non-Discloser Agreement (MNDA).​
    •  Resource Sharing Engineering has provided the vendor with an API key.​
  • Using Sandbox
    • Vendor is placing calls to the D2IR API testing environment.​
  • Sandbox Certification In Progress
    • Sandbox certification is conducted with our product and engineering teams, and the vendor. ​
    • Vendor shares the workflows of their D2IR integration in their ILS with our product and engineering teams.​
  • Sandbox Certified
    • To pass sandbox certification, the vendor demonstrates that their implementation meets the mandatory criteria for INN-Reach transactions within our testing environment.
  • Production Certification In Progress
    • Production certification is conducted with our professional services team, the vendor, library, and INN-Reach system staff. ​
    • To pass production certification, we setup a new library using the vendor's implementation in one of the INN-Reach systems and perform extensive testing to ensure that transactions are sent as expected and item statuses are kept up to date throughout the INN-Reach circ transactions.​
    • For the vendors certified so far, Ex Libris(Alma) and ByWater(Koha), the timeline for certifying the first site for a new vendor in production has been roughly 6 months from project kickoff to go-live in an INN-Reach system. ​
  • In Production
    • A library is actively participating in an INN-Reach system via the vendor’s D2IR integration for their ILS.​
    • Additional libraries can now be added for the certified vendor by our professional services team.​
    • For the vendors certified so far, Ex Libris(Alma) and ByWater(Koha), the timeline for certifying additional sites for vendors in production has been roughly 3 months from project kickoff to go-live in an INN-Reach system.​

Interested in participating in INN-Reach via D2IR?​
Sierra libraries moving to Alma or ByWater’s Koha who want to participate in INN-Reach via D2IR should contact their account manager to begin the process.