Talis Live Services

Welcome to the home page of Talis Live Services.

Talis have introduced a Talis Live Services team that will take the management of our live services to a whole new level of performance. This section will provide individual service status and performance levels. Talis will also communicate announcements regarding planned maintenance activities or service interruptions. Talis Live Services will ensure that Talis introduce world class, leading edge management tools, techniques, processes and standards. Please click on the service titles below for more details.

Service Status:

All Talis live services are functioning correctly.

Scheduled Maintenance:

There are no upcoming maintenance events.

Talis Services

Talis Base

Database Name	Supplier	Name	Period Covered	Current Record Count	Last Updated	Frequency Updated
BLConM21	British Library	British Library Consolidated File	1500	11666818	30-Jan-2010	Weekly
The British Libraries main catalogue containing records for over 12 million books, serials, printed music and maps. As the name suggests, this is a consolidation of BNB, HSS, STI (formly SRIS), Document, Supply Centre Monographs &Document Supply Centre.
UnionM21	Talis LMS Customers	Union	1500	6197400	12-Apr-2008	To be Confirmed
Records created and contributed from over 100 Talis LMS Customers.
LCBkM21	Library Of Congress	LC Books All	1968	8978438	09-Jan-2010	Weekly
The Library of Congress' entire MARC record collection (including books in English and American. Languages written in non-roman script appear in romanized form.) This collection contains print monographs written in nearly all the world's languages.
LCMapM21	Library Of Congress	LC Maps	1973	279908	27-Jan-2010	Weekly
The Library of Congress' entire Maps collection consisting of Single and multi-sheet maps, map sets, and maps treated as serials.
LCMusM21	Library Of Congress	LC Music	1984	446250	27-Jan-2010	Weekly
The Library of Congress' entire Music collection consisting of printed and manuscript music and for music and non-music sound recordings.
LCSerM21	Library Of Congress	LC Serials	1973	1243915	27-Jan-2010	Weekly
"The Library of Congress' entire Serials collection consisting of CONSER serials either cataloged or processed by LC or by CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials Program) participants."
LCVisM21	Library Of Congress	LC Visual Materials	1972	202793	27-Jan-2010	Weekly
"The Library of Congress' entire Visual Materials collection consisting of MARC records for all motion pictures, video recordings, filmstrips, transparencies, slides, and non-projectable graphics catalogued by LC. Records include all languages."
LCComM21	Library Of Congress	LC Computer Files	1990	9689	20-Jan-2010	Weekly
The Library of Congress' entire Computer Files collection consisting of Cataloguing records for machine-readable data files and computer software.
BDSBkM21	Bibliographic Data Supplies	BookMediata	1986	1129065	01-Feb-2010	Daily
Bibliographic Data Supplies catalogue containing UK printed material publications since around 1986. This catalogue covers all types of publishing, from serious academic works to children's books produced or distributed in the United Kingdom and the Republick of Ireland.
BDSVisM21	Bibliographic Data Supplies	Moving Mediata	0	141719	26-Sep-2008	Daily
The MovingMediata database is exclusively focused on the UK video and DVD market (PAL) and at present holds over 50,000 current releases, 43,000 out-of-print titles and information on over 100,000 individuals.
TSOM21	The Stationery Office	N/A	0	46618	01-Feb-2010	Weekly
Government titles covering a very broad range of topics including the economy, work and welfare, health, transport and the environment. There are two main groups of documents: Command Papers (sometimes known as White or Green Papers) and House of Commons.
DawsonM21	Dawsons Book Supplies	N/A	1999	24388	01-Feb-2010	Daily
Academic book records supplied to Fastracq customers only.
PetersM21	Peters Bookselling Services	N/A	1998	56857	14-Feb-2007	No updates are currently being received
A UK catalogue specialising in childrens books.
NLMCatM21	National Library of Medicine	catplus	0	1240902	05-Jan-2010	Monthly
The US National Library of Medicines' catalogue includes NLM cataloging records and all monograph and monograph chapter records created by contributing collaborative partners in the fields of history of medicine, health technology assessment and space.
NLMSerM21	National Library of Medicine	serfile	0	131016	05-Jan-2010	Monthly
The US National Library of Medicines' collection contains all serial bibliographic records in LocatorPlus, whether or not they have been cataloged by NLM. This is the MARC-formatted successor to the NLM's former SERLINE product.
CramerM21	Cramers	N/A	2000	115543	09-Jan-2010	Monthly
This catalogue is a specialist catalogue containing audio visual materials and sound recordings (including talking books).
NBDM21	Nielson BookData	N/A	0	5982000	01-Feb-2010	Weekly
This catalogue from an official ISBN agency features milions of unique ISBN's for English language books published worldwide.
RemployM21	Green Dragon latterly known as Remploy	Remploy	0	52437	12-Sep-2006	Never updated
Green Dragon have withdrawn from the supply of data. This collection represents the historical records for the audio visual materials that they supplied.
CillaM21	OCLC PICA	CILLA	0	8951	12-Jan-2010	Quarterly
The Co-operative of Indic Language Library Authorities (CILLA) is a subscription service which assists libraries to meet the needs of their Indic Communities by providing an acquisitions and cataloguing service for Indic Language Materials. The Languages covered are Bengali from Bangladesh and India, Gujarati, Hindi, Panjabi, Tamil from India & Sri Lanka and Urdu from India and Pakistan.
CouttsM21	Coutts Information Services	Coutts	0	2707	18-Dec-2009	Daily
Customised academic book records
NBDGM21	Nielson Book Data	N/A	0	9669108	09-Oct-2009	Weekly
Global catalogue from an official ISBN agency features milions of unique ISBN's for English language books published worldwide.
NBDMusM21	Nielson BookData	Muze, Music and Video	0	420375	01-Feb-2010	Weekly
Description coming soon.
NBDVidM21	Nielson BookData	Video	0	152244	01-Feb-2010	Weekly
Description coming soon.

