Lending Functionality Added
to OCLC FirstSearch ILL Staff View
By Ann Schwab
Libraries can now search for materials and complete all borrowing and lending functions within the new OCLC FirstSearch ILL Staff View. Recent enhancements include:
- Complete lending capabilities.
- New look to the Message File, now named the Request Manager. Free tutorial available at www5.oclc.org/downloads/tutorials/firstsearch/sv/rsbasics/intro/index.html.
OCLC will continue to support Passport, the ILL Micro Enhancer (ILL ME) and ILL Web through at least December 2004. OCLC intends to give libraries approximately three months' notice before the products' final end-of-life date.
To learn more about the ongoing migration of OCLC ILL functionality into FirstSearch:
- Explore the Resource Sharing section of BCR's Web site at .
- Visit OCLC's FAQ at www.oclc.org/ill/firstsearchfaq/default.htm.
- Subscribe to OCLC-SHARING-L, OCLC's new, broadcast-only e-mail list created to keep users of OCLC ILL informed of upcoming enhancements. To subscribe, go to https://www3.oclc.org/app/listserv/ and complete the subscription request form.
- Contact BCR's Ann Schwab (aschwab@bcr.org).
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