This software is required for using Microsoft Access to retrieve data from a library’s Voyager / Oracle data tables.  These ODBC drivers are compatible with BOTH Oracle 10g and Oracle 11g.

This document lists the prerequisites for upgrading Oracle 11g, providing an overview of the quick upgrade package, and describing the pre-upgrade procedures that you should perform.  In addition, it describes how to upgrade the server’s Oracle software, as well as each database associated with Oracle 11g.

This is a repackaged item to include the Oracle 10.2.0.4 patch file, some customized files, and ready‐to‐use scripts for the Voyager VGER database. A pre‐assembled OS patch package that contains patch files for Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 is also available for download from Ex Libris.

The Road to Voyager 8.1.0 Upgrade document covers various areas to be considered and planned for when preparing to upgrade to Voyager 8.1.0.  Among the major topics covered are:

The Road to Voyager 8.2.0 Upgrade document covers various areas to be considered and planned for when preparing to upgrade to Voyager 8.2.0.  Among the major topics covered are:

The Media Scheduling Administration User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring the Media System Administration client.

The Circulation Clusters User’s guide provides information for configuring and using multiple Circulation Clusters in a single Voyager database.

The Universal Borrowing User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring and using Voyager’s® Universal Borrowing TM (UB) module.

The Callslip User’s Guide provides instructions for customizing the Voyager Call Slip Dæmon, and steps for processing call slip requests.

The Cataloging User’s Guide provides instructions for working with the Voyager Cataloging module.

The Circulation User’s Guide provides instructions for using the Voyager® Circulation module. The Circulation Module allows the users to perform circulation activities for a library using convenient workspaces that display patron and item information.  The users can access the Circulation functions from the Voyager® Circulation toolbar or from the Circulation menu bar.

The Data Dictionary for the Oracle database used by the Voyager integrated library system.

The Database Diagrams provides diagrams of the various Oracle tables and associated table elements.

The Media Scheduling User’s Guide discusses the Voyager® Media Scheduling module which allows the users to perform media-related activities for your library including scheduling rooms and media for use by patrons and media and room record maintenance.  For information on customizing the setup of Voyager® Media Scheduling, see Voyager® Media System Administration User’s Guide.

The Voyager Release Handbook contains information about new features and bug fixes.  Enhancements included in 7.2.0: 

The Reporter User’s Guide provides information regarding Voyager’s® Reporter module and Voyager’s Prepackaged Access Reports.  The Reporter module allows users to produce standard reports and notices, such as overdue notices or circulation reports. Reporter works in conjunction with server batch jobs and Microsoft® Access to produce these reports and notices.

The System Administration User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring the Voyager® System Administration Module. As a sophisticated system, Voyager offers a wide array of options that allows the user to configure the software to reflect a library’s policies.

The Technical User’s Guide provides information regarding basic server procedures and information on many server batch jobs used in Voyager®. Additionally, search logging in Voyager, WebAdmin, and the various input and output standard interface file (SIF) formats are covered.

The Universal Catalog provides instructions for implementing a Voyager® Universal Catalog (UC) database and how to search the UC database.

The purpose of the WebVoyáge® Basic User’s Guide is to familiarize you with the Voyager 7.0 WebVoyáge user interface (the Voyager Online Public Access Catalog) and describe some basic customization options.

The Acquisitions User’s Guide documents the Voyager Acquisitions module which manages a library’s purchases and the activities associated with those purchases.

The purpose of this document is to explain how the Voyager® Automated Retrieval System (ARS) works, how to set up barcodes to initiate working with ARS, and how to set up the System Administration module to work with a third-party ARS.  This document is intended for library System Administrators using the Voyager Automated Retrieval System extension module.

This Guide incorporates and is being reissued for the following reasons:

This user’s guide discusses configuring and using a Voyager database that contains more than one Circulation Cluster.

The Database Schema Changes provides changes, deletions and additions of the various Oracle tables and associated table elements.

This document provides instructions for working with Voyager Media Scheduling.

This document provides instructions for configuring the Media System Administration client.

The Universal Borrowing User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring and using Voyager’s® Universal Borrowing (UB) module.

The Universal Catalog User’s Guide provides instructions for implementing a Voyager® Universal Catalog (UC) database and how to search the UC database.

This document provides instructions for the Web Authorities feature.

This document provides the following.

The Circulation Clusters User’s guide provides information for configuring and using multiple Circulation Clusters in a single Voyager database.

The Voyager Release Handbook contains information about new features and bug fixes.  Enhancements included in 8.1.0: 

The UTIL Menu Guide describes the utilities that can be run as the voyager user via the UTIL Menu. The UTIL Menu is a menu driven interface for commonly used tasks and processes that were previously performed manually by System Administrators, Systems Librarians, and Ex Libris Customer Support. 

The Acquisitions User’s Guide documents the Voyager Acquisitions module which manages a library’s purchases and the activities associated with those purchases.

The Circulation User’s Guide provides instructions for using the Voyager® Circulation module. The Circulation Module allows the users to perform circulation activities for a library using convenient workspaces that display patron and item information.  The users can access the Circulation functions from the Voyager® Circulation toolbar or from the Circulation menu bar.