Talis FTP Service

Service Name	Availability
Talis FTP Service	Dec 06 - 100%
Talis’ secure File Transfer Service for downloading files and new software packages.

Talis Internet Connectivity

Service Name	Availability
Connectivity	Dec 06 - 100%
Talis’?? connection to the internet via a dedication link provided by a tier one commercial partner.

Talis.com

Service Name	Availability
Talis.com	Dec 06 - 99.29%
Talis’ corporate website.

Talis Keystone Sandbox

Service Name	Availability
Talis Keystone Sandbox	Dev 06 - 99.73%
Talis Keystone is Talis’ integration middleware product, the sandbox service provides and safe and secure way for developers to experiment with and test integration with Keystone web services.

Talis Source

Service Name	Total Records	Total Items	Availability
Talis Source	54.9 million	17 million	Dec 06 - 99.83%
Talis Source offers access to the largest single free union catalogue of bibliographic and holdings data in the UK.

Talis Silkworm Directory

Service Name	Availability
Talis Silkworm Directory	Dec 06 - 98.46%
The Directory Service is a community-maintained repository for metadata about collections, services, and the organisations that maintain them. Information contributed to the Directory is protected by an open licence and made available for use via a series of Web Services.

Talis Gateway

Service Name	Availability
Gateway	Dec 06 - 100%
Talis Gateway provides a seamless procurement transaction integration service for EDI (electronic data interchange) transmissions from and to libraries using the Talis Alto Integrated Library System. The service manages all of the networking and message format issues as well as the administration of electronic trading partnerships.

Talis Base 1

Service Name	Availability
Base1	Dec 06 - 100%
Talis Base offers libraries the unique opportunity to search and retrieve MARC bibliographic records from a database of 20 million+ records. No other LMS offers the ability to search across such a comprehensive database of records with a UK library orientation, giving you an exceptionally high hit rate and quality records with efficient workflow.

Talis Solutions

Service Name	Availability
Solutions	Dec 06 - 100%
Provides call logging and tracking in real time, driven by an up-to-date knowledge base of solutions and frequently asked questions.

Talis Developer Network

Service Name	Availability
Developer Network	Dec 06 - 99.83%
This resource exists to support innovators across the global library domain. It is open to all and it is free. Content includes advice, documentation, scripts, APIs, Web Services, SDKs and other relevant resources. It is applicable to users of any library automation solution. So, this is your space. Please get involved and help to shape a community that meets your needs.

Talis Telephony

Service Name	Availability
Telephony	Dec 06 - 100%
Talis’ main telephony service.

Talis Prism 3

Service Name	Availability
Prism 3	-
Talis Prism 3 is our next generation library catalogue.

Talis Engage

Service Name	Availability
Engage	-
Talis Engage allows communities to organise, create and publish details of their events, organisations and groups.

Talis Aspire

Service Name	Availability
Aspire	-
Talis Aspire is a next generation Resource List Management tool.

Service History

The following events have been resolved:

Service	Sub Service	Time Reported (GMT)	Time Resolved (GMT)	Issue Description
Talis Internet Connectivity	All	Apr 22nd 2010, 12:00pm	May 15th 2010, 12:00pm	The changes to the Talis Network Infrastructure are now completed. Talis apologises for any inconvenience you experienced and thank you for your patience during these improvement activities.
Talis Prism 3	All	Mar 19th 2010, 10:00am	Mar 22nd 2010, 7:45am	The Talis Platform will be undergoing maintenance between 07:00 and 08:00 on Monday 22nd March. The reason for this maintenance is to release the latest Platform software. It is expected that Talis Prism 3, Talis Engage and Talis Aspire will be affected and will be unavailable during this period. Maintenance work was successfully completed this morning. All services were returned to normal operation by 07:45, being affected for a maximum of 15 minutes.
Talis Engage	All	Mar 19th 2010, 10:00am	Mar 22nd 2010, 7:45am	The Talis Platform will be undergoing maintenance between 07:00 and 08:00 on Monday 22nd March. The reason for this maintenance is to release the latest Platform software. It is expected that Talis Prism 3, Talis Engage and Talis Aspire will be affected and will be unavailable during this period. Maintenance work was successfully completed this morning. All services were returned to normal operation by 07:45, being affected for a maximum of 15 minutes.
Talis Aspire	All	Mar 19th 2010, 10:00am	Mar 22nd 2010, 7:45am	The Talis Platform will be undergoing maintenance between 07:00 and 08:00 on Monday 22nd March. The reason for this maintenance is to release the latest Platform software. It is expected that Talis Prism 3, Talis Engage and Talis Aspire will be affected and will be unavailable during this period. Maintenance work was successfully completed this morning. All services were returned to normal operation by 07:45, being affected for a maximum of 15 minutes.
Talis Prism 3	All	Mar 2nd 2010, 5:00pm	Mar 2nd 2010, 6:00pm	The Talis Platform was unavailable for 1 hour on March 2nd 2010 due to infrastructure problems within the Talis platform. Talis Aspire, Talis Engage and Talis Prism 3 were affected to various degrees whereby users could have experienced performance problems during this time. This issue was fully resolved and all services were returned to their normal operational status at 18:00hrs.