EFTS Transition Activities and Timeline

Operations of the Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) will move to the Medical Library Association (MLA) in a timeline agreed to by EFTS, MLA and the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

If you are not signed up with MLA and your library uses EFTS, your operations will be disrupted after June 30.

UPDATED KEY DATES(DOCLINE dates highlighted)

• June 15: MLA EFTS Go-Live 1: Users who signed up with MLA EFTS start their configuration on the new platform (previously, June 1)
• June 30: All existing EFTS libraries must act on or before this date to access DOCLINE request billing data, regardless of future EFTS participation.  Capture requests for libraries that will no longer participate in EFTS, or before the EFTS Report menu option is hidden from your view due to changed participation status.
• June 30: Last transaction day for ALL users of current EFTS; transactions need to be processed by July 9 on UCHC EFTS (previously, May 31)
• July 1: DOCLINE resets all EFTS Participant Indicators to reflect participation in the MLA EFTS platform (previously, June 1)
• July 24: Last day for libraries to settle any negative balances on UCHC EFTS (previously, June 25)
• July 30: UCHC transfers library participant funds to MLA (for libraries who have requested it in the MLA User Agreement); MLA posts those amounts onto the MLA EFTS library accounts (previously, June 30)
• Aug 3: MLA EFTS Go-Live 2: Users who are signed up with MLA EFTS can upload interlibrary loan (ILL) transactions, which includes July transactions (previously, July 15)

For more information about the DOCLINE  EFTS Manual Billing report, refer to the Manual Billing Report help. 

Please refer to MLA EFTS and UCONN EFTS with your other questions.

◊

Questions about DOCLINE? See the DOCLINE System home page for quick tour videos, FAQs and more. 

Contact your Coordinator for help using the system.

Write to the Help Desk with feedback or to report technical issues. 

Kick Start the New EFTS Platform

If you haven't already seen it, here's the latest update on the EFTS re-make by MLA.

> Be sure to sign up for a NEW EFTS user agreement, so they know if they will have the minimum number of participating libraries to make the new program viable and sustainable.

Kickstart the New EFTS Platform! On May 22, 2019, the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) informed EFTS users that UCHC would regretfully cease EFTS operations on December 31, 2019, a date later extended to December 31, 2020. This announcement has understandably created major concerns for the many libraries that depend on the EFTS service. Since this announcement, MLA, UCHC, and NLM have collaborated on an MLA solution to launch a new and enhanced EFTS platform. UCHC has agreed to extend the current EFTS operations until MLA’s EFTS platform is operational, to ensure a continuity of service. MLA has developed the specifications of a new Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) platform. MLA will proceed with actual development and implementation if a minimum of 750 users sign up for the new platform by January 10, 2020, to “crowdfund” it. Learn about the new platform features, enhancements, and fees. You can request that we send you an EFTS User Agreement for you to review and sign. We are delighted to have the opportunity to ensure the sustainability of EFTS, a platform many of you depend on for your interlibrary loans. For more information, please contact Kevin Baliozian, MLA executive director.