Using WorldCat Resource Sharing WRS for ILL

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Using WorldCat Resource Sharing (WRS) for ILL

• South Central Library System

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Our 52 member libraries

• Act as patrons
• 2 exceptions
• Portage County (Stevens Point) does own borrowing
  lending
• Marshfield does own borrowing
• (Others may soon do own borrowing too).
• Log into My Account to place and view their
  requests

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Madison PL (clearinghouse)

• Manipulates requests
• Request Manager
• Review File
• (Requests may go directly to first potential
  lender (based on Direct Request Profiles and
  Custom Holdings))
• Enters messages to notify libraries of requests
  unfilled or not referred

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More about messages

• Documentation for libraries
• Reply codes de-mystified

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WRS ToolsStreamline Clearinghouse Tasks

• Policies directory
• Easily review other libraries policies
• Set rules for borrowing libraries based on our
  policies
• Automatic deflection
• Request manager skips lenders based on policies
• Saves timelibraries do not see requests they
  cannot fill!

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WRS ToolsStreamline Clearinghouse Tasks

• Save and reapply commonly used data
• Constant Data
• Custom Holdings
• Conditional Notes
• Direct Requests
• Fee Management
• Statistics

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Constant Data

• Automatically fills information for each library
• Ship to (address)
• Ship via (red box)
• Borrowing notes (we will lend free to those who
  lend free to us)
• Etc.

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Direct Request Profiles

• For each library
• (Each has one for books, one for non books)
• Determine whether request stops at Review File or
  goes directly to first potential lender
• Work with Custom Holdings
• Suitable groupings of lenders
• Set Custom Holdings Path for each profile
• Work with Constant Data
• When parameters are met, request goes directly to
  first potential lender.

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So. . . How do we like it?
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Our libraries are saying
Its so easy to use!
We love it!
It saves time!
Helps us give better service to our patrons!
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Our libraries are also saying
Not all Wisconsin libraries are in WorldCat.
If we go out of state it costs to mail it
back.
(Despite the tradeoffs, we believe the positives
outweigh the negatives.)
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For more information

• Creating an Intralibrary ILL System. . .
• http//lepton.wils.wisc.edu/oclcillsetup
• Transition to OCLC ILL
• http//www.scls.info/ill/news/index.html
• Help and Documentation
• http//www.scls.info/ill/help/index.html
• Using FirstSearch WorldCat for ILL
• http//www.scls.info/ill/documents/howtoworldcat.p
  df
• My Request Messages
• http//www.scls.info/ill/help/oclctrack.pdf

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Questions?

• cbecker_at_scls.lib.wi.us
• Thank you!