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
- Gestire e rispondere alle richieste di prestito.
- Richieste esterne al sistema
- Learn how to track all requests using off-system request workflows.
- Trova elementi
- 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 fornisce un metodo per semplificare il processo e il flusso di lavoro di circolazione dei prestiti interbibliotecari. I bibliotecari e il personale che elaborano richieste di prestito interbibliotecario (ILL) tramite WorldShare Circulation non devono più creare manualmente elementi temporanei o prenotazioni per le richieste ILL.
Automation and smart fulfillment
- Realizzazione intelligente
- Aumenta 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
- Criteri Directory guide
- 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.
- Article Exchange
- 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 di acquisto consente di tenere traccia degli elementi che si desidera acquistare, invece di prendere in prestito tramite prestito interbibliotecario.
- Gestione dei costi del 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.
- Report
- Reports are available to Resource Sharing for Groups users through OCLC Usage Statistics.
- Riferimento
- Additional resources for Resource Sharing for Groups users.