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
- Solicitudes de préstamo
- Create, manage, and process borrowing requests.
- Solicitudes de préstamo
- Manage and respond to lending requests.
- Solicitud fuera del sistema
- Learn how to track all requests using off-system request workflows.
- Descubrir objetos
- 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.
- Integración de WorldShare Circulation
- La integración de WorldShare Interlibrary Loan y WorldShare Circulation le proporciona un método para agilizar el proceso de préstamo interbibliotecario-circulación y el flujo de trabajo. Los bibliotecarios y el personal que procesan las solicitudes de préstamo interbibliotecario (ILL) a través de WorldShare Circulation ya no tienen que crear manualmente artículos temporales o retenciones para las solicitudes de ILL.
Automation and smart fulfillment
- Cumplimiento inteligente
- Aumente la velocidad de entrega de materiales basándose en datos normativos, historial de préstamos, acuerdos de licencia, preferencias de formato, etc.
Additional ILL functionality
- Políticas Guía del directorio
- 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.
- Intercambio de artículos
- 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.
- Proveedores de documentos
- How to receive articles from document suppliers such as the British Library, Get It Now, and MyBib.
- Solicitudes de compra
- La opción Comprar le permite realizar un seguimiento de los artículos que desee adquirir, en lugar de pedirlos prestados a través del préstamo interbibliotecario.
- Gestión de tasas de préstamo 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.
- Imprimir
- 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.
- Informes
- Reports are available to Resource Sharing for Groups users through OCLC Usage Statistics.
- Referencia
- Additional resources for Resource Sharing for Groups users.