November 2022 Update: Tipasa Pilot Underway
The Resource Sharing Operations SubTeam (RS OST), part of the SILS governance structure, is making headway in our Replace VDX with Tipasa project. As identified during the SILS Project Phase 4, the VDX software currently used for extra-consortial interlibrary loan is no longer actively developed and OCLC has stated a target date to retire VDX in summer 2024. OCLC has had a stated end of life for VDX for the past decade, roughly 18 months out from any given point, so their target date could be considered tentative. The RS OST decided in March 2022 to target summer 2023 to go live with Tipasa, OCLC’s replacement for VDX.
In late September 2022, OCLC and UC Libraries kicked off a Tipasa Pilot with seven campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara. As part of the Tipasa Pilot, RS OST have opened training to UC Libraries ILL staff who will be transitioning to Tipasa from VDX. The Pilot is scheduled to run through the end of January 2023, after which the RS OST and OCLC will work to create an implementation plan to bring all UCs to Tipasa in summer 2023. The goals of the pilot are to identify any unmet requirements of Tipasa, identify potential workflows to rethink, and understand & document the Tipasa and Alma integration points.
The RS OST will utilize the decision making practices as described in the ongoing SILS charge (p. 7), consulting with OT and OSTs as issues arise. For questions, contact your campus RS OST representative, or the RS OST at SILS-RS-L [at] ucop.edu .