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Aeon Documentation for Yale Special Collections: Home

This guide provides information for Yale special collections staff members who are using Aeon to register patrons and provide assistance to patrons with their Aeon accounts.

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Yale Special Collections has implemented the use of Aeon, a circulation and workflow automation solution for special collections libraries developed by Atlas Systems, to

  • Register Researchers for Yale Special Collections Reading Rooms and Photoduplication Requests
  • Request Special Collections Materials for use in the Reading Rooms, Photoduplication, and Activities
  • Track Materials and their Circulation
  • Manage Activities such as use of Collection Materials in Classes and other Presentations, Conservation, Photography, Loans, Exhibitions, and more
  • Record Statistics

This LibGuide is intended to provide Yale Special Collections staff with information on utilizing and troubleshooting Aeon.

There is also a public-facing Guide to Using Special Collections at Yale for patrons.

This tab was last updated on 10/16/2023.

SCPSAG

The Special Collections Public Services Advisory Group (SCPSAG) is the product owner for Aeon.  They are charged with:

implementing policies and procedures relating to Aeon, an automated request and workflow management software for public services in special collections.

SCPSAG SharePoint Site (access limited to members of the committee or by permission)

 

 

Aeon Specs

The YUL Special Collections repositories are using version 5.1 of Aeon.

Aeon is a service of Yale Library IT as part of its Special Collections Circulation and Workflow Services domain