The Data Dictionary for the Oracle database used by the Voyager integrated library system.

The System Administration User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring the Voyager® System Administration Module. As a sophisticated system, Voyager offers a wide array of options that allows the user to configure the software to reflect a library’s policies.

The Technical User’s Guide provides information regarding basic server procedures and information on many server batch jobs used in Voyager®. Additionally, search logging in Voyager, WebAdmin, and the various input and output standard interface file (SIF) formats are covered.

Voyager 8.1.0 installation program for Window XP, Vista and Windows 7.  This version of the Voyager clients also supports Microsoft Office 2010.

The Voyager Installation Kit (VIK) document provides instructions for the automatic installation of Voyager version 8.1.0 using the Voyager Installation Kit (VIK). The VIK package also facilitates upgrade installation to Voyager version 7.2.0 and later.

Voyager 8.1.0 Media Scheduling client installation program for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.

The Voyager Technical ReadMe - Version 8.1.0 document is a listing of the various Voyager Client Builds and Operating System Builds along with the binary names, versions and compile date for the files associated with each Operating System: AIX, Linux, SunOS and Windows_NT.

This document provides instructions for working with Voyager dynamic link libraries - specifically the BatchCat.dll

The Acquisitions User’s Guide documents the Voyager Acquisitions module which manages a library’s purchases and the activities associated with those purchases.

This document provides instructions for working with Voyager dynamic link libraries - specifically the BatchCat.dll

The Cataloging User’s Guide provides instructions for working with the Voyager Cataloging module.

This Circulation Clusters User’s Guide discusses configuring and using a Voyager database that contains more than one Circulation Cluster.

The Circulation User’s Guide provides instructions for using the Voyager® Circulation module. The Circulation Module allows the users to perform circulation activities for a library using convenient workspaces that display patron and item information.  The users can access the Circulation functions from the Voyager® Circulation toolbar or from the Circulation menu bar.

The Data Dictionary for the Oracle database used by the Voyager integrated library system.

The Database Schema Changes provides changes, deletions and additions of the various Oracle tables and associated table elements.

The Interface to Self Check Modules Using 3M SIP User’s Guide explains how the Voyager® Standard Interchange Protocol (SIP) Translation Server (also known as SIP Self Check) works as an extension module of the Voyager system.  This document provides instructions for setting up and running SIP Self Check.

The Voyager Release Handbook contains information about new features and bug fixes.

The Reporter User’s Guide provides information regarding Voyager’s® Reporter module and Voyager’s Prepackaged Access Reports.  The Reporter module allows users to produce standard reports and notices, such as overdue notices or circulation reports. Reporter works in conjunction with server batch jobs and Microsoft® Access to produce these reports and notices.

The System Administration User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring the Voyager® System Administration Module. As a sophisticated system, Voyager offers a wide array of options that allows the user to configure the software to reflect a library’s policies.

The Technical User’s Guide provides information regarding basic server procedures and information on many server batch jobs used in Voyager®. Additionally, search logging in Voyager, WebAdmin, and the various input and output standard interface file (SIF) formats are covered.

The Universal Borrowing User’s Guide provides instructions for configuring and using Voyager’s® Universal Borrowing (UB) module.

The Universal Catalog User’s Guide provides instructions for implementing a Voyager® Universal Catalog (UC) database and how to search the UC database.

The Voyager Index Changes document lists the various index changes that Voyager 8.2 introduces to the standard Voyager indexes and describes what happens to the indexes during the upgrade process.  Many of these index changes are being made in preparation for libraries to implement Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloging rules. The corresponding MARC fields have been added to the MARC 21 and OCLC tag tables in Voyager releases 7.2.0, 7.2.3, 8.0, and 8.2.

The purpose of the WebVoyáge® Basic User’s Guide is to familiarize you with the Voyager 7.0 WebVoyáge user interface (the Voyager Online Public Access Catalog) and describe some basic customization options.

The Voyager Technical ReadMe - Version 8.2.0 document is a listing of the various Voyager Client Builds and Operating System Builds along with the binary names, versions and compile date for the files associated with each Operating System: AIX, Linux, SunOS and Windows_NT.

The purpose of WebVoyáge Architecture Overview and Configuration Models is to describe WebVoyáge files, their relationship, and configuration options by example.  This guide implements a learn-by-example format.  This document incorporates several chapters of specific examples and “how to” instructions. Optionally, the users may copy/paste examples as you choose.

Voyager 8.2.0 installation program for Windows.  This version of Voyager represents a minor release.  It introduces new enhancements that do not require database changes and also includes bug fixes.

Voyager 8.2.0 Media Scheduling client installation program for Windows.

On 26 October 2011 the Ex Libris Webinar Center presented a Voyager oriented webinar program: Voyager Product Update.  This webinar presented by Ex Libris is part of their “21st Century Library Services from Ex Libris” series.  Attached is a PDF of a PowerPoint presented by Mike Dicus at the 2011 IGeLU Conference in Haifa, Israel covering topics discussed during this live Voyager Product Update webinar.  This webinar provided attendees with roadmap information regarding the future development of Voyager.

Presentation originally given on 12 September 2011 by Mike Dicus at the IGeLU Conference in Haifa, Israel.