What
SIP2 is an inquiry protocol that facilitates a remote inquiry to a School’s Library Management System (LMS). Note this requires your LMS to be SIP2 enabled, please contact you Library Management Supplier to see if they support SIP2 (Note: SIP2 is not a Wheelers/ePlatform product, SIP2 is obtained from your Library Management Supplier; fees may apply. Contact your Library Management Supplier for installation information and instructions).

How it works
We connect to your LMS via SIP2 so when a student/patron logs into the ePlatform – SIP2 facilitates an enquiry to the LMS to ensure the member is current/valid. The LMS then sends back a response (all within a few seconds), and if ‘YES’ the eBook loan can go ahead. Please note: Your SIP2 connection must contain logins and passwords for this option to work.

Benefits
User details are maintained in the LMS only. Please note you need to ensure patron logins and passwords are stored within your LMS (or fed into it) for SIP2 to work. Future ePlatform updates are likely to make further use of a SIP2 facility to feed information back into your LMS.