Setting Up Online Vendor ISBN Searching
You can set up Acquisitions to search online vendors for titles by using an ISBN. When you do this, Horizon does the ISBN search at the same time that it does the ISBN search in your local catalog. Horizon uses the Horizon Vendor Integration Protocol (VIP) to do online ISBN searches. VIP is a SirsiDynix-defined protocol between Acquisitions and vendors. This protocol lets you send an ISBN search directly to a vendor’s web services to determine a title’s price and availability information. After the vendor sends back the title’s pricing and availability, you can choose to have Horizon automatically enter this information into the PO line.
You need to verify that your vendor supports Vendor Integration Protocol (VIP) functionality. Your vendor can contact SirsiDynix Product Management if they need help configuring their web site to support VIP.
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