Navigate Resource Sharing for Groups functionality
Find information about the available functionality of Resource Sharing for Groups, and documentation with more information.
Resource Sharing for Groups builds on existing OCLC resource sharing services to offer a range of features that allow you to connect your collection to library users. Use the entries on this page to navigate to full documentation for each of these features.
Borrowing and Lending
- Richieste di prestito
- Create, manage, and process borrowing requests.
- Richieste di prestito
- Manage and respond to lending requests.
- Richiesta fuori sistema
- Learn how to track all requests using off-system request workflows.
- Scoprire gli articoli
- Learn how to use Basic search, Advanced search, and Expert search when using Discover Items to retrieve item records.
Configuration and integration
- OCLC Service Configuration - Resource Sharing for Groups
- Administrative settings for Resource Sharing for Groups are maintained in OCLC Service Configuration. In Service Configuration, you can see your interlibrary loan options, print settings, borrower and lender constant data, custom holdings groups, automations, and purchase options.
- Integrazione della circolazione WorldShare
- L'integrazione di WorldShare Interlibrary Loan e WorldShare Circulation offre un metodo per semplificare il processo di prestito interbibliotecario-circolazione e il flusso di lavoro. I bibliotecari e il personale che elaborano le richieste di prestito interbibliotecario (ILL) attraverso WorldShare Circulation non devono più creare manualmente articoli temporanei o trattenute per le richieste ILL.
Automation and smart fulfillment
- Adempimenti intelligenti
- Aumentate la velocità di consegna dei materiali in base ai dati delle politiche, alla cronologia dei prestiti, agli accordi di licenza, alle preferenze di formato e altro ancora.
Additional ILL functionality
- Guida all'elenco delle politiche
- The OCLC Policies Directory is the repository of lending and copying policies of libraries participating in Resource Sharing for Groups, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, and Tipasa.
- Scambio di articoli
- Article Exchange provides a single secure location where lending libraries can place requested articles for interlibrary loan. It allows users to upload files for pickup anywhere in the world.
- Fornitori di documenti
- How to receive articles from document suppliers such as the British Library, Get It Now, and MyBib.
- Richieste di acquisto
- L'opzione Acquisto consente di tenere traccia degli articoli che si desidera acquistare, anziché prendere in prestito tramite il prestito interbibliotecario.
- Gestione delle commissioni per il prestito interbibliotecario
- The Interlibrary Loan Free Management (IFM) feature lets libraries reconcile resource-sharing charges and payments through their monthly OCLC invoice. IFM helps libraries save money on fee-based transactions and simplify the transaction process.
- Stampa
- You can print individual requests, all requests in a queue, add requests to the print queue to print out later, and queue book straps and shipping and return labels to be printed.
- Rapporti
- Reports are available to Resource Sharing for Groups users through OCLC Usage Statistics.
- Riferimento
- Additional resources for Resource Sharing for Groups users.