Axis 360 is an optional feature of Alexandria.

If you are interested in Axis 360 integration, contact your COMPanion sales representative at
(800) 347-6439 and inquire about obtaining Axis 360 product codes.

Once this feature has been activated, Axis 360 settings will be available in your Extras preferences.

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Alexandria proudly integrates with Axis 360™, Baker & Taylor’s digital media circulation platform for libraries. Through Axis 360, Baker & Taylor provides libraries and their patrons with a state-of-the-art system for discovering and accessing the digital content they want, on the devices they choose.

Service Enhancements

• Patrons can easily distinguish and access Axis 360 resources from Alexandria's Researcher interfaces using web browsers such as Safari, Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer—or mobile devices, laptops, and tablets such as Apple's iPad, Google's Chromebook, and others.
  
  
• As the patron's library account authority, Alexandria authenticates and authorizes patrons attempting to borrow Axis 360 resources. Alexandria utilizes a subset of the SIP2[1] communications standard to accomplish this.
  
  

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Settings

Once properly registered, Axis 360 become available in the Extras section of your Management preferences. You are required to configure the following for Axis 360:

• Enable Axis 360. Checking this box enables Axis 360 functionality and interface elements. Default is checked.

• Vendor URL. This field is used mainly for reference; although, it can be updated if Axis 360 ever changes their web addresses. What you provide here can be accessed from the Vendors menu of the main Circulation window.

• Axis Code. Axis 360 refers to this as the ILS Server Password. You are responsible for creating this code; it should be between seven and twelve alphanumerics long (“A-Z”, “0-9”), without spaces, punctuation, or special characters (e.g., 8364876 or 7103582A360). Be sure to provide this code to Axis 360 when they ask for your ILS Server Password. This code is essentially a password which you set that allows Axis 360 to communicate with Alexandria in order to authenticate patrons who want access to Axis 360 materials.

• Enable Checksum Error Handling. The SIP2 protocol allows extra error detection to be enabled, over and above any error detection provided by the communication medium's protocol. When error detection is enabled, a checksum field is appended to every Axis 360 message. This setting is not required, but highly recommended; this should only be disabled under the direction of COMPanion's Customer Support Department.

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